Pontiacanada wrote:

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Tasteful custom.

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 Do you mean the rear window louvers, blacked out windows and Trans Am steering wheel?

Pontiac Beaumont !

Yet, then there's ads like this one from 1968.  Firebird is given the same billing as Beaumont and Acadian, but nobody would dispute calling it a Pontiac Firebird - Firebird was not a stand-alone brand.  It seems that GM wasn't so concerned with marketing Beaumont and Acadian as separate brands anymore, so the confusion is understandable.  As things progressed through the 1970s, Canadian Pontiac still had cars not available in the US, but they were marketed under the Pontiac brand (i.e. the Chevette-based Pontiac Acadians).

One actually has to question the rationale behind having Acadian and Beaumont as separate brands at all, since in Canada they were only sold through Pontiac dealers.  Chrysler Canada made Valiant a stand-alone brand in the early 1960s so that it could be sold through both Plymouth and Dodge dealers, and Ford created the Meteor brand to sell "Fords" at Mercury dealers and the Monarch brand to sell "Mercurys" at Ford dealers.  What was up with GM?  Doesn't add up from a marketing standpoint, to me.

So, with all that, I'd like to think that there's no need to squabble over branding of Acadians and Beaumonts anymore - it's really not all that important in the grand scheme of things, and it appears that GM itself didn't think it was so important by the late sixties...

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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Calling a Beaumont a Pontiac. He's just kidding around with you.

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 What else is it ? 

Copy and paste !

relisted with this added.

happy reading.

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I am testing the waters again on my Rare 1969 2 Door Post Pontiac Beaumont Deluxe. I have had the car posted for a while now and have sent tons of pictures out so now I am reposting as I am tired of answering a million questions.

I am asking $35k or the best offer in CA$H Dollars. Now I know I am high but it's to weed out TIME VAMPIRES and I know how rare She is.

This is a car that has been in the family for 40 years now and since I have taken her home I have added Power Steering, Front Power Brakes, Replaced the Rears, done most of the front end other than 2 bushings, replaced the carb with a new Holley 0-4777c 650 double pumper with new manual fuel pup and a twin electric fan set up.

The drive train is a cammed up SBC 350 that is in love with running 2-5 gallons of C-12 but she will run on SHELL High Octane and SHELL Only and trust me this motor loves the 6200 RPM Shifts. The Transmission is a Turbo 400 Manual Valve body with a 3500 stall converter that hooks up to the 4:56 posi rear end. The rear end is secured with a welded ladder bar set up that also has a track locator installed for hard straight launches. The Exhaust is a custom Hooker Header Set up that drops the sound to the pavement under the front seats. The interior is a Custom 2 tone Black and Charcoal Grey to match the Racing Stripes along with an unmolested dash that has been un cut. As you may notice in the pictures this is a 2 door post with a very rare polished stainless steal trim package from the factory (RARE).

This car is still a great looker with tons of thumbs ups but she needs love. If I keep her this is a list of what will be done. Pulling the motor to re do all the seals and replace the oil pan with new high flow oil pump. Re do the rear end with a new set of 3:73's as there is a slight howl at 80-90kmh when pulling out of it which is over packed bearing. Full Body and Paint which includes now fenders, door shells, quarters and the drivers floor pan with all new weather seals. All the chrome will be re-chromed and the grille will be brought up to the 1969 pieces as I have 2 sets of 69 Grilles for this car. The Tail lights will be straightened along with the chrome being redone as well Tail lights aren't busted to be clear). The interior will stay the way it is other than replacing the door panels as they are cheap Chinese ones where the fake plastic chrome is falling off. The dash will be put back together with a factory replacement head unit and the trims. All new window cranks.

I have 2 sets of Grilles, 1 set of Tail Lights (The Parts that MAKE a Beaumont a Beaumont), A factory radio, the clutch set up if wanting to turn back to a manual along with all the original front end parts. The rims will be re done as one needs straightening and the beauty rings need to be straightened/ polished or maybe a new set of shoes completely.

This is the Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4M0hW6WeWc if you want to hear her run. Please be serious and NO TIME VAMPIRES NEED TO APPLY. The car is for sale