1968 Pontiac Grande Parisienne 4 Ddr 396 CID 325 HP 4BBl Astro J ( not mine)
gparis7 said
Aug 19, 2020
This car looks good, and is very well optioned. All it's missing is the disc brakes.
I'm pretty sure that if I lived in Calgary I would have been on the owner's doorstep within hours for this one.
Buyer got a great deal it seems to me.
73SC said
Aug 19, 2020
How many times do we find cars like this ordered by GM office ?
The average guy would not have ordered this car, the GM office would have used this as a show case and likely the top Manager would have used it as his car. I went to high school with a guy who worked at GM Zone Office on Leslie Street in Toronto, a car guy with COPO rights, the cars he drove were incredible. He loved ordering non recommended colour combo cars that always looked fantastic. He never held onto them very long because inevitable when out at a dealer someone would see one of his creations and want to buy it, which he had to permit.
-- Edited by 73SC on Wednesday 19th of August 2020 11:35:39 PM
4SPEED427 said
Aug 19, 2020
My 69 Grande Parisienne 427 4 door hardtop had pretty much every option (except tilt for some reason). It was the Winnipeg Zone Manager's car before it was sold to the Pontiac dealer here in Morris. The dealer owner apparently drove it a bit before he sold it to the owner of the local jewelry store.
This car looks good, and is very well optioned. All it's missing is the disc brakes.
I'm pretty sure that if I lived in Calgary I would have been on the owner's doorstep within hours for this one.
Buyer got a great deal it seems to me.
How many times do we find cars like this ordered by GM office ?
The average guy would not have ordered this car, the GM office would have used this as a show case and likely the top Manager would have used it as his car. I went to high school with a guy who worked at GM Zone Office on Leslie Street in Toronto, a car guy with COPO rights, the cars he drove were incredible. He loved ordering non recommended colour combo cars that always looked fantastic. He never held onto them very long because inevitable when out at a dealer someone would see one of his creations and want to buy it, which he had to permit.
-- Edited by 73SC on Wednesday 19th of August 2020 11:35:39 PM