Peak Personal Lux: 1988 Buick Riviera
The Buick Riviera T-Type is peak late-’80s personal luxury coupe: formal roofline, two-tone paint, turbine-ish wheels, and just enough “T-Type” badging to suggest Buick still had some bad ideas left in the performance department. Under the hood is the trusty 3800 V6, which means it should run long after the digital dashboard has started communicating only in riddles. Find this 1988 Buick Riviera offered for $3,500 in Bird in Hand, PA via faceplace amishbook.
From the seller:
1988 Buick riviera Coupe 2D
$3,500
Listed 4 weeks ago in Bird in Hand, PA
About this vehicle
Driven 101,000 miles
Automatic transmission
Exterior color: Black · Interior color:
This vehicle is paid off
Seller’s description
Survivor original 1988 Buick Riviera T-type. Reliable 3800 V-6, recent maintenance includes new timing chain, upper intake manifold gasket, new ignition module, new rotors, pads and brake calipers and transmission service. Paint is original and has scratches and dents. A good driver or excellent candidate for full restoration.
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This car has everything: weird (but somehow likable) exterior styling, crazy rad electronic dash, numerous duplicate ad photos, and hilarious town name. I feel like somebody’s grandpa on peyote owns this car.
Love the high-tech Graphic Control Center!
It’s a terrible idea but the price is certainly right and wish it was a little nearer. Classy 2 tone, decent looking paint, but guessing generally GM3.8L is generally strong (though probably need a few gaskets…)
Looked up Birds in Hand, and place of “Dutch Wonderland Family Amusement Park”
Epic trip across US???
I’ve been to Bird in Hand. It is not better than Two in the Bush.
LOL!!! So true!!!
Byrd390 is korrekt: between the rad styling and bonkers CRT dashboard, this is desirable.
Until recently I owned a ’91 Corvette and thought that my analog dash was somehow a step up from the C4’s earlier electronic Atari dashboard. Now I’m browsing older Corvette listings just for the rad-era dashes.