Here's another thumbs up. My mom bought a Pontiac Laurentian off a farm for $300 Canadian in the late 70s, and that baby ran. Too bad my mom was scared about driving because she had a gas guzzling piece. She hated bucket seats. It was bronze with taupe fabric interior, and she called it Bertha because it was big and steered like a panzer (as far as she knew). We moved, and she sold Bertha to some hotshot Richard Petty lookalike. I saw it again at the shoe shop, and I was happy because the lookalike was happy. Mom replaced it with a Ford. White with burgundy vinyl interior, named Pegasus, It ran hard, but not like Bertha. Pegasus was the last car my mom ever drove.
They use much the same bodies but had different names and they all used Chevy powertrain from the factory up in Canada. While Americans got the Catalina and the Bonneville they got the Laurentian and the Parisienne...
Correction that came with Chevy powertrain under the hood from the factory the Canadian Pontiacs all did. If you see a Pontiac that is called a strato chief Laurentian or Parisienne or a Beaumont those are all canadian-built Pontiac. The Beaumont was the weirdest one of them all with the muscle car era because except for some trim pieces it shared almost identical sheet metal with the Chevelle in the US. Although I'm wondering if the Laurentian or the Parisienne ever came with the Chevy 348 or 409, that would be particularly bad ass in my opinion. Most of the stuff I see is 230 straight-6 or 283 or 327
Here's another thumbs up. My mom bought a Pontiac Laurentian off a farm for $300 Canadian in the late 70s, and that baby ran. Too bad my mom was scared about driving because she had a gas guzzling piece. She hated bucket seats. It was bronze with taupe fabric interior, and she called it Bertha because it was big and steered like a panzer (as far as she knew). We moved, and she sold Bertha to some hotshot Richard Petty lookalike. I saw it again at the shoe shop, and I was happy because the lookalike was happy. Mom replaced it with a Ford. White with burgundy vinyl interior, named Pegasus, It ran hard, but not like Bertha. Pegasus was the last car my mom ever drove.
Beautiful Ride.😅
Dad had 60 Bonneville fast@ BEAUTIFUL white.😂😅
No house for my car.. I owned this car 50 years ago, wished I still had it today! So sad to bad bye bye.
you would have thought they would have replaced the radiator .....first thing I saw was the fins damaged
Very nice. I have the Catalina version of it. But i have a Pontiac 400 under the hood.
They use much the same bodies but had different names and they all used Chevy powertrain from the factory up in Canada. While Americans got the Catalina and the Bonneville they got the Laurentian and the Parisienne...
Beautiful car, I love it! If the nay-sayers ever scrape the money together they can build theirs any way they want
Greetings from Australia! Am I wrong in saying the Laurentian was also made with factory Right drive position for overseas/Canadian market?
Wow don't see to many of those
Coooool
Love it except for the Micky Mouse tires and wheels... looks anemic, weak... Looks like it's running around on chicken legs...
nice car but sounds lazy
Most had Chevy engines in can
To bad it has an ls bla bla bla whatever. Be much cooler if it had the original Pontiac engine.
Actually it is the original engine all Canadian Pontiac cars received Chevrolet engines from the factory
👍👍👍👍👍❤😂.
It ain't a Pontiac no more! It is now officially Chevy fucking crap!!!
Correction that came with Chevy powertrain under the hood from the factory the Canadian Pontiacs all did. If you see a Pontiac that is called a strato chief Laurentian or Parisienne or a Beaumont those are all canadian-built Pontiac. The Beaumont was the weirdest one of them all with the muscle car era because except for some trim pieces it shared almost identical sheet metal with the Chevelle in the US. Although I'm wondering if the Laurentian or the Parisienne ever came with the Chevy 348 or 409, that would be particularly bad ass in my opinion. Most of the stuff I see is 230 straight-6 or 283 or 327
Should have left the original engine alone. As soon as I see the carburator missing, I don't like it. Should have just rebuild it the original way