vin decoding help needed

atotalnincompoop · Member

vin decoding help needed

atotalnincompoop · Member

does this vin look wrong to everyone?
20+ views and not a response confused

-- Edited by atotalnincompoop at 21:36, 2008-08-16

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

According to the info I have, you have a Pathfinder 2 door sedan 6 cylinder (261). Base price was $2539, and base weight was 3220 lbs.

Hope this helps.
Todd

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Forgot to mention your car was also built in Oshawa.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

atotalnincompoop wrote:

does this vin look wrong to everyone?
20+ views and not a response

-- Edited by atotalnincompoop at 21:36, 2008-08-16

I looked and looked, and couldnt find info! cant even decode my car! Todd has info, and you could PM TAYLOR55 (feature car) to see if his vin is close to yours to check if it correct

atotalnincompoop · Member

thanks guys, is it a canadian only model?

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

I think that is the case My car is Canada only...

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

A Pathfinder is unique to Canadian Pontiacs, yes. The US Pontiacs had totally different model names and styles. I would think you have a very unusual car. Maybe not when it was new, but I doubt you will see many these days.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

The latest issue of Collectible Automobile has an article on Canadian Pontiacs up to 1965. Worth reading!

Taylor55 · Poncho Master!

Todd is correct with his decoding of your 57 Pathfinder

7= 1957
2211= Pathfinder 2 dr sedan
6= 261 six cylinder
442101 would be the sequence number of all 57 Pontiacs built in Canada at the Oshawa plant. I think there is one to many digits in this number as there was not that many 57 Canadian Pontiacs built. There were 48,140 1957 Pontiac cars built and 682 trucks. Sedan Deliveries were marketed as trucks through GMC dealers.

Al

atotalnincompoop · Member

thanks, lots of good info there.
anyone have any pics of one of these cars?

Roughshod Rod · Veteran Member

Todd,
Can you decode this?
Model: 20-69W
Serial: 4206928603
Engine: W9292153
Trim: 605
Paint: 452
Body Serial: 7083

Here's what I know:
1954 fourdoor Canadian Pontiac, flat6
Here's what I think:
Chieftain (or Pathfinder?), 239 ci, originally red.

Do you have the date for the Collectible Automobiles issue? I will send you a Tim's card for a photocopy of the article. Canadian for sure. Hahhah.

Cheers,
Cody

-- Edited by Roughshod Rod at 10:45, 2008-10-04

57poncho · Uber Guru

Here are the pics from the sales brochure . And a pic of a 2d pathfinder deluxe Hope this helps you some.

57poncho · Uber Guru

69Laurentian wrote:

According to the info I have, you have a Pathfinder 2 door sedan 6 cylinder (261). Base price was $2539, and base weight was 3220 lbs.

Hope this helps.
Todd

Are you able to tell me what the list price for a 57 safari 4d pathfinder deluxe was

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Why yes I can.
The Pathfinder 6 cyl wagon base price was $3170.

Todd

57poncho · Uber Guru

69Laurentian wrote:

Why yes I can.
The Pathfinder 6 cyl wagon base price was $3170.

Todd

Thanks Todd that's $170 more than I paid. Now how much I'Ve put into it since then I don't even want to talk about.

Vern

PontiacPete · Member

Is there a website where I can check out my VIN number for the 1966 Parisienne I just purchased. Or can somehow help me. I would like to restore the car to its original make. The VIN # is 676469024248. Please and thank you, PontiacPete..