For a variety of reasons, I lost energy on the Riviera Project for about nine months, but recently it has returned. With the 67,000 words written and the 186 pages currently created, I can estimate that completion will come when I get to at least 78,000 words and 218 pages—and likely more. It has taken over four years to get to this point.
The chapters for the fourth (1974-1976) and fifth (1977-1978) generations have gotten a lot of attention. These cars are distinctive in their incredible number of options—the 1976 had 90 individual options. As I say in the text, “If a 1976 Riviera owner tells you their pride and joy is “one of one,” their statement is reasonably likely.”
They’re also challenging because some of the primary sources disagree. For example, if air conditioning was newly standard in 1978, why isn’t that stated in the brochure?
The two most lengthy chapters remain those on the sixth generation (1979-1985) and the seventh generation (1986-1993) cars, which were the Riviera generations longest in production at seven and eight model years, respectively. All together, the chapters on each of the eight generations currently make up 85% of the book.
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