I'm from Brasilia, Brazil and I am currently restoring a '59 Parisienne. It's supposed to be the only one left in my country! I hope I can learn a lot about my car here, because it's really difficult to find information and parts about it, here in Brazil! This car was originally painted in the color "Crystal green" with white roof. Some pictures of it before and as it is now:
-- Edited by Giovanni on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 07:08:13 PM
67HEAVEN said
Aug 23, 2009
Welcome to the website. Nice car you have there.
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427carl said
Aug 23, 2009
Welcome to site very nice car is left hand drive normal there? love the car...
67HEAVEN said
Aug 23, 2009
67HEAVEN wrote:
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Thank you.
2drpost said
Aug 23, 2009
welcome giovanni! nice '59!
norontcan said
Aug 23, 2009
Wow, that's a big project in more than 1 way.
Welcome aboard.
A friend has a 4 dr hdtp 59 Catalina, all green, so I can picture what yours will look like when your finished.
Good luck with it.
Ted
norontcan said
Aug 23, 2009
Check out the palm trees in the background. I vote that Giovanni gets to host the first ever Canadian Pontiac annual meeting scheduled for January 2010.
73SC said
Aug 23, 2009
Yes indeed, that would be a rare car right here in Canada nowadays. Vista roof cars were only produced in 1959 and 1960.
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kelico said
Aug 23, 2009
welcome to the site
427carl said
Aug 23, 2009
norontcan wrote:
Check out the palm trees in the background. I vote that Giovanni gets to host the first ever Canadian Pontiac annual meeting scheduled for January 2010.
Sign me up
gus said
Aug 23, 2009
Welcome It's nice to see old rare pontiac dinosaur's in your country in that shape.
Canadian Poncho said
Aug 23, 2009
Welcome to Canadian Poncho. If you wish, you can have your car placed in our registry. All we need is the information off your cowl tag (not the serial #). CLICK HERE for more information
Todd
-- Edited by 69Laurentian on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 09:13:47 PM
RDubya said
Aug 24, 2009
Welcome to CP Giovanni. That is a great looking project. Keep up the good work.
59poncho said
Aug 24, 2009
finally another 59!!! love the car and they are big!! Also check out www.pontiac-59 for more info on the 59s. Its a really hard car to get parts for but worth it in the end, they are a blast to drive and its really neat when your the only one with one at the car shows. Im moving down to mexico (lake chappala) in a couple of years so if i bring my 59 with me we should keep in touch!!
87 player bird said
Aug 24, 2009
Welcome!!
Giovanni said
Aug 24, 2009
69Laurentian wrote:
Welcome to Canadian Poncho. If you wish, you can have your car placed in our registry. All we need is the information off your cowl tag (not the serial #). CLICK HERE for more information
Todd
-- Edited by 69Laurentian on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 09:13:47 PM
Thanks guys!
I'll send a photo of the tag later, to put my car in the registry.
This car has an interesting story... It was owned by the same person for around 30 years... Then the owner died, the car was kind of abandoned in the street and stayed there for more than 5 years, until the family decided to sell it.
I contacted GM Canada and got this letter, with some info about my car!
It seems export Pontiacs were only available with the 261-6cyl engine, which makes easier to rebuild it, since there were brazilian Chevrolets with this same engine.
You should imagine how rare is a Canadian Pontiac here... This year, in the biggest antique car show of Brazil (I don't know if this is the correct word for it), there were only 3 Pontiacs and none of them Canadian.
Giovanni said
Aug 24, 2009
427carl wrote:
norontcan wrote:
Check out the palm trees in the background. I vote that Giovanni gets to host the first ever Canadian Pontiac annual meeting scheduled for January 2010.
Sign me up
Although there is a palm tree in the background, I live around 1500 kilometers away from the nearest beach! By the way, in Canada do you use Miles or Kilometers?
ARCADIAN said
Aug 24, 2009
Welcome Giovanni.
67HEAVEN said
Aug 24, 2009
Giovanni wrote:
By the way, in Canada do you use Miles or Kilometers?
Kilometres.
57poncho said
Aug 24, 2009
Welcome aboard love the roof line on your car.
norontcan said
Aug 24, 2009
Just as a clarification. Prior to 1976 Canadian vehicles were in miles. Since 1976 they are in kilometers. Ted
59poncho said
Aug 24, 2009
that miles and kilometers thing got me the first time i drove the car to work and i was going down wellington( a main street through London to the highway) at 7 in the morning and i was going 75 which i know is fast but then it dawned on me that i was going 75 mph!! OOPS!!
I'm from Brasilia, Brazil and I am currently restoring a '59 Parisienne.
It's supposed to be the only one left in my country!
I hope I can learn a lot about my car here, because it's really difficult to find information and parts about it, here in Brazil!
This car was originally painted in the color "Crystal green" with white roof.
Some pictures of it before and as it is now:
-- Edited by Giovanni on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 07:08:13 PM
PHOTO...PRESS ENTER...PHOTO...PRESS ENTER...PHOTO...PRESS ENTER
Thank you.
nice '59!
-- Edited by 73SC on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 08:25:08 PM
Todd
-- Edited by 69Laurentian on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 09:13:47 PM
Thanks guys!
I'll send a photo of the tag later, to put my car in the registry.
This car has an interesting story... It was owned by the same person for around 30 years... Then the owner died, the car was kind of abandoned in the street and stayed there for more than 5 years, until the family decided to sell it.
I contacted GM Canada and got this letter, with some info about my car!
It seems export Pontiacs were only available with the 261-6cyl engine, which makes easier to rebuild it, since there were brazilian Chevrolets with this same engine.
You should imagine how rare is a Canadian Pontiac here... This year, in the biggest antique car show of Brazil (I don't know if this is the correct word for it), there were only 3 Pontiacs and none of them Canadian.
By the way, in Canada do you use Miles or Kilometers?
Kilometres.
Prior to 1976 Canadian vehicles were in miles.
Since 1976 they are in kilometers.
Ted