My cousin had a 1964 2 Door Custom with a 327 300 HP with a 4 speed Muncie. It was red with a white top. He could shift it nicely. One Sunday afternoon he got a phone car when I was over at his house. Some engineering students who owned a Mustang did not believe that the 327 would do 0 - 60 mph in 8 seconds. So, we went out on the highway. I sat in the front and the three engineering students sat in the back seat. My cousin drove. He said that he would go to about 63 mph because the speedometer was off a bit. The engineering student said that his two friends would get out of the car. My cousin said, "Let them stay for the ride." The engineering student held the stop watch. He said go and when the cousin got to 60, he said stop. It was something like 7.9 seconds to 60. The three guys in the back each got out 5 dollars. My cousin told them to put their money away. The cousin sold the red and white car to another cousin. (The red and white car was driven for many years with no problems.) The first cousin bought another 2 door Pontiac in 1965. It was not anything like the 1964 for performance. He replaced the 1965 with a 1966 (or 1967) Pontiac Grande Parisienne 4 Door Hardtop with a 427 385 HP. It had a 400 4 speed hydramatic transmission. That car was sold when the cousin bought a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix with the 421 engine as I recall. . . . It was not a very good car. In fact, it was a bit of a disappointment.
Thanks for this, I have a picture of me at the age of 4 in laneway in Toronto Canada, 1964 standing beside my dad's 1959 Pontiac Parisienne. I probably have not seen one since. I think the only difference between this one had his was a 3 on the tree shifter. otherwise identical. I don't remember too much from my childhood, but things like this sure open up the floodgates. Thank you.
My uncle had a 60's Chevy II with a six-cylinder. It was so quiet you could hardly tell it was running. I remember the grind when he'd accidently turn the ignition while it was running!
I live on the border with Canada, and Pontiacs were the middle class car of choice (or maybe EVERY class' choice) in the 1970s when I was a kid. The downsized 1977 to 1979 were INSANELY common here. But by that time, the Parisienne was the Bonneville (there was a Catalina sold in Canada too at that time, I believe), and the Laurentian was base stripper model equivalent to the Bel Air, this Chevy which was STILL SOLD IN CANADA through, at least 1980 several models years after the US model ceased. It was cool when I got in a taxi in Toronto in 1979, and it was a new Bel Air. I knew it had to be a Canada only model. A couple years ago, I saw a '64 Parisienne sedan traveling on the highway there, so still not entirely uncommon. I remember some cool marketing in the late 1980s / early 1990s in Canada with the Chevrolet Corsica sold as a Tempest, or some other obscure but intriuging models like the Firefly, the G3, the G5 (Sunfire). I didn't get to complete the video, but the reason for the Chevrolet-based full sized Pontiac models built in Canada until 1970 was due to trade / tarriffs as US models that were sold in Canada had a higher price tag in a market with a generally lower disposable income. That, coupled with the geography of Canada where a small community would have either a Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealer or a Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealer to suit the motoring needs of the community. The GM hierarchy used in the States with a much larger and denser population made the five car brands plus GMC, Chevy trucks and not to mention the captive imports of Vauxhall and Opel was absolutely overkill there, except in a large city like Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal. And LOL, how can I forget the Acadian and Beaumont brands sold through the Pontiac-Buick dealerships, or the Envoy (Vauxhall) sold through Chev-Olds dealers? The Canadian Pontiacs got the spotlight abroad as they were sold in Commonwealth Countries (Australia, and New Zealand) to avoid the taxes. Its a VERY fascinating story to anyone who loves cars, loves Pontiacs, loves history, loves marketing, and or loves the intricacies of trade. I guess that covers me well?
Hi, pretty man. I'm writtingfrom the far city of Santiago, Chile. Well, this car was sold as Oldsmobile 98 in my country, in fact I was in 1990 almost a owner of it. (I had an 1952 Oldsmobile 88). I remember very well how huge it was, the lougage compartment was so extense like engine, no no no no no, a crazy beautifull design very own of ending 50s in the US. Thank you for your video and I love Canada as a country full of marvels. PD: About Canadian cars in Chile, we had in 1968 the Beaumont, (Canadian GM) I remember that me being a silly boy people used to say the distinction between from Canada, and not from the United States. The amazing point was it was assambled here in Arica, Chile.
