Greetings from Tottenham Ontario & our newly purchased '66 SD convertible.
66BMT said
Jul 2, 2014
Hey guys, My wife and I just drove her home late Monday night. She's a Canadian built '66 Beaumont SD convertible with a fresh regal red paint job. Been trying to convince my wife, who's family name is Beaumont & she was born in '66 to get one of these for her for quite some time now. She did not start out as a "Car Girl" but after riding in my '62 GMC last fall after my 7 yr. restoration she stated to get the car bug. Went to a few shows this year, she saw a few Beaumont hard tops and thought, maybe we should look into one? Only stipulation she had was that it had to be a convertible! So a few internet searches later, I found this one a couple of hours away from our place and a deal was made. I'm waiting for the GM Canada Vintage vehicle info on this car but from the short research I have been able to do on this site, it may be one of only 57 ever built and perhaps one of 10 with the red interior, hope to confirm that soon. Has it's original 283/powerglide & rear end drive train & original interior upholstery. Colour was originally silver/gray but with body work being done when we first saw it, we decided to change to the regal red paint to better match the interior colour & black top. Looking forward to many days of top down weather with this one! I did notice that the paint shop installed the Sport Deluxe badging improperly, I was going to change it but my wife likes it the way it is now, so it will stay that way, still have to install the front fender louvers too. Looks like the wheel arch and rocker trim mouldings are missing, my have to track some of those down, but again, my wife likes how it looks as is. Oh, any of you out there who can give me any advice on how to get the glove box open? We were able to open it 2-3 times with no trouble (not locked) but now for some reason the door just won't open? Not sure if something inside shifted while driving causing the latch to jam up? I have the same glove box door lock in my '62 GMC so I know how the latch works but can't seem to get this one to pop open. Is there a way to remove the glove box liner from under the dash without damaging it so I can access the lock? Thanks for any help in advance!
Thanks very much for the warm welcome guys! I think you are right, I will be spending more time talking about it than driving it! My wife will do the driving, I'll do the talking!
Oh, I know there is a thread on here about Beaumont Key chains, which is a bit old but I thought I'd let any of you who are interested know that I scored this one on Ebay just a week or so ago. Looks like this seller has more. They are from the UK but convert to about $15 Can. I can post the Ebay link but not sure if I am allowed to do that here in this post or should I (can I) post it elsewhere on the board? I'm new and don't want to break any rules and stuff!
.....man that is one red hot machine , welcome to CP 66BMT.
Canadian Poncho said
Jul 2, 2014
Welcome aboard Paul! That's a great looking Beaumont!
dcneric said
Jul 2, 2014
Welcome from Regina SK. Nice Beaumont, I'm sure your wife and you will have many years of enjoyment.
66BMT said
Jul 2, 2014
Thanks very much Todd, and to all of you for the warm welcome! This is an amazing site, looking forward to learning tons about these great Canadian built cars! Hope I can contribute a little knowledge along the way too.
66BMT said
Jul 2, 2014
dcneric wrote:
Welcome from Regina SK. Nice Beaumont, I'm sure your wife and you will have many years of enjoyment.
Thanks very much dcneric, think my wife will do most of the driving, I tend to do 99% of the driving when we are running errands or taking road trips etc. Think I will enjoy sitting in passenger seat for a change. Although she did let me drive it for the first time yesterday, very smooth ride. Only thing I'm not used to or crazy about is the manual drum brakes. May need to upgrade those to power brakes at least. Did that on my '62 GMC and find the braking much better with the power drum brakes. If I am correct? Power disc brakes were available as an option back in 66, might look into that modification over the winter.
427carl said
Jul 2, 2014
Welcome from Clinton Ontario Nice to see you can still find a Beaumont on Ontario very nice I love re-sale red and of course white
Lefty said
Jul 2, 2014
cool car love the colour, for some reason
66BMT said
Jul 2, 2014
Lefty wrote:
cool car love the colour, for some reason
Thanks very much. Believe it or not, when we found out we had a chance to change the colour while body work was being done before we bought it, my wife and I really considered the Lemon wood yellow. Even saw a 66 Malibu freshly painted in the yellow looking really good however it had the black interior. When the painter showed us the regal red in the can he had to spray a test sample we both thought the red was the right way to go. Glad we saw the red.
marshalldude said
Jul 2, 2014
sweet ride see you put the top down Carl will like you lol I never put mine down
66BMT said
Jul 2, 2014
marshalldude wrote:
sweet ride see you put the top down Carl will like you lol I never put mine down
Thanks marshalldude, can't imagine driving it with the top up! Although yours does look really good with the top up in your profile pic! Love the colour too. Had a buddy who had a Mustang convertible a few years ago, he kept the top down till the snow started to fly! Boy, we had some cold rides in that car.
marshalldude said
Jul 2, 2014
thx this is great site lots of knowledge and opinions lol
-- Edited by marshalldude on Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 09:29:28 PM
norontcan said
Jul 2, 2014
Welcome from 50 miles of beach just north of you.
