lLooking for information to identify if there are body codes/vin no to prove it is original and imported into Australia as a righthand drive ? Also how many would have been imported ? It has Chev imparla 1965 dash.bucket seats. It looks very similare to my '65 4 door parisienne Australian fisher body. Can anybody help with info? or where I can find it? I have very litte computer skills. Sorry!
I recall a 1965 Parisienne convertible RHD on a Australian Pontiac site. The owner said that GM Canada built 12 or13 of these cars and I believe he said 3 of those were shipped to Austraila.
Welcome aboard Budgie!. Most 1960's RHD GM product shipped to Oz, S. Africa and a few other places were Canadian built K/D cars.. The '65 Chevy RHD dash is probably the original, checking it closely is it actually fibreglass?. Here's the GM Canada Vintage Services contact info below.. Ask for George!.
Post the tag details here! There were a few '65 convertibles imported into the UK by US Concessionaires Ltd of London. I just can't believe that there were just 13. The body tag should say 'EX RD' or similar...The dash of course was the '65 Chevy tranpsosed BUT there may have been slight differences between the Pontiac and Chevy versions, such as dash turn signal lights; I have never been able to compare them.
I should have added that there were about four Aussie dealers that imported built-up cars such as this, with tacit aproval from Holden's.
-- Edited by Oracle on Tuesday 2nd of November 2010 01:39:03 PM
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Thanks guys for your replies. Dont have any i.d.info yet.I will be going back to view more close up at the end of the month and make offer to buy.The owner has had the car stored since the mid 80's. He beleives it is one of less than fifty made r.h.d imported to australia. 327 chev / powerglide. Needs full rebuilb,mostly complete,broken r.h.side rear quater window.I have one photo from side,cramped in shed but dont know how to put it on.May have to wait till kids home from school to show dad how to drive computer.
Owner shared id info for research so i can make offer for car. He has already has others interested,making offers from photos. Style No 76467EXRDI-3-27 Body No 740463 Trim No 271 Paint code P Serial No 0793823 No B70-T-02 Dont know what this No is? Could be B3-T-02 I would guess 'EXRDI-3-27' stands for RHDrive Export,327 chev.I hope from this info can help you help me.Thanks Budgie.
Evening orchid is great! I sure hope you get this car because I think there is a whole bunch of us here who want to see it, I don't see the May 27th. Am I missing it somewhere? Is it the 3-27
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Boy that was a quick response. Quicker than I can type. The car at the moment, is pale blue with white roof. The remains of black bucket seats.And a gold dash! What was they thinking?See attached photos
Welcome! That gold or copper dash is "different" eh Rohan.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Again is the RHD dash itself actually made of fiberglass?.
I find it interesting the wipers on this specific car seem to sweep in the same direction as a LHD car.. Is this typical to RHD GM B-Body cars of this era as usually wipers sweep in the opposite direction to give a clearer driver's view when LHD or RHD?.
And what of the '65 shown in the same pic as the ragtop?. Is this a RHD Canadian built car too?.
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Reply to Ghost post. Yes you are right it's a'65 pillarless (brown).It's a parts car to much rust to repair.That is the car I went to see to buy side trims,grill & bumper for my 4 door autralian fisher body.(which I did).Didn't look at tags. By the time I got home I rang back for 1st offer on convertible,with my brother & father telling me that was the car too do. Also 2 door hard top in front of convertible.It's a'65 LHD but owner not shareing to much about it.Sorry, almost forgot.The dash is fiberglass and the wipers both start in the middle and swipe outwards.
-- Edited by Budgie on Friday 12th of November 2010 09:34:14 PM
Some of the rhd cars had 'lobster claw' wipers that met in the middle...saw a Citroen yesterday with that arrangement though so many companies have in modern times just left the lhd wipers on. The headlamps are also rhd of course. However, another aspect is the rhd steering box. (Saginaw?) ..this was I gather used from 1958-62 and possibly longer. The heater if fitted was either a recirculating one or if in the UK, SA, Aussieland say, a Smith's Industries one.
-- Edited by Oracle on Saturday 13th of November 2010 04:39:27 AM
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