I was over at a strip mall in SW Calgary early this evening, and came across this gem in the parking lot.    1963 Parisienne 4 door sedan, V8 Auto.   Just as I snapped a couple photo's the driver came around corner.  He said it's a buddy's car, and that it was a 283.   I wonder how many of these cars GM Canada sold.    

I lived on a farm by High River AB as a youth, and fondly remember one of the neighbors teenage boys cruising back and forth in front of the high school at lunch in his mom's 63 Parisienne 4 dr sedan (you know, windows down, arm out the window, smoke in hand, etc).   Unfortunatly some time later he was involved in a head-on collision with 2 other fellows in the front seat with him.   He hit the steering wheel hard, and the other 2 had their heads go through the windshield.  Fortunately they all survived.  For years the photo of that car (with the 2 head holes in the windshield) was used in seat belt films here in Alberta schools.