The Virginia Muscle Car

Riley Automotive Inc.

(Shop View at Bill Riley's)

Riley Automotive Inc. formally of Manassas Park, VA performed most auto, truck, and mobil home maintance and modifications for a reasonable price. Riley has since retired and moved to central Virginia. Riley's installed Bob's Richmond 6 speed. Several body modifications had to be made. Eddie at Classic Auto recommended Bill Riley. Bill and his wife used to run this shop. Bill's shop aligned the 85 before and had done an excellent job. Bill has also gone over Jan's Jeep letting me know what to watch out for - free of charge. In the above picture Bill (the owner) is on the left and Jim (the guy that did most of the installation) is on the right. Bill's shop previously installed one of these 6-speed in a 70 big block Chevelle which made it really scream. I have seen Bill's shop work on a 74 Vette, restore a 64 Tempest convertible that was in rough shape, and now a 68 Camaro. The Camaro (in the above picture) is being rebuilt from the ground up and Bill's shop in doing all the mechanical. Bill used to race a big block Camaro back in the late 60's. Bill took the time to explain things until you understand. Bill knows Sherman (Hotrod Hall of Fame) from the ole days too. Bill,has opened another shop in Louisa County and I can personally recommend his shop for work that requires craftmanship - he has the experience.

In the above picture, taken at Bill Riley's shop with some of Bob's 85 Vette deinstalled and uninstalled parts in view. There is also a late model Cad transmission for reference - Bill told me how his shop replaced it. Items in view are as follows: lower left is the 85's bumper, middle left is the 85's rail, between rail and 6-speed is the 4+3, middle is the 6-speed, behind the 6-speed is a Cad trans, upper right is Jim's hand pointing to the Cad trans and also the previously mentioned 68 Camaro is in the background, and lower right is the 85's drive shaft.