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Hi All,  New member and new Beaumont owner (new to me).  Looking forward to being a contributing member here!

Over the weekend purchased a 1968 Beaumont Custom survivor - 327/4 speed.  Really appreciative that the previous owner entrusted me as the next curator with this one.  Some clean up to do - but will be leaving it relatively untouched and just enjoy it.  Multiple folders of documentation came with the car as well - so I'm pretty thrilled.

Its tucked in the garage for the moment but I found a picture of it online that I will kick this post off with.

-Doug

 Beaumont 2.jpg

 



-- Edited by Nova_aficionado on Wednesday 10th of May 2023 08:29:10 AM



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Welcome from Regina. The 68 looks pretty darn nice.

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Hey welcome great find I also have a 68 in Vancouver looks nice what are the miles on that one look forward to seeing some more pics !



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Welcome to Canadian Poncho. Your car looks great. Looking forward to more on it!



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OD showing 88k. Thanks! Will get more pictures loaded this weekend when I actually get it out!

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Very nice!

Welcome to the site

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Thank you for blowing up the picture. Also have the right wheel caps (I know the ones in the picture arent the correct ones).


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Welcome. Beautiful car. That would be Bruce Mcinnis old car, the July 2011 Feature car I do believe. Nice Car !!!

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Welcome from Regina. Love your Custom. I am restoring a 68 2 door post 327 4 speed.

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You are right, it is Bruce's old car - I obtained it from his son along with 2 storage folders of documents... I realize the 68 327/4 speeds are rare- I dont really know how rare though - a google search does not come up with many (any?) and I scoured the registry here on this site and seems pretty scarce... I consider myself lucky!
Thanks all!

Sxty8SD, would love to see pictures of the resto!

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68 Beau Second Time wrote:

Welcome. Beautiful car. That would be Bruce Mcinnis old car, the July 2011 Feature car I do believe. Nice Car !!!

 I remember the excitement surrounding Bruces purchase of this car. He drove it a lot and kept it original. Hope health and or worse wasnt the reason for the sale.



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Well, a few weeks of work on the car and now getting out and driving it! Getting it back to truly stock - Removed about 50 lbs of wiring for a variety of things such as amps, hour counters, exhaust cutouts, under dash lighting, cassette player, 8 track player.Also removed the rear lift and returned to stock ride hight.

I feel lucky to be the custodian of the car- and am thankful for the care Bruce took of it- its a blast to drive and is as solid as a rock. A few pictures attached on the progress.



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Hopefully these attach properly!



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Great job, looks perfect.

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Nova_aficionado wrote:

Hopefully these attach properly!

 You bet they did and it does look better with the change in ride height!



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Hello looks like a early 68 with no headrest like mine was wondering can I get the last 4 #s of your vin mine is 2888 I am trying to figure out the dates on engines codes and how far behind they where on production dates thanks Theo VAN BC



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Hi Theo, I will get the number for you but until then, I know this is an early car - date on paterwork inc. GM docs is Oct 67.

Also, those are not the original seats (I have the originals wrapped in blankets) - those are Camaro seats as I understand it- it was how it was sold to me- so left it for the season. Ash gold seats are rare weather Camaro, Chevelle etc, so I decided to leave it as is for the summer and decide what to do in the winter.

Note the original Beaumont seats for this car have no headrests either- they look pretty identical to the ones in the car.



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