After searching off and on for 20 years for a solid 69 Canadian Pontiac, my search came to an end late last year. This 69 Laurentian showed up for sale on Kijiji. At first I wasn't too interested in it as it was about 2 hours away and I wasn't sure of it's condition (the pics showing the fuzzy seat covers didn't help). The car was listed on Ebay and I almost pulled the trigger on it. It found a new buyer who purchased it on impulse and later determined it wasn't quite what he wanted. I contacted him and made arrangments to see the car. It was much better than I expected! Here's a brief history of the car. The car was sold new to a fellow in Welland, Ont.  The original owner took very good care of the car and handed it over to his son in 1978. He son then had the car stripped to bare metal and repainted. All glass, interior, vinyl top, bumpers, etc were removed prior to paint. The son then splurged on NOS bumpers, lenses, 427 emblems (car is 350 powered) weatherstrips etc which were installed after the car was painted its original colour of Mayfaire Maize (butternut yellow). The intrior is medium green which has taken me a while to get used to! The car went into storage after the restoration and had only been taken out three times between 1978 and 2007 (all in 1987)! Personal reasons forced the sale of the car in early 2007. I am lucky enough to have a number of photos of the car which were taken prior to and during the "restoration" in 1978. I drove the car 50 miles home on the 1979's bias ply tires on Hwy 401 in rain. It was a bit of a white knuckle ride but we made it home safely. I am in the midst of going through the brakes and have replaced the 14" tires and wire wheel hubcaps with reproduction G70-15 Firestone Wide Oval redline tires and 15X7 rally wheels. I have been fortunate to find the correct centercaps used on these cars with these rally wheels.  This tire/wheel combo will surely change the "attitude" of the car! Other plans in the near future include recovering the seats (the original cloth is split) and replacing the carpet. Mechanically I'm going to install a good dual exhaust system and swap the 2bbl setup for an Edelbrock intake and carb. I may also install a set of headers. Future plans? I'd like to improve the handling using some Hotchkis goodies and maybe upgrade to big block power to match those 427 emblems on the fenders! Here's a photo of the car prior to my purchasing it. I will post photos once the new tires/wheels are on.


 Todd