Thank you to all you guys who have welcomed me on to the Forum. Looks like a friendly place!
I have got a whole lot of reading to do!
My wagon came from New Brunswick, and still has the sticker on the Windshield.
It has been in England about 20 years or so now. I wonder if anybody knows my car? It was stored in a barn for a long time and only had about 40k miles on the clock.
drmb said
Mar 11, 2011
Hi and welcome from Canberra, Australia
EL-Swervo said
Mar 12, 2011
drmb wrote:
Hi and welcome from Canberra, Australia
Thanks! this really is a worldwide affair!
sixtywagon said
Mar 13, 2011
Late Chime in from Calgary! WELCOME!!! I Love the Longroofs!!!
Betsy68 said
Mar 16, 2011
welcome from bc nice ride, i love wagons
EL-Swervo said
Mar 16, 2011
Stephenzone wrote:
Welcome from good old cobourg. like your wagon. i have a couple of tattoo's that i picked up in portsmith when i was in the navy. we put a 261 in my friends 57 chev truck last year with a dual intake and exhaust, interesting sound.
Thanks Steve, and it seems you were lucky, Tattoos are not what sailors genrally pick up in good old Pompy!
EL-Swervo said
Mar 16, 2011
Thanks also to sixtywagon and Betsy68,
I don't think Ive been welcomed this many times Anywhere! I am thinking of emigrating to Canada, my Wife however is not!
I will not be showing her this post.........!
427carl said
Mar 16, 2011
Send her over!
You get 700.00 "start up" allowance... free Health and dental care... and $900.00 a month for life If she settles in Toronto i think you get a free Corolla to drive...
Since she already speaks English she would have to learn another language lol
Pontiacanada said
Mar 16, 2011
There are some good ales over here also!
EL-Swervo said
Mar 16, 2011
427carl wrote:
Send her over!
You get 700.00 "start up" allowance... free Health and dental care... and $900.00 a month for life If she settles in Toronto i think you get a free Corolla to drive...
Since she already speaks English she would have to learn another language lol
Hey whats the catch? also....Just her or me too? ( I showed her,still too much snow).
I find you guys easier to talk to than your chums south of the border! I work for a Canadian company and my Buddy at work hails from Cambridge, I hear nothin but Maple Leafs talk,( he's no car guy!), so Canadian is like a second language for me already!
( do you have to take the Corolla?)
EL-Swervo said
Mar 16, 2011
Pontiacanada wrote:
There are some good ales over here also!
Now yer Talkin!
red rat said
Mar 16, 2011
,cept we drink them cold.
grande jim said
Mar 16, 2011
Another welcome from Vancouver Island B.C.
EL-Swervo said
Mar 16, 2011
red rat wrote:
,cept we drink them cold.
Thats the weird bit!
'aint it cold enough there already! there is nothing like a warm-ish pint of real ale!
EL-Swervo said
Mar 16, 2011
grande jim wrote:
Another welcome from Vancouver Island B.C.
Thank you Sir!
RogerB said
Apr 12, 2011
Welcome from Quebec city !
Turn2Stone said
Apr 13, 2011
EL-Swervo wrote:
red rat wrote:
,cept we drink them cold.
Thats the weird bit!
'aint it cold enough there already! there is nothing like a warm-ish pint of real ale!
As long as the first 6 are ice cold, then maybe I could handle a warmish one.
Welcome from New Brunswick. Love the wagon! Your artwork?
As long as the first 6 are ice cold, then maybe I could handle a warmish one.
Welcome from New Brunswick. Love the wagon! Your artwork?
that works for me!
No not my artwork, borrowed that!
Thanks for the welcome, My wagon comes from New Brunswick.
EL-Swervo said
Apr 15, 2011
beaucarlo wrote:
welcome from the banana belt......Windsor Ontario
Thank you! Why bananas?
beaucarlo said
Apr 15, 2011
EL-Swervo wrote:
beaucarlo wrote:
welcome from the banana belt......Windsor Ontario
Thank you! Why bananas?
the warmest part of The Great White North -the only city in Canada south of USA-cool eh !
Halfbreed said
Apr 15, 2011
Hello from Merry Old Tacoma, WA. USA just south of British Columbia. I have included 2 photos of my friend's 59 Bonniville and 63 Catalina Safaris. Restorations just finished at the end of last year. I thought you might enjoy them even if they are American models.
Hi Guys, I have just found this forum on the H.A.M.B. and thought I would join up.
I am living in the South of England,(Hampshire) and 60's Ponchos are a bit thin on the ground around here,( loads of old Chevys and Fords though).
I have a 1962 Canadian Pontiac Laurention Safari and have had it for quite a few years now. I often need parts and find it fairly difficult to track them down. I am hoping that now at least, I will be able to find out what parts fit my wagon.
My old wagon is a keeper and I want to keep it running and driving nice. The next few things on the agenda are some engine work,(it has a 261 six),a new carb/manifolds set-up and some interior repairs.
looking forward to hours of reading! I might even post a thing or two
Cheers,
Swerve
A warm welcome aboard from Milton, Ontario, Canada. As you probably know already, you are going to love this site. I have a 261 in my 57 Pontiac and it is an engine i would not trade for any bent 8 engine. I also have a wagon, a 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon. The 1962 Pontiac has always been one of my favorites and you got it all happening with the 261 inline and a wagon to boot. Enjoy the ride here brother. Cheers. George.
nice ride, i love wagons
I don't think Ive been welcomed this many times Anywhere!
I am thinking of emigrating to Canada, my Wife however is not!
I will not be showing her this post.........!
You get 700.00 "start up" allowance... free Health and dental care...
and $900.00 a month for life
If she settles in Toronto i think you get a free Corolla to drive...
Since she already speaks English she would have to learn another language lol
I find you guys easier to talk to than your chums south of the border! I work for a Canadian company and my Buddy at work hails from Cambridge, I hear nothin but Maple Leafs talk,( he's no car guy!), so Canadian is like a second language for me already!
( do you have to take the Corolla?)
'aint it cold enough there already! there is nothing like a warm-ish pint of real ale!
Thank you Sir!
Welcome from Quebec city !
As long as the first 6 are ice cold, then maybe I could handle a warmish one.
Welcome from New Brunswick. Love the wagon! Your artwork?
Merci! Thank you
that works for me!
No not my artwork, borrowed that!
Thanks for the welcome, My wagon comes from New Brunswick.
Thank you! Why bananas?
Hello from Merry Old Tacoma, WA. USA just south of British Columbia. I have included 2 photos of my friend's 59 Bonniville and 63 Catalina Safaris. Restorations just finished at the end of last year. I thought you might enjoy them even if they are American models.
My avatar photo is my 1957 Laurentian.
The beer is cold here, too.
A warm welcome aboard from Milton, Ontario, Canada. As you probably know already, you are going to love this site. I have a 261 in my 57 Pontiac and it is an engine i would not trade for any bent 8 engine. I also have a wagon, a 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon. The 1962 Pontiac has always been one of my favorites and you got it all happening with the 261 inline and a wagon to boot. Enjoy the ride here brother. Cheers. George.