Big, green, and just a little bit nasty. That’s what this 1970 Buick Riviera appears to be. It’s a tip from Jonny that put us onto this one, which resides in Newport, New Hampshire. It’s available here on eBay for a current bid just over $3000, with a week left to go in the auction. You might be interested to know that this one’s going for no reserve, so if you get all impulsive late at night and decide to try a bid, you might well be on the hook for the car.

What would you be getting? The Riviera first appeared in 1963, a personal luxury car. That’s personal, not small. This one represents the second generation, which ran from 1966-70. The car featured a redesign for this final model year before a more comprehensive re-do for the 1971-73 model years. The Riviera would ultimately have eight generations, ending in 1999. This early generation car shared a platform with a couple of front-wheel-drive corporate cousins, the Olds Toronado and the Cadillac Eldorado, but the Riv was saved that fate and sits on a rear-wheel-drive chassis.

This car is green, green everywhere, with a vinyl top that’s like the “Mod Tops” of paisley and other patterns available in the era on some Mopars. (The ad claims a “custom roof top,” so let’s go with that.) The paint is faded on top. But who cares? The seller claims that these panels have never had paint anywhere. That means no rust and no accident repair. Patina’s cool, or you can think of this as an easy resto since it hasn’t been mucked up by someone else’s surface prep.

The engine is listed as a V8, called a big block later in the ad, with 83,000 miles on it. One is left to assume that means the original big block, but that’s not stated. If so, it would be a 455-CID monster. The callout sticker on the air cleaner cover does indicate this displacement. The running condition is noted as follows in the ad: “Drives great. Great engine. Gears change as they should.” The brakes stick, but so what? The headliner needs to be replaced, but you get a new one as part of the sale. The rest of the interior is pretty decent. No word on AC, which might or might not be there and work. The underhood area looks about right for age and condition. The tires have the blue stuff on the whitewalls (turned inside), indicating a set of old rubber that’s been replaced. What else needs doing? Honestly, not a lot. This looks like a solid platform for the money, if it doesn’t go crazy in the bidding process.