my 68 aussie assembled pontiac

commiedoor · Member

my 68 aussie assembled pontiac

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

It must have been quite the job to turn it back to a gasoline (petrol) system from a propane (gas) system. Was there actually a petrol tank and a gas tank simultanously on the car, or did you have to swap them out?

Was it assembled in '68 with a propane system or did the "old bloke" get it converted to propane after delivery?

Sounds like an interesting history on the car.

65wagon · Poncho Master!

do you still have the propane hardware, by the way she is a bute, propane could be installed on vehicles new since the fifties more seen on farm equipment though

commiedoor · Member

hi , it was fitted with a gas/petrol system aftermarket not long after it was bought from the dealer .. since gas was new , once out side most metropolitan areas gas was very rare to find at a servo so you could switch from gas to petrol as you had a gas tank ( lpg) fitted in the boot and the original fuel tank . the quadrojet only needed a kit put through it as the gaskets and seals had shrunk from lack of use .. the installers recomended that you switched to fuel once a month for a few hundred miles to keep the carb servicable .
this was/is the case with most a/m gas installs ..up here in northern australia even now once you go bush ( out of town and head west ie 200-300 k's ) you soon run out of gas at servo's ..
on a funny note , when we checked the fuel tank and fuel filter , they had dust in them as it hadn't had petrol in it for over 9 years .. but the 97 liter lpg tank was still 2/4 full , luck gas doesnt go off ..lol it still run fine on the atlest 9 year old gas ! ...and yes the chook cooker bbq set up has been removed from the engine bay and it currenty hiding in the boot ..

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

Even here on Prince Edward Island, you have a hard time getting propane outside of the major population centres. All this talk makes me think of Mad Max/The Road Warrior! biggrin

Any more odd stuff on the car? You can get information on it (options, numbers, etc.) through GM of Canada. Thanks.

acadiansrus · Addicted!

very cool ride and right hand drive and all . can ya post a drivers view of the dash .
shawn

commiedoor · Member

i am lead to believe the dash lay out is the same as 65 chev impala ..

and no , theres no more ''odd stuff '' on or in my car ! lol as it assembled in aus ,i dont think the vin and id numbers would bring much to light in canada ? heres the details if you want to try . the engine no.32746164 TO3305Y , chassis no. 876X160M , body no. off firewall badge is 68-76439-472-A and paint no. 568-10845

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

commiedoor wrote:
as it assembled in aus ,i dont think the vin and id numbers would bring much to light in canada ? heres the details if you want to try . the engine no.32746164 TO3305Y , chassis no. 876X160M , body no. off firewall badge is 68-76439-472-A and paint no. 568-10845
Try to contact them here to see if you can get import info.: http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/shopping/parts/vintage
This is what it will look like:

-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 06:36:24 AM

Stealth68 · Addicted!

........nice to see pics of the Parisienne - looks in pretty good shape - the ID numbers are probably on a plate stamped "GM Australia" or "GM Holden" (or something similar), so Im pretty certain that a search probably wont turn up much - Ive had no luck in the past, so I'd be keen to see how you go...................

commiedoor · Member

well, I finally got the old girl home . removed that ugly lpg growth out on the engine bay and boot , wow , there's some room in the engine bay now , should have taken up the mates offer of a cheap 454 ! ..lol the 327 look lonely in there ! new aluminium radiator fitted , all excess holes filled , new holley and edelbrock torker mk 1 manifold fitted , the q-jet was just totally shagged ! all that's needed now is a scrub up and paint for the inner guards and engine then I can fit all the new chrome bits , tappet covers , pulleys , alternator brackets , lead holders , master cylinder lid and the silver ceramic hugger headers .. next will be the weld pro-lite wheel I bought for her to wear ! be looking good in 15'' x 215's and 15'' x 245's , I carn't come to grips with the yank craze of fitting 18'' on the front and 20'' on the rear , lust plain stupid to me but then , i'm old school .. more pics to come when I fit the new carpet and clean up the interior ..

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JC2+2 · Poncho Master!

Nice car! Looks good with the vinyl roof. Can't say I've noticed a rear mount antenna on a full size around here. One question though. What's with the rear facing amber lights in the back bumper? Is that an Australian thing?

commiedoor · Member

Australian design rules state that all motor vehicles must have amber turn signal lights on the rear and amber or white on the front ..

commiedoor · Member

ok , been busy last couple of weeks . the ponti is all road legal and registered , fitted new Gabriel shocks all round , polished up the weld wheel drag-lites , finally got rid of the lpg tank in the boot , had to cut the mounts out in sections as the nuts of 2 mounting bolts had stripped , great fun ! , dumped the tow bar so now the car weighs about 100kgs less ! .lol had to get a high pressure power assist hose made up as the original one was splitting and soft as . next will be the exhaust system , properly go with twin 2 1/2 '' pipes with the good old chevy dumper tips on the ends . new carpet and interior clean happens next week plus I hope to paint under inner guards and fire wall and motor the week after .. be looking good then .

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Budgie · Addicted!

It's looking good. Keep up the good work.