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67 Beaumont with factory Air Conditioning!


This trim tag showed up on a Beaumont Facebook page... for anyone who didn't see it... red-red, black vinyl top... buckets and console code, but apparently has SD trim.  In Europe! No other photos yet...

 

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thanx for posting, that is cool



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Yes, finally that factory assembly manual that shows factory a/c in a 67 Beaumont has been proven to be true! What an amazing car!

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Drool!

 

Want the pics!



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Thats really cool, neat to know

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Finally a trim tag from a Canadian a/c Chevelle or Beaumont from 1967.
The only ones I have heard of were convertibles. One I heard of via documentation was a base 731-series convertible with loads of options, a low-compression 6-cylinder & a/c. Another was a blue 738-series SD-396 convertible that I still suspect was "loaded up" with options later. I really have no proof. Funny, in actually production GM would only put a/c on V8 cars in Canada initially, unlike the U.S.

A few significant things in the trim tag. Note the presence of D55 combined with the build date of 11-17. That means the A51 Sports Option was gone by then and now you could either get a 736-series Beaumont with buckets and still have a Custom, or you could get a 738-series with one of two 396s as the only engines.

750 is red buckets, RR is Bolero Red enamel paint, top 27 is black vinyl top. A31 power windows

As for a/c, 1966 is when they started installing it in full-size GM cars in Oshawa. 1968 was the official introduction in the Beaumonts. I do believe they did some in '67, seemingly only for export based on Monthly Listing of Vehicles Shipped reports. Since different car lines & divisions came serially down the line in Oshawa, somebody was already installing a/c system on the assembly line. 1967 Canadian Chevelle & Beaumont Parts Books & Price Lists don't say anything about a/c, in fact they denied 396 Beaumont buyers a h.d. radiator with shroud until '68. To build those '67 a/c cars they must have expedited a few special parts in after getting approval and built the few a/c Beaumonts. The firewall box opening would have had to been modified by Fisher Body, it would be interesting to see it on the car in question.



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What's interesting is this car is claiming to be an SD... exported to Europe... and right around 736 - 738 transition time... it'll be interesting to see a GMVVS on this one .. and even more so to see if it's ever stripped to bare metal to see what body holes it has!!

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WOW is this ever cool!



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CdnGMfan wrote:

1967 Canadian Chevelle & Beaumont Parts Books & Price Lists don't say anything about a/c, in fact they denied 396 Beaumont buyers a h.d. radiator with shroud until '68. To build those '67 a/c cars they must have expedited a few special parts in after getting approval and built the few a/c Beaumonts. The firewall box opening would have had to been modified by Fisher Body, it would be interesting to see it on the car in question.


Cam, the Beaumont Parts catalogues (Feb 1970 issue as well as the March 1972 issue) have many pieces listed for factory installed A/C in 1967. That always gave me some hope that they built some.

But the main reason I always believed a factory A/C 67 would surface is the GM assembly manual. It has 18 pages dedicated to installing A/C in a 67 Beaumont specifically. 



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