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My car's personal ownership anniversary!


Today marks the 35th anniversary that I bought Carl's old 66 from a fellow in Edmonton. Hard to believe. Don't know if I'll be around 35 years more down the road, but I know my kids and perhaps future grandchildren will enjoy driving it when gas is $15 a litre!

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1966 Pontiac Grande Parisienne 427/4spd

1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible

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Happy anniversary to you! I'm glad to see you you guys still in love after all those years!

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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 (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)

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Could this be a car we saw in the National Old Car Auto Trader back in the 1980s? I know I saw Lefty's '63 Acadian convertible in the Auto Trader around 1982.

It's always great when these cars end up in the right hands.

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CdnGMfan wrote:

Could this be a car we saw in the National Old Car Auto Trader back in the 1980s? 

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Yes it is. I advertised it for $6500 and got nothing but mockery for my price. Ended up selling it to Edmonton for $5300!

 



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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 (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)



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I still have the copy of the Old Car Trader with Carl's ad. I think it was in 1985? I bought the car from Rod Shula in Edmonton. He was asking $7500. I didn't quibble about the price. I have the 1989 copy of the Old Car Trader with his ad as well.

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1966 Pontiac Grande Parisienne 427/4spd

1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible

2000 Jaguar VDP Super V8

2008 Toyota Avalon XLS

2009 Mazda 6



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My original ad when Rod bought it in January (I forget the year but likely 1989?) would have been for $6500 and somehow I missed his ad later that same year.

He came on the train and I picked him up with my daily driver at the train station in Winnipeg. It was -30. We drove to Morris and he drove the car out of our heated garage and headed home. I warned him it had no block heater and that be better either drive all the way in one blast or at least start it once in the middle of the night if he stopped to sleep. I'm not sure what he did. 

I went to visit him that summer and in talking to him then I realized I'd made a mistake selling it to him, he is not a car guy at all and I'm not sure why he bought it. He had no idea about the rarity of the car and had long forgotten any of the stuff I'd told him that made the car so unusual.



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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 (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)

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