I know this is the American variant, but I don't have any American Pontiac friends I'm hoping someone here has some knowledge on the Yankee versions.
Long story short, I found a Brougham convertible. If the Bonneville is the Grande Parisienne, the Bonneville Bougham is a model higher, with no real Canadian version. Why? It adds leather and things that we just couldn't get up there.
If someone knows these cars, I have a few questions like:
- Some previous knob of a PO cut the dash for a single-DIN Pioneer radio (yay). I have a spare cluster, so I can live with that.
- Same dude also cut the doors for door speakers.
The door speakers are a problem, as I think the Brougham had specific door panels. I'm kind of hoping, though, that some other B-Body or Cadillac shared them. Maybe they're Caprice shells for all I know (they do say Brougham, but a Parisienne says Pontiac and is an really Impala panel, for example).
Other knocks on this car include: - The delusion on the part of the seller that this is a #1 car worth $38,000 or something - A recent repaint in "who knows what color", and the jambs were painted because the air grill inside is now body color - Odd to me that it has the endura rear bumper in black. Unless this was a black car (awesome!) and they forgot to paint that
Thanks! Dave
-- Edited by davepl on Monday 2nd of March 2015 07:49:24 PM
YOU MIGHT WANT TO COMPARE THE BONNEVILLE DOOR PANELS AGAINST GRANDE PARISIENNE PANELS. GP'S HAVE MOLDED "3D" PANELS, DIFFERENT THAN THE FLAT PARISIENNE, 2+2, IMPALA OR CAPRICE PANELS.
No help to you Dave, but the 428/390 engine is my all time, all around, favorite Pontiac engine!!
Docile but very powerful. Many got junked to donate their engine to a Firebird or GTO etc.
PM sent with info for US 69 guru. I'm sure I have a 69 cluster surround if you need one, and probably have a 70 passenger side Brougham woodgrain dash insert if you need it.
-- Edited by seventy2plus2 on Monday 2nd of March 2015 09:57:47 PM
From what I have seen, a 69 Brougham convert would have to be a 1500 mile completely original car to bring $38,000 on the open market. However, with that said, a car is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Can anyone expand on the difference between Canadian Pontiac and US Chevrolet door panels? I thought they were the same except for the badge/emblem. It'd be no cost savings to make them different but not Pontiac-specific...
I'm hoping someone here has some knowledge on the Yankee versions.
