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Originally Posted by Luvchevs
Cudino (Wade)
What is the Canadian history behind your car?
At first look I thought it was the car that came from Montreal but it appears to just be very similarly equipped?
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Luvchevs,
There were 11 ‘71 Hemicuda hardtops sold into Canada, and two of them were FJ6 (aka Sassy Grass Green). The one you’re thinking of was shipped to Montreal, the other (mine) was shipped through a Chrysler dealership in Vancouver to a fellow in Smithers. Both of these Canadian FJ6 cars have black billboards and a black vinyl top, but mine’s a 4spd with houndstooth interior while the Montreal car is an Auto loaded with spoilers, leather interior, and rear window louvers.
Barry’s car, the one next to mine at the show, is also loaded, a California-shipped 4spd with black billboards, leather, front rubber bumper and a wing.
These three are the only FJ6 ‘71s known to exist that are coded for billboards. For other US shipments there are also 3 non-billboard ‘71 Hemicuda 4spds in FJ6, plus 2 other Autos, making a total of 8. But the interesting thing to me, which is one of the things I wanted to highlight in this Canadian display, is that even though only ~10% of these musclecars went to Canada, percentage-wide the Canadians were far more likely to order their cars in the crazy colors and with the wild stripes.
- Wade