There's the proof why we see so many Pontiacs in vintage Canadian photos. It's also interesting to note Studebaker outsold quite a few domestic models.
To me the big surprise was #53, the Tempest. I can't imagine why anyone would go out of their way, have the hassle of getting a Tempest unless that includes Lemans and GTO which it very likely could.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Ive read Pontiac full size was the best selling car in Canada in 1963 too. I wonder how many years this happened?
Thanks for the list, very interesting things on it.
Don
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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 stands out for me is the number of Corvettes sold at 210
it explains why i saw so few corvettes when i was growing up in the 1960s
just as a reference the population of Canada in 1964 was 19.3 milion. ( per google) 200 ish corvettes translates to i car per 100,000 population( I did the math ... with a calculator)
I grew up in Thunder Bay- for the longest time i( pretty well all of the 1960s)ts population was 107,000- meaning their share of the Corvette pie would be 1
an interesting point of comparison is the Austin healey sales of 622. I had an older cousin who was into those cars - he had a couple of bugeye sprites and a 3000. He loved them (to the point that he drove them year round ) but he admits he was working on them all the time