Love the car - enjoy.
Magician40 said
Jul 3, 2014
Welcome from Barrie Ontario. Great looking convertible. The red was a good choice.
Brian
66BMT said
Jul 3, 2014
norontcan wrote:
Welcome from 50 miles of beach just north of you. Love the car - enjoy.
Thanks very much! lets see....50 miles of beach just north of me would put you around Wasaga One place I have yet to visit in our fair province. My wife's family has owned a cottage on Muldrew Lake in Gravenhurst since '71 so we tended to head strait up there many summer weekends. Will have to try to check out Wasaga with the Beaumont this summer! I hear there is a very good classic car show held there each summer.
66BMT said
Jul 3, 2014
Magician40 wrote:
Welcome from Barrie Ontario. Great looking convertible. The red was a good choice. Brian
Thanks very much Brian. May try to attend the Barrie Classics In The Park on July 26 if we are around. Barrie waterfront is very beautiful, great setting for a show. My wife and I will be attending the Tottenham classic car show this Sunday (just down the road from us actually) She will have the Beaumont and I will have my '62 GMC. They usually get close to 400 cars, nice show and setting down by the Tottenham pond & conservation area.
03cts sport said
Jul 3, 2014
Welcome aboard. Great to see another 66 rag!
Re the glove box liner, they do reproduce them if you find yourself in need of one. (The great news is that many, but not all, of the parts are shared with Chevelle's or GTO's and are therefore reproduced.)
Love the family name and birth year tie in!
66BMT said
Jul 4, 2014
03cts sport wrote:
Welcome aboard. Great to see another 66 rag! Re the glove box liner, they do reproduce them if you find yourself in need of one. (The great news is that many, but not all, of the parts are shared with Chevelle's or GTO's and are therefore reproduced.) Love the family name and birth year tie in!
Thanks very much 03cts sport. I have bought a repro glove box lock assembly, should arrive next week. I did manage to get the cylinder out of the lock housing but a small piece of what looks like soft metal fell out (broken off a part still inside) shaped sort of like a small hammer. Think it's the actuator that moves the latch pin up and down when you press the button. With that broken I figured best to replace the whole assembly and get new keys in the process. I'm stating to learn that many parts are shared with the GTO & Chevelle's, nice to have some reproduction parts available if needed.
Yes my wife's family name & birth year tie in is really cool! Everyone she talks to just loves that story. I bought a couple of NOS '66 Beaumont emblems on Ebay a few years back (two front fender & one front Grille) and used one of the fender emblems to make a nameplate for her desk at the office. Most people who see if think, cool nameplate, but the car guys & gals who see it say "Hey, you know that's a real car emblem!" She just smiles, now she can show them a photo on her desk of the real deal!
RobSD said
Jul 7, 2014
Hey from Etobicoke. Love the car! I have a special place in my heart for these cars. Glad to see another being well preserved.
R
66BMT said
Jul 7, 2014
RobSD wrote:
Hey from Etobicoke. Love the car! I have a special place in my heart for these cars. Glad to see another being well preserved.
R
Thanks very much RobSD, yours looks great too! One thing we want to look into is what I think is called a "boot" for the convertible top when the top is down (which is most of the time) Looks like your car has one. We attended our local car show yesterday and I noticed most convertibles have a cover over the top area when down, looks much neater and keeps leaves and other debris from falling into the top compartment. Not sure if these covers need to be custom made or are available ready to fit? Something else to investigate.
RobSD said
Jul 7, 2014
Sent you a PM with a link to the NOS site listing. Might work! Good luck!!
Hey guys, My wife and I just drove her home late Monday night. She's a Canadian built '66 Beaumont SD convertible with a fresh regal red paint job. Been trying to convince my wife, who's family name is Beaumont & she was born in '66 to get one of these for her for quite some time now. She did not start out as a "Car Girl" but after riding in my '62 GMC last fall after my 7 yr. restoration she stated to get the car bug. Went to a few shows this year, she saw a few Beaumont hard tops and thought, maybe we should look into one? Only stipulation she had was that it had to be a convertible! So a few internet searches later, I found this one a couple of hours away from our place and a deal was made. I'm waiting for the GM Canada Vintage vehicle info on this car but from the short research I have been able to do on this site, it may be one of only 57 ever built and perhaps one of 10 with the red interior, hope to confirm that soon. Has it's original 283/powerglide & rear end drive train & original interior upholstery. Colour was originally silver/gray but with body work being done when we first saw it, we decided to change to the regal red paint to better match the interior colour & black top. Looking forward to many days of top down weather with this one! I did notice that the paint shop installed the Sport Deluxe badging improperly, I was going to change it but my wife likes it the way it is now, so it will stay that way, still have to install the front fender louvers too. Looks like the wheel arch and rocker trim mouldings are missing, my have to track some of those down, but again, my wife likes how it looks as is. Oh, any of you out there who can give me any advice on how to get the glove box open? We were able to open it 2-3 times with no trouble (not locked) but now for some reason the door just won't open? Not sure if something inside shifted while driving causing the latch to jam up? I have the same glove box door lock in my '62 GMC so I know how the latch works but can't seem to get this one to pop open. Is there a way to remove the glove box liner from under the dash without damaging it so I can access the lock? Thanks for any help in advance!
