"My 1927 Buick was just sold for $8,800.00 (I paid $7,200 in 2007).
The car is being shipped to The Belgrade Auto Museum in Serbia where it will undergo a full 2 year frame off restoration to bring it back to 100% original condition.
The buyer was impressed that the car was so original, with even the original wooden floor boards from when the car was built back in December 1926.
The car has some significance because it was originally owned by a member of parliament (they think).
Glad that it will be properly restored and not left to rot.
It needs a lot of work but no rust and very original."
-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Monday 26th of November 2018 06:48:53 AM
'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.
Cool old car, haven't heard of any cars going to Serbia, maybe they'll need some Pontiac parts soon Darryl? We should see if we can get them interested in a Canadian Pontiac of any vintage?
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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
Good for your friend, Darryl, it's great that piece of Canadian automotive history (McGlaughlin-Buick was the start of GM Canada) will get the restoration that it deserves. Kind of sad that it has to go overseas to get it, though. Too bad there wasn't a similar museum or foundation in Canada that was involved in preserving our automotive history in a similar fashion.
A friend of mine had a 1919 Gray-Dort (another part of the early Canadian auto industry) years ago, that he sold to somebody who then sold it overseas in a similar idea. He was glad to sell it because he needed the money, but was disappointed that it is now gone from Canada forever.
These days it seems there are less people interested or able to restore the cars from the twenties and thirties as the emotional connection is not there - most people who would remember these cars from their younger years are no longer with us.
Thus the next logical step is to turn the cars into something that the current crop of car guys would be interested in - and that seems to be fueled by the hot rod movement. I've noticed that this idea has also spilled into the newer cars as well as there appears to be more modified cars out there these days than restored cars. Either way is fine, I guess, as long as the interest continues for now anyway.
'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.
Mark, don't ever copy me, it will be the ruin of your writing skills forever.
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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.
