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Amazing 1959 Strato Chief survivor


I just realized I never showed pictures of this car here. I have known this Pontiac all my life, as it was local to where I grew up. This is the car that got me hooked to 59 Pontiacs as I was really impressed by it every time the owner took it out in town when I was a kid.

The story is that this car was never sold to the public, as this was kept by the owner of the Pontiac Buick dealership in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, since new. It now belongs to the son of the man who had the dealership in the 50´s.

 

The car has very low original mileage (20k miles IIRC), was repainted once in the original colour, but otherwise is completely unrestored. Enjoy!

 

 

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1959 Pontiac Parisienne 2 door hardtop Sport Coupe

1956 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Catalina 4 door hardtop

1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe 4 door sedan



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Interesting story.

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An absolute beauty.  Thanks for posting about it!



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Wow! First time I've seen the 'High Torque 261' valve cover decal.

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Interesting colour combo. Cool stripper.



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Thanks for sharing this 59, its nice when cars like this show up.

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WHATS NOT TO LIKE !  smilesmile



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Nice car. I actually really like that colour on it too. What's it called?

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mike667 wrote:

Nice car. I actually really like that colour on it too. What's it called?


 
cameo coral metallic



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1959 Pontiac Parisienne 2 door hardtop Sport Coupe

1956 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Catalina 4 door hardtop

1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe 4 door sedan



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Interesting combo with the blue interior

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I'm thinking that interior is grey, which looks kind of blue-grey.  My '60 Bel Air had a similar coloured interior.  The blue looks to be more of a deep blue, IMHO.

http://oldcarbrochures.org/Canada/GM-Canada/Pontiac/1959-Pontiac-Brochure/slides/1959_Pontiac_Cdn-10-11.html

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The high torque decal was always used on trucks from about 1962 to about 1968.  does anyone know if that is the right decal for this car?  i am thinking not at all.



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65Camino wrote:

Interesting combo with the blue interior


 Interior is definitely grey



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1959 Pontiac Parisienne 2 door hardtop Sport Coupe

1956 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Catalina 4 door hardtop

1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe 4 door sedan



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beaumontguru wrote:

The high torque decal was always used on trucks from about 1962 to about 1968.  does anyone know if that is the right decal for this car?  i am thinking not at all.


 Was wondering the same thing, but I believe the engine is unrestored. The 6cyl Canada only air cleaner decal is the original one for sure, as there are no repros, and it's a waterslide decal (I've seen it up close), so you can tell how clean and original this car is.. But the high torque decal, I cannot say.



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1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe 4 door sedan



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Was there a low torque version ?



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