a quick google showed that there was 15 4 spd 409's built,,, so the total 4 spd number MUST be higher than I remember...

Well, theres definately one less around because we wrecked one out about 15 years ago that had been T-boned and the insurance company wrote it off. It was a factory 327-300 h.p., 4 spd. Dark blue ext with med. blue int.

I don't know the number and would be interested in finding out. One thing though, all 4-speeds for these cars were Muncie-built and were available on 327 250-horse on up through the top 409s. Further to that, all manual transmission 327 and larger engines engines that year (1964) were 4-speed only (they dropped the 3-speed offering of previous years). Not all 409s were manual transmission equipped, the 340-horse version offered a h.d. Powerglide as well.

RE: Late Great Chevys article:

There were some 2,985 Custom Sport Convertibles (5,766 Hardtops made in 1964,)

but only about 20 were near like this one. The factory options include the following: (you'll see they're 1964 Chevrolet).

L74	300hp 327	B70	Full Padded Dash
M20	4-speed incl. Tach.	N33	Tilt Steering Wheel
A31	Power Windows	V80	Rear Speaker
N40	Power Steering	P78	800 x 14 WW Tires
J50	Power Brakes	K81	62-amp Alternator

I didn't notice but i'll look again the pictures.

I don't know those cars too well.  Maybe its a fake. It looks like its been in there a long time though.

I should have snuck a look at the tag but I didn't have the time.

Its kind of interesting how the vast majority of Canadian cars were really bread and butter cars and the ones with the interesting (AKA expensive) options were so few and far between.  I would guess most of them must have been ordered as demos knowing that the average customer would love it but go cheaper once he talked to the wife or was ordered by  the very occasional guy that actually knew what he wanted and had the money to pay for it.

I talked to a retired RCMP officer a few years ago who ordered a 425 horse 4 speed 1966 Grande Parisenne when he got his first posting and then had to cancel the order when he found out what he actually was going to get paid

Canadians in the 60's weren't  quite busting out with dough or credit yet I guess.

One smart fellow!

The one in the pic above is an auto, not a 4 speed.

It was very rare to see a 4 speed Pontiac (full size) back in the day. Unless it was a Power Glide car changed over to a stick like my old one was. It was a 3 speed with an after market shifter. There just wasn't many 4 speed trans. available and when you found one ,it cost as a much as I usually paid for the car.