I just used the Chevy parts book and the Canadian Pontiac parts book to confirm that Parisienne and Impala door hinges are the same part.
Does your book say which door hinges are the same?
Is say only 63-64 the same or would it be 61-64?
Are the front hinges on a 2 door car the same as on a 4 door car?
Thanks,
Don
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
The car is a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne My dad bought it around 1971-72 in Salmon Arm and it was his goto car until 1986 and we would make trips every summer with it from BC to Saskatchewan, But certain life events led to the car sitting in a field from 1986 until 2009 when i went and grabbed it out of the field but then didnt have the time or money to start working on it last year still dont have a lot of time or money and this is definatley going to be a learning experience for me as I have never done something that was this far gone. Glad this forum is out here cause there is a lot I dont know :)
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certain life events led to the car sitting in a field from 1986 until 2009 when i went and grabbed it out of the field
Welcome!
It doesn't look too bad for sitting in a field for 23 years. How is the frame?
Mine hasn't been on the road since 1986 also. I'm hoping to finally have time to really work on it in a couple years.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Now here is where I might piss some people off......................
Will be using the chassis from a 2006 Trailblazer under the body since the Parisienne was so far gone this seemed a more cost effective way since I was going to need floor pan fuel lines brake lines fuel tank fuel pump motor etc, etc and I dont pay myself for my labour.
Picked up the trailblazer for 900 bucks has 5.3l V8 165,00 Km on it seems to run good but will keep an eye out and probably build a 6.0 to swap out in the future, transmissions blown but found another one already will be swapping out the transfercase with the borg warner from a Denali and the car will be Awd have 4 wheel disc Brakes and be ODB II
Need to section the frame to match the pontiacs wheel base and hoping to use the floor from the trailblazer since dont want to spend the money on a replacement but wont really know how things are going to work out till I get the chassis onder the body for some trial fits but pretty confident that I will make it work one way or another even though I dont really know what i am doing :)
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-- Edited by shaned on Saturday 22nd of October 2016 09:51:48 PM
Wow you are one dedicated guy. The car actually does look pretty good considering the sit time - in a field yet. I don't know where you got those quarter panels from ...BUT I had a set that look very similar to those. I got them with my car, but when it came time to use them, John found that they were not a good fit, let alone nice-they were not. They were misformed and the wheel well opening was not right. John did hand make the lower quarters on our car by hand and they turned out about perfect. It will be nice to see your cars progress. Enjoy.
Now here is where I might piss some people off......................
Will be using the chassis from a 2006 Trailblazer under the body since the Parisienne was so far gone this seemed a more cost effective way since I was going to need floor pan fuel lines brake lines fuel tank fuel pump motor etc, etc and I dont pay myself for my labour.
Picked up the trailblazer for 900 bucks has 5.3l V8 165,00 Km on it seems to run good but will keep an eye out and probably build a 6.0 to swap out in the future, transmissions blown but found another one already will be swapping out the transfercase with the borg warner from a Denali and the car will be Awd have 4 wheel disc Brakes and be ODB II
Need to section the frame to match the pontiacs wheel base and hoping to use the floor from the trailblazer since dont want to spend the money on a replacement but wont really know how things are going to work out till I get the chassis onder the body for some trial fits but pretty confident that I will make it work one way or another even though I dont really know what i am doing :)
Doesn't piss me off, it actually sounds interesting. I'd like to see how you make out.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Wow you are one dedicated guy. The car actually does look pretty good considering the sit time - in a field yet. I don't know where you got those quarter panels from ...BUT I had a set that look very similar to those. I got them with my car, but when it came time to use them, John found that they were not a good fit, let alone nice-they were not. They were misformed and the wheel well opening was not right. John did hand make the lower quarters on our car by hand and they turned out about perfect. It will be nice to see your cars progress. Enjoy.
I ordered the lower quarters online cant remember where from and Yes I was kinda disappointed when I opened the box probably should of spent the money on getting some more tools so I could fab them myself we will see what happens once I get started on the body work. Any pics of the fabricating of the quarters for your car?
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1963 Pontiac Parisienne convertible - work in progress
So slow Progress over the Summer hard to find time,
Decided instead of cutting trailblazer frame i will move rear wheel arches back, as well the trailblazer frame sits below the body to much so I think i will be widening the rockers (as seen in the last image a little photoshop comparison)
Just fitted the transmission and trasfercase too see if i can drop the seat pans down and looks like I can so might be able to use a power seat, Got a lowering kit for the trailbalzer but still seems high but will worry about that later right now the frame is 6" from the ground, trailblazer frame might of been the wrong choice but oh well to late to turn back now (would be a great frame to make a 60's Awd C10 pick up).
Shops moving in 2 years so my goal is to get er down before that.................
So many times I have looked at it and said WTF am I doing. :),
Probably post some more updates in a couple months.
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1963 Pontiac Parisienne convertible - work in progress
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Too lazy to look up, how close was the wheel base?