Here in Australia we got Parisiennes also, but not until about 1964 as I remember. They came from Canada, and a very good reason for that was import tariff protection. There were no import duties between British Commonwealth countries like Australia and Canada, but from non Commonwealth countries like the USA, the duty was 100%. So GM and Ford had some models made (or probably just assembled), in Canada, and then exported from there to other Commonwealth countries to get around the import duties.
They were sold in Australia as well..59-68 right hand drive 59s are very rare these days..all the aussie cars had 283 and 327 engines all impala chassis slightly different body attachments on the parisienne..59-61 Chev belair,impala and parisienne were imported as built body kits,62-64 semi assembled kits and 65-68 were completely knocked down kits..all built by Fisher body Works in Oshawa Canada as far as I know.
My 1959 Buick Invicta 4dr. HT had the same door cards, minus of coarse the Pontiac logo. Thanks also for verifieing my belief the Canadian Pontiac rode on a Chevy chassis. Nobody ever believed in my conclusion. I always thought it to be the reason for the wheels being so inboard.
50s kid here - Pops bought a new '57 Plymouth when I was a brat and I remember seeing the Canadian versions - Dodge Mayfair and such that were Plymouths (fins) with Dodge front clips - I loved Candian mash-ups. That '67 Beaumont SS (Chevelle?) is weird, too. 🚗
What an odd bird ! I was waiting to hear the solenoid click or starter whirl when you started her up. Not a sound at all ! Wow that was whisper quiet start and run. Amazing I owned its American cousin back in the early 70's A 1960 Chevy 2 dr hardtop impala 283 power glide
I had an American 1959 Pontiac, sedan, Catalina. Red interior, red with white painted top. 389 with a 2 barrel which I changed to a quad. What a perfect car for the drive in it was.
There's a place for quiet cars; I like them too, and driving a loud car can be really annoying. But am I to believe that none of you like the low grumble of a big V8 with true dual 'packs? Or the sound of speed as interpreted by a dual overhead cam '50s 3.6L Jaguar engine at cruising RPMs?
Being a Seattleite, I had more exposure to Canadian cars than many US residents as a kid (the border with the big city of Vancouver is barely 100 miles away). My grandparents took their US '57 Pontiac to Banff in the early 60s and had fuel pump failure in Yahk BC, basically nowhere. It was a confusing multi-day ordeal to have it repaired because of its US Pontiac 347 V8 which the Canada Pontiac parts suppliers were little help for. (Grandpa's car was also odd in that despite its V8 and Hydramatic, it didn't have power steering; he must have found some great deal buying it off the lot)
I grew up in Montreal and my Dad had a 1969 Pontiac Laurentian. We drove from Montreal to Atlanta in that car. We were in the States and it started making a funny noise, so my Dad stopped at a garage to have it looked at. The mechanic put it up on the lift and started poking around. He was looking at the car, then at my Dad, then back at the car... either concerened or confused. He checked the Pontiac badge, took another look under the car and said "This isn't a Pontiac - - it's a Chevrolet".
@@t.b.g.504 Assembled in the Holden factory from mostly Canadian parts from the thirties until late sixties. Even the T Ford was made here that way. By the mid thirties Australian plants started stamping parts to make utility pick up versions well before the Ranchero and El Camino. My father drove Maple Leaf trucks for a while here in Australia.
A friend had an Australian Pontiac Parisienne. It came with the Holden 186 6-cyl "red motor". Barely able to keep up with traffic, but it was quiet and smooth.
Here in Australia I had a 61 Laurentian (not a runner) and a 64 Parisienne, both with Fisher bodies. They had 283 Chevy motors and the 64 had Pontiac stickers on the rocker covers. Dashboard was essentially the same as a 64 Impala.
Yet another rare classic car. I like how the glass wraps around, especially the rear window. The cabin is so airy with no B post and all that open space. She looks good with the wheels tucked in; like it's hovering. Thanks for sharing another beauty.
