'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.
Factory Invader 2-dr post, factory equipped with an L30 327, manual front disk brakes, Positraction, h.d. suspension, AM radio, 3-speed column shift. Unreal!
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
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Factory Invader 2-dr post, factory equipped with an L30 327, manual front disk brakes, Positraction, h.d. suspension, AM radio, 3-speed column shift. Unreal!
3-speed on the column! I wonder how many were built like that. Too bad they didn't retain the three on the tree - would have been neat to keep it original, and definitely a curiosity at a car show. Very cool car nonetheless.
When it says on the documentation standard transmission was a 3 speed on the collum does this ean all Invaders or does that refer to this particular car?
My take on it is that the 3-speed manual is the standard transmission on all Acadians, and since there is no transmission listed under optional equipment, this is what it had.
That is correct. The 3 speed manual was standard; a 4 speed or an automatic was the option. However the automatic was not an option with the L/79 option.
Well back in 1967 Gorries had the same colour blue post 327 with a 3sp column shift in their showroom. Salesman said it could be had cheap cause of no options and was ordered and not taken. I think the price was $2,500. I ordered a red Beaumont 396 4sp instead. Could be the same car years later.
Brian
i bet that car popped those saginoff 3 speeds open like peeling a banana
Wouldn't the 327 have a heavier-duty transmission behind it? Maybe I'm wrong but my impression was always that those old 3-speeds were virtually bulletproof.
The 3 speed can take the torque of a L/79;believe me; I know.
beautiful, brings back memories - a friend bought the same car new in 67 but his was green with black interior...
this car isn't an L79, owner has added the L79 air cleaner & valve covers, it's an L30 275 hp
I know a handful of 67 Novas were L79s but they weren't advertised, not sure if they were COPOs but certainly not generally available - don't know about Acadians
what surprises me on this car are the manual disc brakes, thought power was a required option with discs back then
a factory 327 car with disc brakes? wow!