Well hello!

One Pontiac owner from Finland decided to join in.
I have Parisienne '62 2d HT which I bought recently and now I would like to know more about Canadian Ponchos. There are not so many Canadian Pontiacs in Finland after all.

My car (she has also a name, Lulu) has own "image blog" : http://kuvablogi.com/blog/7307/2/


And sorry for my bad english... I hope you can understand me

welcome and very nice car! You will find anything you need to know here. And your english is better than most of ours!!

Excellent car! Very Nice, I like the tail pipes.

We can send you a Canadian flag to replace the US Confederate flag if you like.

Welcome aboard. I understand old cars are popular in Finland. Be sure to tell your Pontiac friends about this site! Todd

Thank you all for your comments

...that US Confederate flag is in our car only because it's one kind of symbol in Finnish Rock'n'Roll society  Old rockers like to use it (and we like listen to rockabilly). But Canadian flag would actually be better    In Finland old car enthusiasts are many times related to rock'n'roll music.

We are trying to discover the history of our car at the moment and I will tell you more about it later...  One of the previous owners just told us that our Parisienne came to Finland as removal car from Canada in the middle of the 60's.

Welcome!. Are you aware you can get the original build documents from GM Canada including what options were shipped w/ your car new?. Try this link.. http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/shopping/parts/vintage Happy trails!

Hei mitä kuuluu? Greetings from one of your cousins so to speak ( I am Estonian)

Do you know any more about the history of your car?  Many Canadian cars were taken by Canadian diplomats to the Scandinavian

Hei ja kiitos, hyvää kuuluu

Previous owner told that our car is so called "sailor car" so one unknown sailor has brought our car to Finland. That's all we know about the history how our Pontiac came in to Finland so far. Some one crashed it in the 70's very badly and after this "Lulu" was rebuild to be a racing car (drag racing). After the racing career the owner turned "Lulu" back in to original appearance.

The interior of our car is quite original. Engine is 350cid Chevrolet sb (originally it was 283) and transmission is cast iron PG which is not original.

I curious. How much does a litre of gasoline cost in Finland?

Todd, as you know I was over to the Slovak Republic for the month of June-it equalled about $2.50 a liter

In Austria it was a little more about $2.85 a liter

and The Cech Republic was about $2.40 a liter

I drove a two cylinder 5-speed Skoda

almost as good on gas as my wife's LT1 roadmaster !

Here's a few more recent prices around the world to compare..

Venezeulan car collectors have things looking pretty good!.

Prices noted below are not exact but internet gleened averages from within the last couple of months and US$ per US gallon (approx. 4 Ltrs.)

Today July 26/07 in S. Ontario Canada, US and Canadian $ are close to par and regular fuel priced about 1.25 /Ltr. or approx. $5.00 per US Gallon..

Price/gal

1. Venezuela 12 cents
2. Iran 40 cents
3. Saudi Arabia 45 cents
4. Libya 50 cents
5. Swaziland 54 cents
6. Qatar 73 cents
7. Bahrain 81 cents
8. Egypt 89 cents
9. Kuwait 90 cents
10. Seychelles 98 cents
11. United States $3.45
12. Eritrea $9.58
13. Norway $8.73
14. United Kingdom $8.38
15. Netherlands $8.37
16. Monaco $8.31
17. Iceland $8.28
18. Belgium $8.22
19. France $8.07
20. Germany $7.86
21. Portugal $7.84 










-- Edited by Ghost Post at 16:45, 2008-07-26

Since we produce as much oil as some of the sub-dollar/gallon countries, why isn't our fuel so cheap??

69Laurentian wrote:

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Since we produce as much oil as some of the sub-dollar/gallon countries, why isn't our fuel so cheap??

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Here in Canada after costs of extraction, refining, shipping, all labour and taxes are added up, it's debatable if a litre of refined gas or oil is worth any more or less than the amounts available for purchase or sale?.








-- Edited by Ghost Post at 18:20, 2008-07-26

nice car

RacerRick wrote:

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Nice car.  I sold my 66' Parisienne Convertable to a guy who sent it to finland a few years ago.

 

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Thanks!  Maybe I will see your old car someday because there aren't so many old Parisiennes here in Finland after all.

Winter is coming quite soon so first we have to take our "Lulu" to yearly vehicle inspection so we can drive the next summer without any worries   Brakes have been a little problem but I hope they are ok now.