ACADIAN CANSO SD Original, Fully Restored 1 of less than a handful Red, Red, 327, 275hp, 4speed F41HD Suspension. 12 bolt rearend. Very clean and original.Rides nice and quiet, you could easily drive this car back home any were in the country. Original Acadian Radio. I have the Letter from GM of Canada that documents the options on this car and the Protect-o-Plate.It is a must see.You will not be disappointed.Everywhere I go in this car I am mobbed by people who want to talk about it. It has some great differences from an ordinary Nova. The Tail lights look like they are from Olds, the front looks like Pontiac and the 4 portholes on the fender are classic Buick. Best of all underneath it is still a Chevy. The engine bay is very clean and correct. I always display it with the hood open. It comes with the original 14 inch rally wheels. If you are looking for something unique, than this is it.New 3 inch exhaust recent front end replacement. Less than 5000 miles on rebuilt motor and trans.new breaks and new 17 inch wheels and tires. Ready to Cruse.
there were 370 coups made in all. divided up into Sport Deluxe and standard acadians
Option List is
A02 Glass tinted
D99 moulding
F40 HD Frt and RR Suspension
L30 327 4 bbl carb
M20 4 speed
P67 tires
u63 Pushbutton radio
v31 and 32 bumper guards
Acadian was a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada from 1962 to 1971. The Acadian was introduced so that Canadian Pontiac-Buick dealers would have a compact model to sell, since the Pontiac Tempest was not available in Canada. Plans originally called for the Acadian to be based on the Chevrolet Corvair, which was produced at GM's Oshawa plant; however, the concept was moved to the Chevy II platform to be introduced for 1962.
Initially, Acadians were retrimmed Chevy IIs, offered as a base model, mid-priced Invader and top-line Beaumont. The front cover of the original 1962 owners manual shows a 4-door 4-cylinder Invader sedan, and was suitable for both English and French language editions.
As with the Chevy IIs of that era, Acadians were offered with 4, 6, and 8 cylinder engines and sported two choices of transmission, a 3-speed manual gearbox or the 2-speed Powerglide automatic. In 1964 and 1965, the Beaumont name was moved to a retrimmed version of the contemporary Chevrolet Chevelle, at which time the name Canso took over as the top-line Acadian.
For 1966 and 1967, the Acadian Canso featured a Sport Deluxe option similar to Chevrolet's SS option package. The '66 Acadian brochure cover above shows a Canso Sport Deluxe finished in Aztec Bronze. From 1966 to 1969, the Beaumont continued, but as a stand-alone marque. Both Acadians and Beaumonts were sold by Pontiac dealers, but they were considered as separate makes, not Pontiac models.
1966-69 Beaumonts continued to use the Chevrolet Chevelle body with minor styling revisions, including different taillights and a Pontiac-style split grille. The interior used the dash panel from the (U.S.) Pontiac Tempest/LeMans/GTO series. All Acadians and Beaumonts used Chevrolet powerplants.
During the late '60s, the Beaumont was also available in Puerto Rico. There was actually a Beaumont Cafeteria that was co-located with the local Beaumont dealer in San Juan.
The Acadian continued using the Chevy II/Nova body through mid-1971, after which it was replaced by the Pontiac Ventura II.
Man, that is a sweet car. Again, Canadian car, Canadian red, Centenial year car. If money was not object, I would love to have that one. Any guesses as to what it might go for?...
-- Edited by 03cts sport on Thursday 22nd of April 2010 06:43:22 PM
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"So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think... The good outnumber you, and we always will." Patton Oswalt
Man, that is a sweet car. Again, Canadian car, Canadian red, Centenial year car. If money was not object, I would love to have that one. Any guesses as to what it might go for?...
-- Edited by 03cts sport on Thursday 22nd of April 2010 06:43:22 PM
My thoughts on this one are that in this economy, I will be surprised if he gets his opening bid. I realize you couldn't duplicate this car for that money but that is the way the market is for cars like this right now. I suspect if he left it wide open for bids it may hit 20 or a bit more. Sad but that is how I see this one.
For the record, that is pretty much a dream car for me too. Love the colours, options, everything. I would just change the wheels but wheels happen to be a very personal thing.
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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 (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
I think there is some pictures of what is likely the same car if you scroll down the posts on this forum to one that says 1967 SD or something like that.
And yes, nice looking car!
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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 (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
I know this car we have been to several car shows in Michigan together. It came from Otterville Ont. about 6/7 years ago. He had it listed on ebay a year or so ago as an L79 car, then he had to pull the ad an resubmit it as a 327/275hp car. Its a vary nice clean Acadian Canso SD.
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Susie & Joe Lizon
1965 L79 Acadian Beaumont SD Pearl White
1965 L79 Acadian Beaumont SD Regal Red
1965 Acadian Beaumont SD Convertible 327/300hp 4 speed Tan
Looks like it sold for $27,500.00. Nice to see it was appreciated!
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It had one bid but I don't know if the bid met that amount? That's strong money if it did. I hope it's subframe and frame rails were solid because that would be a piss off for that kind of money.
I bet the asking bid was way under the appraised value, which was probably in excess of 40,000. Remember there were only so many SD cars produced, 370 in 1967 and 429 in 1966. Value is only as good as what someone is willing to pay, I think this car was a real bargain at 27,500
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