Those are GM 427 emblems. They were installed in the full sized Pontiac's in '69. I'm really surprised we aren't seeing any documented dealer installed 427 swaps into Beaumonts. It seems like a no brainer to me.
........right on Todd.......those are full size Pontiac emblems and would never have been on a Beaumont from the factory.
In Toronto at least I'm not aware of any 427's being swapped into Beaumonts during the late 60's and I was smack
in the middle of this stuff back in the day........lotsa swaps for Camaros, Chevelles and Novas but don't ever remember
seeing a Beaumont. The guys that did swaps usually headed to Niagara or Cayuga to run them and although we saw a ton
of bow-tie swaps........again - don't remember any Beaumonts.
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G M went to black fire walls and splater painted trunks when they switched to laquer paint
True. For 1966 they switched to lacquer in Ste. Thérèse but all production of full-sized Chevrolets at that plant went to the eastern U.S. prior to 1968. Oshawa continued with enamel paint into 1968 and stayed with the body coloured firewalls and trunks until switching to lacquer. By 1969-70 you started to really see some Canadian production devoted to American destined cars and vise versa.
As for the engine swap in the Beaumont, any seller could claim anything. Essentially the swap could have happened any time in the last 47 years, but to claim that it was a dealer swap then there had better be documentation to back up that claim, otherwise it is just speculation or heresay. On a Third Hand Chevy can you really expect to know the orignal buyer or the story behind the car?
I do like the 427 fender emblems and have always thought they "belong" on a 1969 Beaumont. Certainly the emblems are hard to find and have been for a long time. Maybe it really is a dealer swap, but we are only guessing.
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