# What kind of car is this behind Mr. Spock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961 "2010-04-22T04:04:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/1 "2010-04-22T04:04:06Z")
[Per this pic](http://izismile.com/img/img3/20100422/640/pictures_past_640_85.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/2 "2010-04-22T04:05:45Z")
Looks like an Izismile X-Monkey to me. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/3 "2010-04-22T04:10:51Z")
I believe it’s called a “flivver.” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/4 "2010-04-22T05:25:32Z")
In other words, your link doesn’t work. Or, “Reply hazy, try again later”. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/5 "2010-04-22T05:25:34Z")
Looks like about a 1965 Buick Riviera. See this pic on Wiki: [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buick_Riviera.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buick_Riviera.jpg) Based on what wiki says it could be from '63 to '65, I don’t know if someone more familiar with them than I am could tell any closer than that. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/6 "2010-04-22T05:26:23Z")
1963 Buick Riviera ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/7 "2010-04-22T05:52:49Z")
After seeing the simulpost by RJKUgly, I did a little investigating, courtesy of eBay Motors. The '63 and '64 have nearly identical front ends. I can’t tell the difference. The '65 was a complete redesign with double headlights that were stacked on top of each other. So it could be a '63 or '64. I checked some other Buicks, but this is the only one that didn’t have a Buick grill ornament right in the middle. I believe the Riviera was marketed as it’s own make, or maybe Riviera (by Buick). They were sold by Buick dealerships, but didn’t have the Buick emblem anywhere on them. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/8 "2010-04-22T11:27:12Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Looks like an Izismile X-Monkey to me. Tarsier, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/9 "2010-04-24T22:16:23Z")
If he’d gone for a Chrysler Cordoba, a co-star could have offered him some soft Corinthian leather. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-is-this-behind-mr-spock/536961/10 "2010-04-25T03:20:24Z")
That is definitely a '63 Buick Riviera.