November '01 Feature Car

[Belair62]

Thanks Beaumont...how about the 409 powered "Pontiacs"? What was the deal with those.Did they use the 2-4bbl versions up there ? Love to find one of those.

[Mr70]

Paging Jeff Latondress........
I think I found the twin built with your COPO Chevelle on the assembly line...

[Keith Tedford]

The Chevy powered full sized Pontiacs got the same drive trains as their equivalent
Chevys. How about a '66 L72 powered Pontiac Parisienne convertible. There was one around Oshawa back then.

[BEAUMONTBILL]

CANADA SOLD SOME REAL STRANGE CARS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S. IN CANADA ONLY THERE WAS THE
GRAND PARISIENNE WHICH WAS LIKE THE BONNEVILLE,THE STRATOCHIEF WHICH WAS LIKE THE STARCHIEF AND THE LAURENTION WHICH WAS LIKE THE CATALINA. THESE CARS WERE PONTIACS
WITH CHEVY FRAMES AND DRIVETRAINS. IT'S FUNNY LOOKING TO SEE A WIDE TRACK BODY ON A
SMALLER CHEVY FRAME. WHILE 409'S WERE AVAILABLE THEY WERE VERY RARE. I HAVE NEVER
SEEN ONE WITH A DUAL 4 BARREL AND THE FACTORY LITERATURE THAT I HAVE DOESN'T MENTION IT AS BEING AVAILABLE.( I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING) I LIVE IN WESTERN NY
NEAR THE BORDER AND HAVE HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A BUNCH OF THESE STRANGE
CARS. IN NIAGARA FALLS THERE IS A BIG BLOCK
GRAND PARISIENNE WITH THE GRAND PRIX FRONT END THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER STILL DRIVES AS HIS EVERY DAY CAR.

[Norm reynolds]

If you go to www.legendarymotorcar.com they are in Canada
They have a 1967 butternut yellow Beaumont-SD396 has some of the body lines of a 67 Chevelle
First time I have seen one
Norm