The arm rests were needing restoration.  The car only had arm rests on the front doors, none on the rear although they likely should have. When I started to work on them, I realized they looked familiar. We had a pair just like them in our parts stash and I trying to remember where they came from.  Only one of my found ones had a pad but it did still have its base plate.  The ones off the car were in less than stellar condition however, in spite of the age distortions - one had a decent enough pad to use as a pattern. 

One more big (& scary) job to do is to recover the wheel wells.  The previous vinyl was very brittle and shredded when trying to remove it. 

Yes, we know of that car Tempest. He purchased that car shortly after we purchased ours. He bought it 'sight unseen' from a seller in BC, just as you see it . . . . . (our car also came from BC in the late 90's). I did stop to see the car, it lives about 12 klms from our home and in the town we had our business (where it still is under new ownership), he was not home at the time but I left a card and he called and we chatted. It is a Bonneville, I believe that is a US model car is it not? It certainly had more 'bling' than our Strato Chief!  Did you find any treasurers at the swap meet? We could not be there as we are south now.

Not trying to derail, but ..... that 65 Riviera looks like a stunning car.
I have always loved those cars.

Regards, Scott (Landshark ...)