I have to say I have a real soft spot for the bread and butter Ponchos. Sure, I love the SD's and 2+2's and the big block powered cars, mostly because of their performance and rarity. When it comes down to it though, the base models (often with six cylinder engines, four doors and relativley few options) were the cars that kept General Motors on top in Canada during the 1960's. These are the cars most of us remember from our youth.  Here's the perfect example of such a car. This extremely clean 1965 Pontiac Laurentian belongs to Rob Currie. Rob's parent owned a 65 Pontiac much like this one when he was a kid. He always wanted another one like and low and behold he found this clean example. Rob gives us the details:

"I was just driving by one day when I found this car on a lot. I test drove it and tried to work out a deal to my liking and they turned it down. Within two weeks I received a call from the car lot wanting to know if I was still interested in making the deal. I was assuming they didn’t want to keep the car stored over the winter as fall was approaching. So as they say, the rest is history.

This car is a true rust free survivor. It came with original data sheet, and the original owners manual in its original plastic bag. There was also original record showing the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that Eric Middlemiss bought new and then traded in on this new 1965 Pontiac laurentian.

After 58 years the car still works like new. There are currently 38,850 miles showing. All the chrome is like new. Most of the interior is in great condition however for some reason it’s missing the trim on the inside of the rear window. The original paint has a few blemishes. It’s a bare bones car with manual steering, manual brakes, no radio, and a 6 cylinder with an automatic transmission.

I replaced all the door rubbers, and installed a new gas tank, fuel pump, carburetor, complete exhaust and a master cylinder. It's equipped pretty much as from the factory except for 15” wheels that the previous owner installed.

I put the 15” hubcaps from my late fathers 1978 Pontiac laurentian wagon on the car. My story has actually gone full circle. Let’s go back to 1965. My father bought a new 1965 Pontiac Stratochief with a 283 engine and a manual transmission. It was white in colour. When I turned 16 my father bought a new 1972 Pontiac and gave me the Stratochief.

It was my first car. I had a lot of good memories with that car and with my parents, and then the kids I had when I owned the car.

After I retired from my job in northern Alberta and moved back to the maritimes I actively searched for another one. I wanted one that was complete and original with little work needed so I could relive my younger years. All of a sudden this one comes along!"