Buy it for that price, ask him to throw in the bbq.
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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
This has to be a no brainer for someone out in Airdrie.
Its not a hot rod or at least it never was ordered to be just a big luxury liner with a big block befitting the image and attitide of a top of the line Pontiac.
Would have loved to see this as anew car and hope it can be put back that way.
Na, I think the 396 was a good choice for the original buyer. The 427s were thirsty with the added cubes and hotter cam. The 396 had nice torque, the premium-fuel mild 325-horse version was best suited for duty like this, and included all the drive-train upgrades like h.d trans & rear axle. A 1968 big block with factory a/c would only come with 3.07:1 rear gearing regardless of power or transmission. Without a/c that car would probably have come with a 2.73 or even a 2.56. A/C also means big alternator, battery, thermostatic h.d. fan, h.d. rad with shroud.
Those power locks weren't the best as they are vacuum operated. Gee, if you ran a hot cam you would lose your vacuum reserve for brakes, locks & headlights. And maybe the a/c damper doors.
Pretty well the only options they missed were disk brakes (68's were finicky), light monitoring, 8-track and some sort of wheel upgrade beyond the standard 14x6 wheels & wheel covers. They even went for nylon tires.
To restore that car would mean rebuilding a lot of systems. It would have been a really nice car when new, especially when most cars sold here were fairly basic.
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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
Question for those in the know - why do the seats appear turquoise but the rest of the interior is black? I thought that it would either have had a black interior or a turquoise interior, not a mixture.
Ah thanks. They looked turquoise in the photos, must have been just how the light hit them. Ad is gone now so I can't post the pics. Somebody got a good buy.
'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.
Thanks for posting the photo's. I remember seeing the car back in the early 2000's before it was sanded down. The car as shown was in primer, and the surface rust is from the primer attracting moisture.
