Bought this 66 Pontiac Parisienne

Bought this 66 Pontiac Parisienne

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DAVEdmc

Original Poster:

47 posts

11 months







Car was registered in the UK from new, Canadian built factory rhd car, I've known this car for years, been local to us since the 70's, going to be getting some recommissioning done shortly, it's been stored since 1989, hope you like ??

cpszx

156 posts

172 months

Love that.

newsatten

4,509 posts

129 months

Fabulous looking motor !!!

Rotaree

1,200 posts

276 months

That's great, RHD too!

hidetheelephants

30,284 posts

208 months

Do like.

SRT Hellcat

7,154 posts

232 months

lovely looking car. What a find

and31

4,162 posts

142 months

That is very cool

Oilchange

9,264 posts

275 months

Imagine wafting down the road in that! Very cool.

Lincsls1

3,699 posts

155 months

Looking forward to reading more!

LightweightLouisDanvers

2,528 posts

58 months

Fantastic, bet it handles like an old tug boat.

roscobbc

3,809 posts

257 months

So much more stylish than earlier Pontiac (Chevy in drag) cars - what engine?

Oilchange

9,264 posts

275 months

Looks like a V8

S100HP

13,318 posts

182 months

That's incredible

Shuff4

203 posts

102 months

That is super cool!

DAVEdmc

Original Poster:

47 posts

11 months

These Canadian cars were built on chevy platforms, it's basically a 66 impala underneath, most rhd cars were destined for Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, this i believe was sold by Lendrum + Hartman in London who were gm dealers, car has a 283 small block chevy engine, i believe all the Parisienne convertibles had this engine in the UK cars however I doubt there would have been many brought it, Lendrum + Hartman had a huge client list, TV and film stars, BBC bosses, dj's, musicians etc, the cars were hugely expensive in the 60's, it would be amazing to find out who owned it new, my guess would be someone connected with the music industry with the original plate reading NM VIBE 👍👍

aeropilot

38,292 posts

242 months

Yesterday (21:58)
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Excellent.

The only issue with these is the uniqueness of all the panels/trim, very few if any US Pontiac parts will fit, so VERY hard to find any replacement bits if needed.