At least if it doesn't sell in a week, it becomes a resto mod and does not end up like that Dodge Charger guy that crushed his car becasue people were low balling him.
Anyone need a 396, I guess this will get an LS. And likely 20 inch wheels.
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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
What a beautiful car. One with anything other than a 2 or 4-barrel 327 would be very rare.
Although a Grande Parisienne might make a nice resto-mod, and that car appears very nice, it would make me sick to my stomach to think that trendy and passing-fancy modifications would be made to that specific car. It is his car after all, but I don't agree with his decision to butcher the car if it doesn't sell at his high price within 1 week. That just sounds so ignorant and foolish.
I may sound like a purist but I have seen unique cars like this have their uniqueness obscured with stupid modifications that are just to the owner's taste. The uniqueness is replaced by very myopic mods. I also don't know how the owner can state as absolute fact that only 4 are registered in Canada with the 396. Who knows, it sounds believable as they are rare, and time and attrition have taken their toll. And Mr. Stevenson harvesting big blocks...
Again, like the 1967 Strato Chief wagon posted yesterday, it appears to have D99 moldings. The skirts along with their rear moldings are absent in the pictures, and appear to have been balanced out by removing the front wheel opening moldings.
60 grand seems like a ton of money and it is, but try to find one worth restoring, then spend time in body shop prison and check the receipts in the end and you would be ahead time and money getting the best car that needs essentially little or nothing. That is assuming that car is solid and not just a surface repaint over filler. Back in 1983 I looked at a Grande Parisienne coupe that was really clean and original, but then I saw deep lumpy rust distortions under the original turquoise paint on the quarters where the wheel lip meets the fender skirts at the top and got really scared.
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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
I agree Cam. I think the most destructive "trend" in the automotive world was the "Pro Street" movement in the 1980's. I saw an original 69 Chevelle SS 396 get tubbed. Sad day indeed.
What a beautiful car. One with anything other than a 2 or 4-barrel 327 would be very rare.
Although a Grande Parisienne might make a nice resto-mod, and that car appears very nice, it would make me sick to my stomach to think that trendy and passing-fancy modifications would be made to that specific car. It is his car after all, but I don't agree with his decision to butcher the car if it doesn't sell at his high price within 1 week. That just sounds so ignorant and foolish.
I may sound like a purist but I have seen unique cars like this have their uniqueness obscured with stupid modifications that are just to the owner's taste. The uniqueness is replaced by very myopic mods. I also don't know how the owner can state as absolute fact that only 4 are registered in Canada with the 396. Who knows, it sounds believable as they are rare, and time and attrition have taken their toll. And Mr. Stevenson harvesting big blocks...
Again, like the 1967 Strato Chief wagon posted yesterday, it appears to have D99 moldings. The skirts along with their rear moldings are absent in the pictures, and appear to have been balanced out by removing the front wheel opening moldings.
60 grand seems like a ton of money and it is, but try to find one worth restoring, then spend time in body shop prison and check the receipts in the end and you would be ahead time and money getting the best car that needs essentially little or nothing. That is assuming that car is solid and not just a surface repaint over filler. Back in 1983 I looked at a Grande Parisienne coupe that was really clean and original, but then I saw deep lumpy rust distortions under the original turquoise paint on the quarters where the wheel lip meets the fender skirts at the top and got really scared.
Good round up. I am not sure how you would be able to find out that there is only 4 396 GP's registered in Canada? How would you go about verifying or researching that statement? It beats me.
The front license plate bracket does not appear to be on the front valance (passenger side) either on the car but I do like the sleek roof line without the roof covering. That is one option that I despise, but that is only my opinion and mine is staying put as that's how it came from the factory.
Even if he had access to police level registration files across the country there is no provincial registration process that I know of that gets into what engine is in the car. If he has access to some Pontiac hobby registry there may very well be 4 on there but that doesn't mean it is complete.
A very rare car alright and it reminds me again of the 68 Grande 396 four speed car my younger brother harvested many year ago.
I sent along the 396 emblem and learned it is a one owner car and has been knocking around for years but just got restored and back in business. BTW its in Alberta. This is an amazing story to me so I'll take some time and post it in the lounge some day.
'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.
Yeah, my fears exactly. I always have to bite my tongue in cases like this as while I appreciate the uniqueness and rarity of these Canadian cars, who am I to say what an owner does to their own car.
That said, ads like these frustrate me as they take a similar form to a ransom note: "Leave $60K in unmarked bills in an envelope at the base of the old oak tree or the car gets it..."
MC wrote:That said, ads like these frustrate me as they take a similar form to a ransom note: "Leave $60K in unmarked bills in an envelope at the base of the old oak tree or the car gets it..."
I agree.
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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.