Drove my new 60 Pontiac Ventura on my honeymoon to Niagara Falls and Toronto in 1960 and it got a lot of interest. Didn’t realize the difference until I saw their wheels tucked under.
Very interesting Pontiac. Being a Canadian, I have a soft spot for the Canadian market cars - including the Pontiacs, Meteors, Acadians and the like. Thanks for sharing this beauty.
Really ? Un Voiture ? and Very Unique ? he needs to go back to school. Seriously, GM made many different cars for the Australian and South African markets which had features different to the original US cars. 10 years earlier Canadian Buicks for export to the then British Colonies were much more luxurious and better equipped , (The Royal Family had 6) and the King of England and Mrs Simpson had one each.
Beautiful looking car. I've heard of the Pontiac Parisienne, but because I'm not from Canada, I've never seen one in person. I've seen a 1959 Bonneville, maybe a Catalina. Between the 1959 and the 60 Pontiac, I find the 1959 Pontiac the best looking. :)
My dad ordered a brand new 1964 Parisienne Custom Sport 2 door hard top. It had a 327-250 hp engine with a 2 speed powerglide on the floor. Dark blue and gorgeous!
Wow what a beaut. Those cars were built right on GM's Chevrolet assembly line in Oshawa, Ontario, just a Parisienne body shell in place of the Impala one. My dad had a nearly new '63 Parisienne, then a '64 convertible, that same blue colour, with a white top. I remember him driving me to the theatre in it to see the Jimmy Stuart movie Flight of the Phoenix on a rainy evening in '65. Nowhere Man was playing on the radio when we parked in front of the Odeon theatre on Queen Street W in Toronto. My first car was a '64 Parisienne 2 door hard top with buckets and console, red on red, I bought in 1974 for $500. It looked good when I got it but was starting to rot out down under. I scrapped it in '77 when it was becoming too dangerous to drive with all the rot. It had a Chevy 283 V8 with Powerglide. My dad's '63 had a 327 with 4 barrel. Other Pontiac models sold in Canada however, like the Lemans/GTO and Firebird, were made in the US and had 389 and 400 cu in Pontiac engines with Pontiac 3 speed automatics. One of my brothers had a '69 Firebird with a 400.
To me that is the prettiest car you have shown thus far it is beautiful I love it thank you for all your videos you make and put out God bless you my friend
My dad owns a 1970 Parisienne Ragtop, original paint code was Fathom Green. We just had it repainted and she looks great. He’s owned it since 1975 when he bought it as his first car at the age of 15. I’ve never seen another like his outside of a junkyard. (You even rarely see them in junkyards) it’s equipped with the Chevy 350, never been rebuilt and the car has 88k on it. The engine runs surprisingly quiet, even with the dual exhaust my dad put on it. You’ve got a really nice car here, loved the video!
Amazing time capsule, remarkably preserved ! As an Italian kid growing up in Montreal, we used to call the Parisienne, "the St. Leonard Cadillac". Montrealais will get the reference...
@@stuckinmygarage6220 The Town of St. Leonard, a Montreal suburb, and now incorporated in the Montreal Urban Community, was in the 50's-60's (and still is) heavily populated with immigrant Italian working-class families. Few could afford a Caddie, nor would they likely have spent the money even if they could. The Parisienne, in one of the higher trim levels, was perceived as a sort of status symbol, a sign of having "made it" Kind of like owning a Bonneville, or Oldsmobile, or Mercury, in the USA.
Gorgeous original car! My Dad had a 1959 Bonneville Vista that he ordered new. Had it for 6 years before trading it in on a 1965 LeMans. He was a lifelong Pontiac guy. So cool to learn about this Parisienne and the differences, the Chevy running gear, etc. That Chevy six is a bulletproof gem! So weird to see the wide track body on the Chevy running gear. Thanks for this one!
When we went to Niagara Falls in the early eighties, on the Canadian side, we saw a few of these Pontiacs. Also interesting to see were some Mercury branded Ford pickup trucks.
The 1959 models were a bit before my time, but when I was a little kid my father bought '62, '63, '65 and '67 Pontiacs, either Laurentians (the Chevy BelAir equivalent) or Parisiennes like this (the Impala equivalent). The latter two had 283 V8s under the hood. The '65 was my favorite. Great video and what a find!
