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Being a Super, and not a Roadmaster, it has a smaller engine and thus only three portholes (“Ventiports” in Buick vernacular) instead of four placed on either side of the hood. There are no images of the engine included in the listing but research indicates that this Buick came equipped with a 124 HP in-line, eight-cylinder (straight-eight) engine displacing 263 cubic inches. The seller tells us that the car is complete and can be driven. This Riviera has been sitting in storage in New Mexico since 1986 and apparently starts and runs.
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It is out-front and there is no mistaking it – it is one heck of a grille! One of the most recognizable features of the 1950 model is the “snaggletooth” or “walrus” grille, whichever you prefer. There were about 56,000 Super-based Rivieras produced in 1950 so they were fairly common. Size mattered and the Roadmaster Riviera rode on a 130.3” wheelbase – that’s a lot of Buick! This Riviera, however, is a down-sized 1950 addition “Super” Riviera based on the Buick Supermodel with a 125.5″ wheelbase. The Riviera name was introduced in 1949 as a two-door hardtop trim level of the Roadmaster, that being the top zoot-suit Buick of the time.
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You have probably heard the old tagline for what was once a commonly run TV ad that opined, “You’ve come a long way baby!” and that’s what I am thinking now after recently writing an article on a ’66 Buick Riviera and then comparing it to this 1950 version, located in Rockwall, Texas and available here on eBay for a current bid of $5,900, no reserve and four bids tendered so far.