An ad a friend sent me from the Montreal Gazette. Maybe my dad saw this add, he bought a new 1963 Parisienne convertible and he drove me home from the hospital in it when i was born. He bought it at Omar Barre which was near his office. Most of these dealers were still around in the 80's but most disappeared by 2000. Interesting they mention the American models like the Grand Prix and even the Tempest. By the numbers of models they are talking about I'd assume they are counting both the American and Canadian models.
Canadian Pontiacs were among the annual best sellers back in those days.
Its very interesting to see that they carried both domestic & U.S. Pontiacs. Buyer preference (budget constraints) meant that U.S. Pontiacs were rare in Canada back at that time. Certain U.S. cars like the Tempest were almost never seen. Back in the 1960s there was a 1962 Olds F85 in my neigborhood. I never saw another until 1977 when a car enthusiast in town imported a creampuff of a '62 Cutlass. I have a friend that owns another 62 Cutlass that was sold new in Kitchener to the wife of the Seagrams distillery owner. Today that car is a nice rod with a 5-speed manual, 4-wheel disk brakes, plus a healthy aluminum 215 V8 having a chambered exhaust system with a healthy crackle to it.
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
Cam, Toronto.
I don't judge a man by how far he's fallen, but by how far back he bounces - Patton
Mr. Guilfoyle our neighbour owned a few low rise apartments houses in east end Toronto so he was what I considered a wealthy neighbour on our street. He gave me an opportunity to see my very first Bonneville in person in 1969 when he brought home this incredible 1970 gold 4dr. hardtop with brown vinyl roof and interior and a throbbing 455 under the hood. He had purchased it at Hogans on the Danforth in Toronto. I fell in love with that car and vowed to myself to one day own a Bonneville, which I did once I was awarded my first company car in 1992 albeit a nice and fairly expensive car at $31,000 1992 dollars but not quite the same as a 1970. Equally impressive was his tall blonde daughter, a few years older than I, nonetheless with pleasing curves and beauty as well.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Mine came from Deluxe Automobile Ltee. in Sherbrooke QC ... I can't find any info. on this dealership except that the location is currently a French bookstore.
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
My 58 Parisienne was sold new in March 1958 by Omer Barre in Verdun PQ. The original owners name was a Mr and Mrs Gordon McArthur.. Believe the dealership closed down in the late eighties. Bob.
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1965 Thunderbird Special Landau 10th Anniversary Limited Edition only 4500 built 34,800 miles
