how rare are L79's

Seabreeze · Member

how rare are L79's

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Welcome here.

I hope you are prepared for sticker shock if you are looking to buy one of the 23!

I believe the one at the top of this page is for sale.

kelico · Poncho Master!

have you got any old photos of your car?
would love to see them

welcome to the site too

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Seabreeze wrote:

how rare are L79's
wow I didn't realize there were only 23 of them made---I owned one of those when I was a young fella. I grew up in Parksville, BC and ordered a 1965 Beaumont Sport Deluxe from Carter GM in Vancouver, 327 ci, 350 hp, 2 door hardtop, dark blue with light blue upholstery. I didn't know that it was referred to as an L79 until now.
I sold the car in about 1967 to a fella in Parksville---no room for a baby buggy---I lost track of the car after a couple years and have no idea what happened to it.
I wouldn't mind getting another one after all these years and will keep my eyes on this website and forum that I just found out about at the Kamloops Hot Nights car show last month.

Any pictures? Unless there was two dark blue on Mist blue L-79 4 spds in Parksville that sounds like my Dads car. He bought his new in 65. I have been trying to track that car down for 15 yrs. No luck yet. What are the chances of two? Twins?

03cts sport · Uber Guru

Ouch. You may not want to go any further down this path as I think you might end up kicking yourself a little more than most of us who sold their old rides...

Seabreeze · Member

I'm sure there were not two L79 in parksville in 1965 to 67----its a small town and I grew up there. If he bought it new he never drove it in parksville----I wonder if your Dad is the fella that I sold the car to---I forget the name of that person.

Seabreeze · Member

I have some pictures but I'll have to scan them onto my computor.
I forgot to mention it was a 4 gear with bucket seats---if you see one like itwould have a big cigarette burn on the back seat---if its still around??

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

It sounds like there must have been two if one of you is the original owner of one and the other is the son of the original owner.

Pretty amazing to say the least!

Yes, some pics would be great.

jmont64 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Welcome Garry. Glad you found the site. I shared a little of our conversation on here after I came back from the Kamloops show. Was fun talking to you and to think you could have had an L-79 Chevelle too was pretty cool. We love hearing these stories.

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Seabreeze wrote:

I'm sure there were not two L79 in parksville in 1965 to 67----its a small town and I grew up there. If he bought it new he never drove it in parksville----I wonder if your Dad is the fella that I sold the car to---I forget the name of that person.

Nope. He bought it new and lived in Port alberni. Funny thing is he picked up down your way. Now here is the odd part of this story. He sold it in 67 to buy a 67 396 4spd butternut yellow Beaumont. Sounds pretty familiar eh? I'll search for the photo of him in the car. Do you have any photos of yours?

Seabreeze · Member

65sssd---do you live in BC---we should connect

Seabreeze · Member

Hi jerel
thats the other story that i never wrote on here----I also ordered a 65 chevelle L79 from Katila Motors in port Alberni but cancelled the order when i found a better deal on the beaumont at carter's in Vancouver---i paid $3600 for the beaumont---got it wholesale price somehow

Seabreeze · Member

65sssd wrote:

Seabreeze wrote:

I'm sure there were not two L79 in parksville in 1965 to 67----its a small town and I grew up there. If he bought it new he never drove it in parksville----I wonder if your Dad is the fella that I sold the car to---I forget the name of that person.

Nope. He bought it new and lived in Port alberni. Funny thing is he picked up down your way. Now here is the odd part of this story. He sold it in 67 to buy a 67 396 4spd butternut yellow Beaumont. Sounds pretty familiar eh? I'll search for the photo of him in the car. Do you have any photos of yours?

I'm just learning how to get around this forum---do you live in BC---i'm sure we might know of each other---I worked in Port for 6 years until 1971

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Seabreeze wrote:

65sssd wrote:

Seabreeze wrote:

I'm sure there were not two L79 in parksville in 1965 to 67----its a small town and I grew up there. If he bought it new he never drove it in parksville----I wonder if your Dad is the fella that I sold the car to---I forget the name of that person.

