Tom (1966-Grande-paris), Randy (GLHS60) and I met up at Cruise Night in Sherwood Park Tuesday evening. We noticed a car we havent seen before. A very nice white 66 Grande Parisienne. We chatted with the owner for probably close to an hour. Turns out he bought the car new in Camrose which is approximately 80km south. He said he traded in his 64 Parisienne on it. The car has 32000 original miles and was always parked in his garage. He said he always had a company truck so didnt need to drive the car much. Hence the low miles. Besides regular maintenance stuff all thats been done is a repaint. Its a 327 Powerglide, buckets console car. He said he would check out this site. Anyway heres a few pictures. Youll have to excuse as it was near sunset. Except for the actual sunset picture. That one is cool.
Between the feature car, this white car and the red 427 66 Grande Parisienne that was in the Ontario show, I'm feeling pretty inferior with my lowly "high mileage" Strato Chief. These cars are amazing. I love it that there's still specimens like these 3 out there.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
'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.
Beautiful 66, can't be too many original 66 owners around let alone 66 cars. Did the 66 come with the built in headrests? Is the mileage 32k or 132k? Seems the odometer numbers are uneven, which could indicate that it rolled over the 100k mark, nevertheless it's a car I like regardless of the mileage.
Those headrests are an option, an something not seen real often especially on our Canadian cars it seems.
I would be betting on the miles being original, and one reason being those seats. I can see the covers on the seats are most certainly original, not replacements (as nobody makes them). Those 60's odometers are notorious for having the numbers not lined up.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
The owner said original mileage. As I mentioned before, he said he always had a company truck to drive. As for the headrests, they were an option. Ken (66 Grande guy) also has them on his 66 Grande.
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'68 Parisienne 2+2 Convertible Matador Red (Resale Red but not for sale).
Because he was tired of driving an old mans car! LOL
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'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.