[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

Richard: THE 1972 RIVIERA --

IT WAS THE GENTLEMAN'S HOT ROD.

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WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO S.E.M.A. AND SHOW IT OFF.

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WITH $10,500 INVESTED IN THE CAR

AND $300,000 BUDGET AND ONLY FIVE MONTHS TO DO IT,

IT WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST AMBITIOUS BUILD EVER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS ONE THAT, IF WE PULLED OFF,

I WAS EVEN GOING TO BE IMPRESSED.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T.

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WE HAD AN IDEA OF ALL THE DIFFERENT BODY MODS

WE WERE GOING TO DO, INCLUDING CHOPPING THE TOP,

ET CETERA AND SO FORTH.

BUT WE HAD TO PULL OUT SOME OF THE BIG GUNS

TO GET SOME OF THE PARTS THAT WE NEEDED.

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TO GET THIS 1972 BUICK RIVIERA

THE SUPERCAR STATUS THAT IT DESERVES,

IT TOOK A TON OF METALWORK.

TO MAKE THIS THING LOOK LIKE A BADASS SUPERCAR,

WE CHOPPED THE TOP.

JUST A LITTLE RAKE IN THE FRONT

TO GET RID OF THE WAY IT WAS LEANING UPHILL,

BROUGHT EVERYTHING DOWN A LITTLE SLICKER,

A LITTLE FASTER.

THEN WE WENT TO BUDNIK WHEELS.

THEY'RE SUPERMASSIVE.

WE'VE GOT 20s UP FRONT, 22s IN THE REAR.

AND TO HOUSE THOSE THINGS,

WE'VE BUILT SOME WICKED AWESOME TUBS.

THEY'RE SUPER CLEAN.

WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?

HOW ABOUT A FULL INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION

FROM CHRIS ALSTON CHASSIS WORKS,

FRONT AND REAR INDEPENDENT?

FOR THE REAR END HOUSING, WE WENT WITH FAB9.

FOR THE SHOCKS, OBVIOUSLY, WE WENT WITH VARISHOCKS,

AND QUICK PERFORMANCE FOR OUR COMPLETE THIRD MEMBER.

TOP IT ALL OFF, WE GOT SOME HUGE DIFFUSERS

FOR THAT SUPERCAR LOOK TO GET THE AIR OUT

FROM UNDERNEATH THIS BAD BOY.

MAN, WHAT A BADASS STANCE.

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Mike: WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A CAR OF THIS CALIBER,

PAINT AND BODY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE CAR SANDBLASTED

AND THE GUYS ARE ALREADY DONE WITH THEIR METALWORK.

AS PRETTY AS IT WILL BE FULLY DRESSED WITH A SUPER PAINT JOB,

WE DECIDED TO LET EVERYONE SEE UNDER THE CLOTHES

AND REVEAL ALL THAT BADASS CUSTOM FAB WORK.

EVENTUALLY, WE'LL HAVE THE TIME TO GET THIS CAR PAINTED

THE BATTLESHIP GRAY THAT WE'VE ALL PICKED OUT.

WE ALL LOVE THE COLOR, AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK GREAT

WHEN IT'S SITTING AT S.E.M.A.

Jason: WHEN WE SET OUT TO TURN OUR 1972 RIVIERA INTO A SUPERCAR,

WE KNEW WE NEEDED A POWER PLANT THAT WAS WORTHY OF THE JOB.

WE CALLED OUR FRIENDS AT KATECH, AND THEY HOOKED UP

WITH THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND GENERATION FIVE LT4 ENGINE

PAIRED WITH A MAGNUSON SUPERCHARGER.

THIS THING IS 1,000 HORSEPOWER

AND PUTS OUT 1,000 POUNDS OF TORQUE ON TOP OF THAT.

TALK ABOUT MAKING A STATEMENT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

AND THAT PAIRED WITH OUR RON DAVIS RADIATOR

TO KEEP EVERYTHING COOL,

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GONNA BE AT S.E.M.A.

YOU KNOW HOW WE LIKE TO STOP?

IT'S WILWOOD BRAKES' CYLINDER KIT AND BRAKES.

WE PUT IN SUPER COMFY RECARO RACING SEATS

AND EVENTUALLY VINTAGE AIR AC.

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AMBITIOUS PROJECT?

ABSOLUTELY.

BITCHIN' PROJECT?

ABSOLUTELY.

GOING TO S.E.M.A.?

YES, BUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

BUT I DON'T MIND, 'CAUSE THIS CAR IS GOING TO BE BADASS.

WATCH FOR IT.

LOOK OUT S.E.M.A. HERE WE COME.

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