THANKS FRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fred you're supposed to be looking for stuff for the 70 parisenne 2+2 convertible.

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Have we ever been able to determine what 400 was used in 1976 in full size Canadian model's? Was it the sbc 400 or Pontiac 400? Since 400 was the largest discplacement for the Canadian models and we know both 350's were Chevy I think the 400 was most likely the sbc. Anyone know for certain?

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It was an orange Chevy 400 small block on Canadian-built models. I remember a friend of my father visiting us from Oshawa in the fall of 1975. He drove over in his brand new 1976 Laurentian Safari 3-seat wagon. Under the hood was an orange sbc. A neighbour had a 1975 version of that car, but with 2-seats. It also had a 400 4-barrel Chevy under the hood.

Catalinas were built mostly in the U.S. but also in Oshawa. Some were sold here with blue block Pontiac power & some were made here with Chevy power. It really depended on the options you ordered, which in turn decided where the car would be sourced.

A friend's father had a 1973 Pontiac Parisienne coupe with a 400 2-barrel Chevy under the hood, another friend's father had a '72 Parisienne coupe with a 350 2-barrel Chevy under the hood (220,000 miles and the car looked nearly new and ran great; they also owned the first Pontiac Astre I had ever heard of with over 100,000 miles).

It was the same with 1970 through at least 1973 Lemans as well. Some had orange Chevy 350 2-barrels, others had blue Pontiac 350 2-barrels. It depended on what series and/or body style, which in turn dictated where the car was built. A convertible came from Pontiac Michigan, as did the GT-37 & 1972 GTs, so they had pure Pontiac power. I don't know all the specifics, but there you go.