Here is one from the "When did you last see one?" files! Not only is Matt Langford's (a.k.a ss acadian 350) L48 1969 Acadian rare, it's likely the best one in existance. What more can I say? We'll let the photos do the talking:
Matt says: "I purchased the car in 1999 as a parts car , but it was in too good of shape to cut-up and the paper work is "bullet proof". It's very nicely optioned , great colours etc. At the time I was restoring a 1969 L78 NOVA SS . So I gave the acadian a full resto! It took some time an some $ - a lot of work but it was worth it. It's lot a fun to drive . I had it at AUTOFEST and meet three or four members there .IT'S THE FIRST AND ONLY ACADAIN SS that most people had ever seen ??"
Thats a Beautiful Car!!!! Love the colour!!! Excellent job, you made the right choice , not cutting it up.
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
congratulations!!! very nice car there is one close to here original green 4 speed with custom interior (green) 2 owner car bought new in Goderich.. NOT as nice as yours hope a Poncho guy buys it.. lol Carl
Might I inquire where the air cleaner decals came from and would they also be correct for 1968 ?
Gary
I have a few left if you like send me a PM.
The fact is the air cleaner design is my own borrowed heavily from the Pontiac and Beaumont Astro Jet or Econo Jet Big Block style. It bugged me every time I saw a Canadian Poncho with a Turbo-Fire decal that all the Chevy repo houses sell south of the border so I took matters into my own hands. I made up 20 and sold a few on e-bay to recover my $300 cost.
The original Big Block decals have a different shade of blue but I chose the colour I did to match closer to the US Pontiac engine colour.
That's the story. They do look nice though, don't they?
PS. I had them made up with 250 HP as the photo shows but Matt just cut that off for his 300 HP installation. The reason I did that was because my 1973 L-48 was rated SAE Net at 175 Net HP which works out to pre '72 - 250 Gross HP.
I was too busy this past week and weekend. Barrie is getting to be too much like a yard sale. I haven't found to much the past couple of times I've gone other than some parts to resell and with the market the way it is right now it's just not feesible.
It depends how cheap the service department is. We opted for the plain 9cent each ones from an independent supplier rather than the 13 cent ones from GM.....