Welcome to the club!
Great looking Beaumont....you'll spend more time telling people about it ,than driving it ..lol!
Yes....57 made in 66... I have documented mine.
Thanks very much for the warm welcome guys! I think you are right, I will be spending more time talking about it than driving it! My wife will do the driving, I'll do the talking!
Oh, I know there is a thread on here about Beaumont Key chains, which is a bit old but I thought I'd let any of you who are interested know that I scored this one on Ebay just a week or so ago. Looks like this seller has more. They are from the UK but convert to about $15 Can. I can post the Ebay link but not sure if I am allowed to do that here in this post or should I (can I) post it elsewhere on the board? I'm new and don't want to break any rules and stuff!
Thanks!
Thanks very much Todd, and to all of you for the warm welcome! This is an amazing site, looking forward to learning tons about these great Canadian built cars! Hope I can contribute a little knowledge along the way too.
Thanks very much dcneric, think my wife will do most of the driving, I tend to do 99% of the driving when we are running errands or taking road trips etc. Think I will enjoy sitting in passenger seat for a change. Although she did let me drive it for the first time yesterday, very smooth ride. Only thing I'm not used to or crazy about is the manual drum brakes. May need to upgrade those to power brakes at least. Did that on my '62 GMC and find the braking much better with the power drum brakes. If I am correct? Power disc brakes were available as an option back in 66, might look into that modification over the winter.
Welcome from Clinton Ontario Nice to see you can still find a Beaumont on Ontario very nice I love re-sale red and of course white
Thanks very much. Believe it or not, when we found out we had a chance to change the colour while body work was being done before we bought it, my wife and I really considered the Lemon wood yellow. Even saw a 66 Malibu freshly painted in the yellow looking really good however it had the black interior. When the painter showed us the regal red in the can he had to spray a test sample we both thought the red was the right way to go. Glad we saw the red.
sweet ride see you put the top down Carl will like you lol I never put mine down
Thanks marshalldude, can't imagine driving it with the top up!
Although yours does look really good with the top up in your profile pic! Love the colour too. Had a buddy who had a Mustang convertible a few years ago, he kept the top down till the snow started to fly! Boy, we had some cold rides in that car.
thx this is great site lots of knowledge and opinions lol
-- Edited by marshalldude on Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 09:29:28 PM
Love the car - enjoy.
Brian
Thanks very much! lets see....50 miles of beach just north of me would put you around Wasaga
One place I have yet to visit in our fair province. My wife's family has owned a cottage on Muldrew Lake in Gravenhurst since '71 so we tended to head strait up there many summer weekends. Will have to try to check out Wasaga with the Beaumont this summer! I hear there is a very good classic car show held there each summer.
Thanks very much Brian. May try to attend the Barrie Classics In The Park on July 26 if we are around. Barrie waterfront is very beautiful, great setting for a show. My wife and I will be attending the Tottenham classic car show this Sunday (just down the road from us actually) She will have the Beaumont and I will have my '62 GMC. They usually get close to 400 cars, nice show and setting down by the Tottenham pond & conservation area.
Re the glove box liner, they do reproduce them if you find yourself in need of one. (The great news is that many, but not all, of the parts are shared with Chevelle's or GTO's and are therefore reproduced.)
Love the family name and birth year tie in!
Thanks very much 03cts sport. I have bought a repro glove box lock assembly, should arrive next week. I did manage to get the cylinder out of the lock housing but a small piece of what looks like soft metal fell out (broken off a part still inside) shaped sort of like a small hammer. Think it's the actuator that moves the latch pin up and down when you press the button. With that broken I figured best to replace the whole assembly and get new keys in the process. I'm stating to learn that many parts are shared with the GTO & Chevelle's, nice to have some reproduction parts available if needed.
Yes my wife's family name & birth year tie in is really cool! Everyone she talks to just loves that story. I bought a couple of NOS '66 Beaumont emblems on Ebay a few years back (two front fender & one front Grille) and used one of the fender emblems to make a nameplate for her desk at the office. Most people who see if think, cool nameplate, but the car guys & gals who see it say "Hey, you know that's a real car emblem!" She just smiles, now she can show them a photo on her desk of the real deal!
Hey from Etobicoke. Love the car! I have a special place in my heart for these cars. Glad to see another being well preserved.
R
Thanks very much RobSD, yours looks great too! One thing we want to look into is what I think is called a "boot" for the convertible top when the top is down (which is most of the time) Looks like your car has one. We attended our local car show yesterday and I noticed most convertibles have a cover over the top area when down, looks much neater and keeps leaves and other debris from falling into the top compartment. Not sure if these covers need to be custom made or are available ready to fit? Something else to investigate.