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This one could get dicey. I may get challenged on it, and I may be wrong. I offer as proof the Beaumont Master Parts Catalogue.

What is the first year tilt steering was offered in a Beaumont?

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68?


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I'm going to say 65

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totally guessing...65

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03cts sport wrote:

68?


You agree with the parts book.

I am expecting an argument for 67 from someone, but no proof unless someone has some literature with it in there.

 



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64 or 65 would be a logical guess since they share a dash with GTO/Lemans but no go for some reason.

Many guys put Lemans tilts into Beaumonts because of the common dash.

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I saw quite a few parted out 65 Malibus, and a couple of Beaumonts, and scored some cool stuff from them, like AM/FM multiplex radios, floor shifter humps with holes, and tilt columns, but can't remember what came from what. One guy in Quesnel had quite a few of them, as he was a stock car racer, and kept using them as race cars. I grabbed what I could. This was in the mid 80's.

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1968

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My thinking was that they probably came on the Chevelles in 67, and therefore the Beaumonts a year later. Not sure if that rationale is sound at all? A friend has a tilt from a GTO that he plans on putting in his 66 Beaumont

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I just opened the Chevelle parts book. Interesting...........

First year for Canadian Chevelle tilt says 1966 with one exception. As mentioned below, it can not be had with 3 speed column shift.

I worded this wrong and what I am trying to say is tilt was available in a Canadian Chevelle before 66 but there is a special circumstance.

The person who gets this exception/cirucmstance also just figured out the exception for getting an overdrive in the other trivia question!!!

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 09:58:44 PM

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3 speed column shift is my guess



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Good point.

True, you can't get a 3 speed manual on the column with tilt.

I will correct that to read 2 exceptions!

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 09:59:03 PM

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I would have to go with 66 as well.

for sure NOT 1964 or 65 in canadian cars

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Ok, I must be making this too hard.

This will help, it's a good clue for both threads.

What did it take to get tilt in an Oshawa built 65 Chevelle?

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C'mon Fred, you GOTTA get this one. Nobody has looked at more cowl tags and option codes than you.

Think man, think!!!

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ok (thinking here) evileye

Power seats?

-- Edited by 68sd on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 11:34:47 PM

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Best clue yet. OSHAWA BUILT. Think about it.....

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Export?

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YES YES YES!!!!!


The parts book says that you could order overdrive in 65 to 68 Oshawa built cars for export. Beaumont and B body Pontiacs had them available.  Can you believe that? Why wouldn't they offer it for Canada if it could be had in a car built in Canada but for sale overseas?

Also, to answer the tilt question, it says first year for Chevelle tilt in a Canadian car is 1966 but that a Chevelle built for export could have it in 1965. Again, why would they do that?

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But I was in the Chevelle parts book and it says no tilt in a Canadian Chevelle for 65?

And that should have a Chevelle dash!!!

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i have to go sit down ,ive hurt my brain doh

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could it be safety standards at the time ,didnt we have a collapsible column in canada

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Good question. It just seemed odd to me that the "extras" could be put on a car that we build in Canada, sell the equivalent of in Canada and yet in Canada we can't buy them!

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68sd wrote:

i have to go sit down ,ive hurt my brain doh


Mine's about done for today as well.

 



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How rare is the tilt column? My 68 has it.
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