Hey all...I am just a newbs...but love this site and hope to own my own Beaumont some day soon (actually working on acquiring one right now...but that is another story).
I have a friend whom I knew for some time has been restoring a 64 2 dr Beaumont Hard Top with original 6 cyl. He was a friend thru my coaching his grandson, so I never really got over to his place until Saturday night at a mosquito romp in his backyard.
Anyhow, I got to see his car...which is about 75% completed. I knew he was dropping in a V8, but I was surprised to learn that it was a 327 that he had all kinds of performance upgrades completed. I asked him where he got the engine and he advised me from his donor vehicle, which he was also using for parts. I never knew about this car and he explained to me that he had picked it up about 12 years ago...it is a 65 Beaumont 2dr Hard Top! A local young guy had clipped a telephone pole with it and was going to put it in the stock car races. My bud thought it would be a great donor vehicle and picked it up for $300!
Anyhow...I guess the point of my whole story is...should my friend not be restoring the 65 and using the 64 as the donor if in fact the 65 is a true 327 V8 original? I did see the vehicile but it was under a tarp and it was getting darkish. I guess the passenger side was clipped pretty hard but it was still driveable.
Jan. 12th 1965 73837 327ci L79 C (968 red ) Michigan link Sport Deluxe 2dr hrdtp M20 Ermine White canadianl79 Lowes Motors Ltd.-Chatham Ontario
Jan. 12th 1965 73867 327ci L79 K (985 black bucket) B.C. link Sport Deluxe Conv. M20 Artesian Turquoise / Top 10-white Randy #832189 Jan 6th tag date C06 B70 Bill Conroy Ltd. W. Vancouver, BC
March 26th 1965 73837 327ci L79 R (965 black) Michigan USA link Sport Deluxe 2dr hrdtp M20 Regal Red canadian L79 B70 C14 F40 K05 P58 T60 T86 U16 U63 Tofield Service Garage-Toefield Albta
As I mentioned, I was at his yard party, and it was dark and the donor car was under tarps (ouch!). I will see if I can get him to either take pics of the protecto plates or if it would be ok to go over and get the numbers off both of cars...maybe snap a pic or two as well.
I am a bit wary about how he will feel about this if the car is an L79.
