I found the original warranty book for my newly acquired 65 Laurentian wagon and it was sold April 27 1965 to AVIS rental car of Calgary I think that is way cool So I will spend time finding information about AVIS rentals in the era and make it a part of my display for car shows
First owners is cool but a RENTAL car is even cooler if you ask me i have doc's on 1/2 of my 12 cars none have ever been rentals just so different and if i read the papers right i bougt it form the guy who bought it from AVIS so that make me #3 wooohooo
I found the original warranty book for my newly acquired 65 Laurentian wagon and it was sold April 27 1965 to AVIS rental car of Calgary
Ken
That is exactly the same day my Acadian was shipped from Ontario to Winnipeg! 4-27-65!!! I always liked that when I was running the 427 in my Acadian, it was a 427 65!
What a great day in Canadian Poncho history!!!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
If my memory is correct I believe Avis would have been on 8th Ave. I worked there in the summer of 1965 washing and jockeying cars so there is a good chance I would have driven the wagon. Unfortunately I dont remember doing so.
The only car I do remember driving that summer was a brand new Cadillac. I had to drive it to the airport one day. I took a small detour, picked up my girlfriend and took her for a ride. The trip to the airport took me over an hour compared to the normal time of 20 minutes. Im not sure it was the car or the girlfriend that I remember more but Im thinking it was probably the girl.
it has the engine code and Key codes too boot which is good cause it has no keys so I hope the two I had made work I will know Feb 14 when i go there to see it again
So much for my memory. I was trying to remember which avenue Avis was on in those days and thought it was 8th. So much has changed downtown that unless you have a photographic memory or failing that a photograph things can get misplaced.
At least I'm sure about the Cadillac and the girl.
yup, Stampede Pontiac was at the corner of 14th Street & 17th Avenue SW. Avis has a location at 211 - 6th Ave SW, at the 6th Avenue entrance to the Bay Parkade (Bow Parkade). The 240 - 6th Avenue SW location would have been bull-dozed when they built Bow Valley Square in the 70's. Cool.
As long as the lock cylinders haven't been changed, the keys you had cut from the codes should work. When I bought my green car I had the local GM dealer get the key codes from George Zapora, and they cut me new ones. They worked perfectly - much better than making copies of well work keys.
It would be cool to display with some period vintage memorabilia. You might try checking the microfiche archives at your local newspaper or library to see if you can find any period ads.
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Hillar
1970 LS4 (eventually an LS5) Laurentian 2dr hdtp -and a bunch of other muscle cars...
Excellent idea i have Emailed AVIS and had no responce yet ( i dont expcect one ) and looked on the net for any AVIS period stuff. But I like the Library idea I would like an Ad and rate chart way tooo coool and it will go with my vintage Calgary Parking meter .05 that works perfectly, and my drive in speaker. I checked with GM historical and ony 683 of this model were built and it was sent to Stampede Motors April 23 1965
Darn!!! I knew I shoulda looked at that car!!! LOL Hey Ken, Steve sent the ad to me when it was on KIJIJI and told me it should be my next project, I already have a project with my 60 wagon... GOOD SCORE, with a history.
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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
Darn!!! I knew I shoulda looked at that car!!! LOL Hey Ken, Steve sent the ad to me when it was on KIJIJI and told me it should be my next project, I already have a project with my 60 wagon... GOOD SCORE, with a history.
I already had 9 other Projects but always room in my heart for one more HAHAHAHA and i think it will be an easy fix to get it on the road as well. I am installing a 300hp 350 4bbll TH350 and disc brakes true wire wheels and maybe a airbag it kit nexy year
is home and starting to clean it up soon an enine transplant and the new interior i ordered from that Ebay guy i will let you all know if its worth the 300$$ or not but was a lot less than $1000.00 + that every one wanted here for just 1 seat
thanks the new motor and trans should be going in in the next few weeks and I ordered an interior kit from that ebay guy ( AIS ) I will let you all know how it turns out when i install it. The price was sure right and i only hope it is as good as i expect
I just got my seat covers from AIS ( they advertise on ebay a lot ) i am am super excited about it the look great and after install them i will post pictures :)
Ken
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Keep us posted. They look good. and the cloth insert covers are usually more expensive than the all vinyl. Whats teh story on AIS? do they have covers for all old cars? price seems reduculously cheap.
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Beaumontguru
MY BEAUMONT HAS 4 STUDDED TIRES AND 2 BLOCKHEATERS......AND LOTS OF OIL UNDERNEATH. The other one has a longer roof.
I just got my seat covers from AIS ( they advertise on ebay a lot ) i am am super excited about it the look great and after install them i will post pictures :)
Ken
they do not quite match the original do they?
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Hillar
1970 LS4 (eventually an LS5) Laurentian 2dr hdtp -and a bunch of other muscle cars...
They do not match the originals ( and for $319.00 USD i dont care ) but i am not restoring my car just making it a nice driver. They have a very nice original 60's look to them and there is no differeance for cloth or all vynal and pleated or not all same price. they are supposed to have over 7,000 patterns and have been making covers since 1942
http://www.customseatcovers.com/index.htm this is a link to the company that made the items i bought them through a canadian compnay AIS and it worked out great so far autointeriors@xplornet.com
If you want "orignal" this may not be the place ( the pressed vynal is not easy to reproduce espcially on CANADIAN Pontiacs) but i was told that they could duplicate my original 63 Skylark interior
And besides for the money it is better than WalMart seat covers HAHAHAHAHAHA
I think that is way cool 
So I will spend time finding information about AVIS rentals in the era and make it a part of my display for car shows
