Hi just have a question about production numbers and the rarity of a 1955 pontiac laurentian conv, i havent seen many online or on this page im probably buying one and am looking for some info if anyone can help!

Hopefully Al will see your post. He is our resident 55 guru. Welcome here and I'm jealous. While I'm not much of a 5-6-7 Chevy guy, I love the Canadian Pontiacs of those years.

What a sweetie!

I can't stand driving a 6 cylinder but I'd be willing to make an exception for that one!

the guy said George only knew of one other ,but that sounds like a fish story,pretty rare car though

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That is one figgin nice car

Fred, you must just go out and buy the most gargantuan hard drive that they offer! How do you store all these shots???!!!

Fred makes it look like these cars are everywhere! haha

There are at least 7 that I know of. 4 in Ontario, one in the east coast and one in BC and one in the US. Of the six only one is an all original car that is unrestored with original paint. The last time it was for sale the owner felt it was worth $50,000 Can. I did not see the car personally but saw quite a few pics of it. I decoded it and it still had the original 265 powerglide and it looked to be totally rust free and original paint.  The car was in BC most of its life so rust free is a good possibility.If I had the money that is the one I would want. It was the only one I have heard of with that V8/PG combination and the red / white colour. I have the production numbers and will look it up and post the numbers latter.

As far as a survival rate the the 2 door Pathfinder stationwagon are the rarest and hardest to find. Being a work vehicle they were pretty well used. The second rarest is the Sedan Delivery with a couple of them on this site.

There are also at least 2 55 Chev convertibles that have been converted from 55 Pontiac Laurentians. I bought most of the disguarded pontiac parts from one of the conversions. It would be even easier to do today with all the sheetmetal available from CARS. All a person would need is a 55 chev doner car for the dashboard.

If you do not purchase the car I would like to get a chance at seeing it. If you do buy it or are really interested in it get the numbers off the data plate and I will decode it for you.


Al

Thanks for the info Al i will keep you posted.

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Fred, you must just go out and buy the most gargantuan hard drive that they offer! How do you store all these shots???!!!

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Come on Carl. hard drive envy!! i could understand being envious of this car.

 

660 is not alot of cars

Hey Al im finally getting some numbers off my new 55 laurentian conv my tag is a little hard to see but this is what i got model 2-670? serial 52067809185? paint 55985 trim533 and two other numbers 92 and 9v14585 im sorry if they dont make sense its the best i could get for now until i take it right off and clean it up any info would be great!

sound like 20-67D-Laurentian Convertible

body #92?

paint code looks like to many numbers

heres the chart

any of those other numbers make sense like engine or production number