1973 Buick Riviera vs 1971 Dodge Charger RT | Pure Stock Drag Race

My dad bought new Buick Riviera every 2/3 years. In '73 he had the same setup Stage 1, 3.23:1 limited slip with Max-Trac. It worked quite well during snow. But, he was always putting it in the "OFF" position. His came with a hole in the roof. He didn't order it but,every thing he did order came with the car. @1st, we didn't know what the 3lil lites on both front fenders were. Lamp monitors. He had the 60/40 power bench seat, & column shifter. I was barely a teenager, & with all the available adjustments (tilt steering) I learned how to drive. The boat tail was reduced but,still nice. I know for a fact them Riviera GS Stage 1 kicked alot of so-called muscle cars of that era. Thanks for the memories.

my buddy had one of these.. ran 15.5's... 14's must be doctord

As 1977 came rolling in, with Star Wars playing at the drive-in theater's you couldn't go to a custom car show without seeing 3-4 of these Riviera's suspended on chrome jack stands.

All this from the luxury of a giant leather couch
Plus the trunk sleeps 4

That Rivi sounds good 👍

455 with a smog pump now that is stock, I'm pleased to see a pure stock with original equipment, and at 14.7 that is a respectable time, now that is a personal luxury car with some performance!!!2022

i've seen stock 340's faster than those 2

Something was wrong with that Dodge charger because the charger should have smoked that lead sled all day long.

The Buick was quick. The Dodge was sick.

In theory the 70 riviera should be the fastest one with the highest hp 455

Awesome..thank you 2thumbs up...m

Now this was weird @ss commenting gold

I believe the compression was upgraded a bit in that Riv. Very impressive 👌🏻

Buick baby!

Folks always underestimate a Buick.

Started out as "The Executive express" & gained muscle car status along the way. Only way to catch a Mopar is with a -- uhh -- Buick

Wow! I didnt expect that Buick to run that fast. It ran like it was a Stage 1 455 under the hood. That Mopar needs to go up to Canada, to Nick's Garage, get the 440 overhauled and a nice cam in it and try to get 390hp and 425 ft lbs out of it.

My '69 SS396 Chevelle, turbo 400 use to eat 440's (and Goats) for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Never did find a 455 Stage 1 Buick to run......then maybe that was a good thing.

Lmao @ Captain Shitshow

Damn that Riviera is hot.

My favorite boattail 73

I fell asleep watching these races, both car super slow

Dont mess with a Buick big block. BTW, the Riv is no bigger than a Charger.

Shame the Charger had issues as this would have been a close race, regardless at over 5000lbs th Buick did some great times, this really was a golden era for American car manufacturers, coming from an Australian too.

Your a no class filthy mouthed jerk.

They are both stones, spend a lot of$$ for little go.

They sound like oversize vacuum cleaners

I used to see Buicks on the road all the time in he 70s. I did not know they were such fast cars.

People can say what they want about the Bow tie Buick, My brothers 71 was 1 fast Car, 455 the car at race track did 120mph 1/4 , that's fast, 1 thing different on his, He put a 4 speed in posi rear 373. That car sucked up a lot of car's at the Track.

Sorry Meant Boat tail,

Charger looked like it ha radial tires?

It’s still pure stock with higher rear end gearing?

That charger should have slapped the Rivera .

The day I beat a Buick like this with my 1965 ford wagon with a 352. I was sitting behind a tractor trailer at a light on a rainy day. The Buick came flying around the bend at about 60 mph, and just before he slammed into me, I cut my wheel to the right. He pushed me into a field, past the truck, and he ended up past me. I gave him a ride to his house. All he did was put a big dent in my tailgate. He broke his motor mounts and smashed his bumper and fender into his wheel.

Id be so ashamed of that charger, id hide it in the trailer...total embarassment..they should have used that light blue 69 swinger 340 to race the buick and chevy

Serious ill in that Charger.

both cars have 3.2 or 3.5 gearing, which was really necessary in the gas crisis days. so you should not expect dramatic ET's. that said, I'd take either one of these cars, and more than willing to sort out the Charger.

My disabled great aunt Harriet must have been driving the Charger.

Big Buick V8 torque. No surprises here!

That was total COOL !!!

Dude; graphics and sound effects are AWESOME 👍🏼😅😂🤣

You’re no comedian

These cars are slow as molasses

I have a 67 430/400’that will move,console shift 🔥🔥🔥💰🇺🇸

For $5k, l could have a can of non carbonated V8, or a Big Block Corvette...

That Riveara is a beautiful car. Kind' hauls ass too...

Nice looking cars, but what a couple of dogs though (comparatively speaking to what we normally see other classic muscle cars deliver)

I saw that 1973 Riviera at BOP days at Cordova dragway and my dad has a 1972 Riviera

If they didn't have all this stupid shit on here it would be so much more enjoyable.

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