Nope. He bought it new and lived in Port alberni. Funny thing is he picked up down your way. Now here is the odd part of this story. He sold it in 67 to buy a 67 396 4spd butternut yellow Beaumont. Sounds pretty familiar eh? I'll search for the photo of him in the car. Do you have any photos of yours?

I'm just learning how to get around this forum---do you live in BC---i'm sure we might know of each other---I worked in Port for 6 years until 1971

You might know my dad but not me. I was born in 75! I thought the Chevelle was a 300 HP and was bought by the Mayors son? I think my dad mentioned it.

Seabreeze · Member

65sssd wrote:

Seabreeze wrote:

65sssd wrote:

Seabreeze wrote:

I'm sure there were not two L79 in parksville in 1965 to 67----its a small town and I grew up there. If he bought it new he never drove it in parksville----I wonder if your Dad is the fella that I sold the car to---I forget the name of that person.

Nope. He bought it new and lived in Port alberni. Funny thing is he picked up down your way. Now here is the odd part of this story. He sold it in 67 to buy a 67 396 4spd butternut yellow Beaumont. Sounds pretty familiar eh? I'll search for the photo of him in the car. Do you have any photos of yours?

I'm just learning how to get around this forum---do you live in BC---i'm sure we might know of each other---I worked in Port for 6 years until 1971

You might know my dad but not me. I was born in 75! I thought the Chevelle was a 300 HP and was bought by the Mayors son? I think my dad mentioned it.

hmmm you could be right I think the mayor's son was a car guy---I never saw the Chevelle that I ordered---it might have been a 300 hp but i thought it was an L79---hey that was over 50 years ago

-- Edited by Seabreeze on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 11:53:33 PM

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Nah Garry, it's actually only 45 years ago!!!

It's easy to remember stuff from that short time ago....

65sssd · Poncho Master!

You should really post some pictures because everybody loves that!

67SD396 · Poncho Master!

Do you have any pictures of your Dad's car from back in the day Paul? That would be cool if you could post them and we could compare...

Seabreeze · Member

65sssd wrote:

You should really post some pictures because everybody loves that!

that means that I have to dig them out of old albums that are stored someplace??

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

That's ok. We'll wait :)

Welcome to the site.

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I talked with a guy at the Barrie Automotive Flea Market back in 1989 that was selling a 1965 Chevelle 300 2-door post. During the conversation he mentioned that he owned a Canadian-built 1965 Chevelle 300 2-door post L-79 that he bought from the original owner back in the mid 1970s. He was actually a friend of the original owner and suggested the L-79 engine to the original owner back in 1965, who then decided to act on the advice and order one. I seem to recall that in 1973 the 2nd owner bought it and drove it until 1978 as a daily driver (road salt & all). It was Sierra Tan. He was breaking it for parts at the time and swapping the drivetrain into a California 1965 Malibu SS.

Does anyone remember a Barrie vendor that was selling vintage snowmobiles, like 1960s ones? That was the guy.

65sssd · Poncho Master!

67SD396 wrote:

Do you have any pictures of your Dad's car from back in the day Paul? That would be cool if you could post them and we could compare...

Yes I do. I posted it here on poncho but cannot find the post anymore. I will post one from home tonight.

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

CdnGMfan wrote:

Does anyone remember a Barrie vendor that was selling vintage snowmobiles, like 1960s ones? That was the guy.

Yes the snowmobile guy is a friend of mine as I replied to your posting in this below thread..

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=118110&p=3&topicID=37783781

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Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

Found it 65sssd. Bet you would love to have that car today

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Beaumont4008 wrote:

Found it 65sssd. Bet you would love to have that car today

Yeh I wish I had it but not for the money. That one is part of the family. Both of them. I gave my Blue 65 SD 283 4 spd to my Dad this year and it is a twin of this car minus the L-79 but it will have to do. He is 65 and he now owns another 65. Kinda makes sense eh? I hope he runs the pants off of it!!