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Brand new Poncho Owner
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Hey Guys, Im glad to be part of the club, I just picked up a 1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe V8 car, the original engine and trans are long gone and have been replaced with a 350 and TH350, I was wondering how to decipher the body codes to find out how this car came from factory, also floor pans, do I have to mak...
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New guy in BC
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Hi Everyone! Just signed up as a new member and have been busy cruising all over the site. Always liked Beaumonts and Acadians and have had a few over the years. The last couple were a 65 Beaumont 2dr ht White with black interior and a BBC with 4 speed and 12 bolt. Was living in PoCo at the time about 2006 and s...
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New guy from Calgary
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I thought I'd say Hi and introduce myself, I'm a newbie from Calgary. I recently purchased some parts for my 57 Laurentian off of Kijiji from Longstroke, a member on this forum. I had a chance to talk on the phone with George and wanted tell everyone that he was very pleasant to deal with and I recieved m...
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Hi from Toronto (and Saskatchewan!)
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Hi guys. Just wanted to say hello and thanks for having me. Just getting back into the swing of things here after having my car stored for 20 years. I have owned it since 1985 (first car) and have enjoyed every minute of the restoration process. I live in Toronto now, but my car is still stored in Saska...
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Hey from Southwestern Ontario!
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Hi everyone - I'm Laura. My hubby & I have recently bought a 1970 Catalina. We are looking for some parts so if anyone could help and let us know where to look for parts - like a dash pad, bumpers and a hood it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Greetings from selkirk mb
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Hello all I am new to the site. I am currently restoring my 1967 Parisienne 2+2. The car came with a 396/th400/12 bolt combo from the factory. I have the original motor in pieces waiting to be rebuilt, but for now I put in a carbureted ls style motor (5.3 lm7 w/ comp cam, comp valve springs, victor jr intake...
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New member with a new to me '66 Grande Parisienne!
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Hello all, recently acquired a '66 Pontiac Grande Parisienne and was pointed in this direction as to get information on restoring her! She's going to be a work in progress and hints and tips and more importantly... location of parts I need will be muchly appreciated haha. Hail from middle of nowher...
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Greetings from Tottenham Ontario & our newly purchased '66 SD convertible.
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Hey guys, My wife and I just drove her home late Monday night. She's a Canadian built '66 Beaumont SD convertible with a fresh regal red paint job. Been trying to convince my wife, who's family name is Beaumont & she was born in '66 to get one of these for her for quite some time now. She did not sta...
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Greetings from Boston Massachusetts ....
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I have family up north in your wonderful country! In Toronto and in British Columbia . I've visited them over the years and always was amazed by the unique Canadian pontiac automobiles. As three of my family's sons are my age and they owned 2+2s and Beaumont SDs Years ago . I would love to own a 196...
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Checking in from New Hampshire
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Just figured it as time to become official, I work with Pontiac parts here in the states dealing primarily with the US built cars, but I get my share of Canadian and export car questions and often times can't help as we have very limited printed info on the Canadian built cars here. Have found answers to...
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Hello from Hinton Ab
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Hey guys, just found the site through a guy over at steves nova site. looks pretty cool but wheres the Ventura section???
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New member from Thunder Bay
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I've been looking around here for awhile, finally joined. I have a '68 Beaumont 2dr hardtop that I'm starting to restore. Doing all the sheetmetal replacement now, body is in rough shape, but frame is from down south somewhere and never had any rust, also previously restored. Original engine was a 30...
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Hello from Burnaby, BC
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Hi all; really enjoy this board, I bought my first Canadian Pontiac a few months ago from the estate of the original New Westminster owner. It's a 1962 Parisienne 4 dr sedan, 283 V8, 3 on the tree with clock and radio. The car spent most of the last 25 years or so in a covered car port in New West; I ended up dri...
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68 acadian from clearwater
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Hello I'm new to the site and these cars. I recently purchased a 68 Acadian from a guy I work with who owned it since 78 and hasn't driven it in 25 years. Its got a 327, 4 SPD and 12 bolt. Plan to do a resto on it over the next few years with my two boys.
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65 Acadian Beaumont SW aka Short Virgin
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Hey there guys and girls? Love the site, been lurking off and on for a year or so. Short intro; been a car guy since I was old enough to walk. Used to work in the trade, parts guy, auto painter and glass installer. Now working as a Power Engineer at a micro-brewery in Burnaby, B.C. Been searching for a proje...
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Newbie From Saskatchewan
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Just wanted to send a note to say hello to my fellow Pontiac owners. It sure is nice belonging to a site dedicated to Pontiacs. I own a 1971 Lemans Sport and look forward to cruising around on those nice sunny days. Yes my car needs work, like a disc brake conversion but all in all she runs like a charm. I l...
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ThAnKs To THE poncho team
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I started this forum about 3 days ago because i was looking for more information on this classic beaumont that ive aquired and been working on.being as stubborn as i am i thought i could get all the info from youtube and my bro.(not very helpfull). that being said i know very little about engines but my w...
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Greetings from Carlsbad, California
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I grew up in Minnesota and as a kid saw various Canadian cars on the road and was completely mixed-up as they were trimmed differently from the US versions.A question that I hope you can answer with out too much trouble: What was the general reason Ford, GM and Chrysler of Canada had the different styli...
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Another newb from calgary
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Hello all, I have just purchased a 1972 pontiac ventura for my 13yr old to work on, he wanted a car like mine (1972 Nova) and this one popped up in red deer, she's rusty real rusty but we should be able to get her going by his high school years. so I thought I better sign up here to pic the poncho guys brains whil...
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Howdie from Eastern Ontario
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Thanks for allowing me to participate. My very first vehicle was a '65 Parisienne Convertible, 327-300hp Powerglide, bought in January '70 at auction for $800 (snow made ragtops cheap!) with only 60,000 miles. Those were the days... 30-some years at a now-excised Pontiac-Buick-GMC store has m...
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