That article sounds like it was translated through an interpreter from a language other than english?! ...I'm more confused than ever? would my car be a chevy? an acadian? a chevelles sister? or a canadian gto? they've got them all covered...

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I can't imagine that was written in the US, it is basically incoherent.

There are so many factual error we should put a warming on this thread DO NOT READ.

WOW!!!  

Is there a spot where you can colour inside the lines, now what did i do with my crayolas?

I have enver saw an article with so many mistakes, who wrote it ? They need to retract it completely, it's no wonder people get the wrong messages/info about Beaumonts and Acadians when crap like this is available!

This article makes me want to go renovate another Canadian Corvair.

Very entertaining at the very least.

thanks for all the input.. we should write to the organization that wrote it and do a little "correcting"

again.. good point.. might end up being an encyclopedia

My guess is the author is about 10 or 12 years old with an interest in old cars, but like many of us, still a lot to learn.

The internet is a scary place if you're looking for facts. There aren't many editors out there in cyber space.

Thanks Super Chief, nothing like hearing how it was from someone who knows!

It might be hard to fathom that most people, back in the 1950's and 1960's; really knew what was going to end up as being "rare".
For example;  From 1963 to 1965  I owned a 1955 Chev Bel Air 2 dr hardtop, then a 1956 Chev 4dr hardtop  and then a 1957 Chev 4 dr hardtop.  Each of them bought and sold for under  $1,000.00    Back then it wasn't known as the special car that it would turn out to be, years later.

As for the 1965 Acadian Beaumont L79 that I had; I traded it in for a 1966 Beaumont, in the early spring of 1966. A nice 2 door hardtop, Sport Deluxe red  with black interior,
buckets seats, power steering, power brakes, etc.  327 V8  275 hp.  It was no where as quick as the '65   but at the time it had better exterior lines, etc.
One day I saw my old '65 on the street...I flagged the driver over to the side.  We chatted for a while.  He told me of all of the wins he had racked up with it.   I told him of my experience with it.  On the rear where a set of Dominion Royal Master tires  ( a premium tire back in the day before radial tires) they were bald from all of the burnouts they had been subjected to)
I never saw the car again;  but I have the feeling that it got wrecked along the way and was probably crushed at the Auto Wreckers.

As I mentioned in my first post;  these cars were way faster than the brakes could stop them.  That is why I feel it eventually got totalled.

I would guess that there might only be  about half a dozen  to a dozen of these left intact.
They would truly be a rare collectable car

Note:  you would never know that  these 1965's with the L79;  had  that motor under the hood; from the outside.  No special badges outside.  No  identifying markings like the  Chevy II's and the Mailbu's  as to whether it had a 283 V8 or a 327 V8
Just a very small piece of metal on the side of the front fender (1 inch and a half square) which  said V8.  So pulling up beside it you wouldn't know  what was inside the hood;  283   , or the 250 hp  327,  300 hp  327  or the 350 hp  327

Carl;

I notice that you like 65 Acadian Canso's.

My oldest son once had a 67 Acadian Canso.  Sadly, he didn't keep it stock.  He installed a full race 350,  with  a roller cam, etc then tubbed out the rear wheel wells, put on huge slicks and went drag racing.  Talk about the sound of an engine idling...