hi i am in new zealand and looking at this car built in canada right hand drive for export my question is there such a beast ever built as I can find no reference or pictures to confirm,
Any help would be appreciated has vin number 7506971265669 cheers
Quite possibly, thats a 65 Chev dash, right hand drive GMs frequently had a left hand dash that was easy to convert to right hand. Vintage Services in Canada can provide factory build info on the car from that serial number.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Tuesday 9th of May 2023 07:56:31 PM
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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
I'm sure that the built 1966 Chevs with "right hand drive". They show the different routings for lines, shifters, clutches etc in the Assembly manual I have.
As I remember there is a certain "suffix" for the model or Vin. They were built in Oshawa if my memory is correct, and I don't think they were COMPLETELY assembled in Canada for some reason.
From what I have read about Aussie GM Holden production, in later years a lot of things in the GM Canada cars provided CKD was evolving, there was also South Africa production and in some years Europe, maybe Belgium.
There is a post in ChevyTalk about production of 1958 CKD cars for export to various places, it includes some Canadian Pontiac numbers and info. www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php
To the original poster, there is a fellow who posts on ChevyTalk under the screen name Carl62, he is Australian and had a huge database on USA 1962s vin and data plate decoding. He also has a lot of Holden knowledge, you might check him out via ChevyTalk.
A picture of the vin tag and trim tag from this car would be very helpful. We also have some Aussies on this site.
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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
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