My uncle had a '65 Parisienne here in Australia. It had a 327 with a Powerglide. They were assembled factory right hand drive as CKD kits and shared RHD dashes with the Chevy Impala which was also assembled here. I've always loved the name "Parisienne"! Thanks for featuring this one, Adam.
i remember seeing this model...as a a kid living in washington state...family friends brother drove down from british columbia in one....think he worked for GM canada..still remember the metal disk where the back-up lamps would be
Once again, you have found yet another INCREDIBLY well preserved piece of automotive beauty. You are so fortunate to have this car (as well as all your others).
👍Super styling. Loving that silent 6 cylinder! Pontiac used Chevy frames, drivetrains etc in many instances. I recall my high school friend drove his mother’s new 84 (I think) Pontiac Parisian. Everything looked Chevy Caprice except for it’s “tagging”, tail lights & such. Nice car. Thx for the information. Great channel! 👍
Just great to see the Parisienne as it brought back my vivid memory of first seeing one on a summer trip. The family was traveling to Lake Simcoe and I spotted one from the backseat of our 1959 StarChief. The inset wheels looked weird as hell. Really enjoyed learning the minutia on the paint , trim, mirrors and most of all the blue flame 6 mated with powerglide. The roof was the “Vista roof”. Thanks for a great video!
I've loved these '59 Pontiacs for sixty years at least. In 1968, our father had use of a '59 Catalina flat top in Canyon Copper. It had Bonneville side chrome, manual steering, don't recall what the brakes were though. Interior was original cloth and vinyl coordinated with the exterior, factory three speaker radio. I wish I had it now, it was a looker. This Canadian version is a dream in that color combination, it's too bad more don't exist anymore. Thanks for the video.
This is the car I was waiting to see and hoping it is Adam's car. Noticed it, I think, on another vid, when he drove passed. Love the "cloud roof" of those late 59 and early 61, GM design.
Wanted to see trunk space. Great looking car. We, as Canadians back in th e50s to early 70s did have our own brand of US cars. Love the hardtop roof line, no center pillar. Great video.
Grande Parisienne in 67 used the Grand Prix front end with hideaway headlamps as well as the back end from Grand Prix. It looked particularly beautiful in the 4 door hardtop without vinyl roof.
You just reminded me of a car I had for a year that bought for 500 $ when I was 16 and then sold for the 1967 Parisienne convertible I still have today: a 1967 Parisienne *2+2* which was a 2 door fastback with bucket seats and console, aqua with white metal roof. That one was 327 with Powerglide.
Our neighbour had a 67 Grande Parisienne Safari - the station wagon in white with the woodgrain. It looked very much like the Pontiac Executive Safari, except with the Grand Prix's hidden headlights. Now that was a rare and beautiful car. You can see it in the Canadian Pontiac 1967 Brochure.
1959- crazy year for outrageous styling! Wow Adam, you have the best cars!! She's a beauty!! Hard to believe the great condition! I love how much I learn from your vids!
What a beautiful car. The inline six engines of that era have never really gotten the credit they deserve. Naturally balanced, great low end torque, extremely reliable and so many of them got tossed aside for a V8 swap. Fantastic job retaining the all original essence of these vehicles.
OMG!!! That's the exact same car my Dad had when I was last a kid. The only difference was the very slippery plastic seat covers installed in the back. It had a very smooth and quiet ride that I remember and we would go "up north" to the Laurentians from Montreal . Thanks for the memories!
The I6 was once a common engine in US cars. The Chevrolet I6 was quite a good engine. The Ford 240/300 is legendary for its durability. Of course who could forget Mopar's Slant-6, aka 'the thing that wouldn't die".
The inspectors at the motor vehicle lanes we're amazed how quiet my low mileage 235 six was in my 57 Chevy. The old stovebolt was a very smooth, durable engine.
The only problems I'm aware if with cracked heads on a Chevy 235 six, is when the owner failed to have enough antifreeze in the engine, thus cracking the head, and the block !
@@jeromebreeding3302 Well I owned my own garage and was a mechanic for 35 years, you probably haven’t seen as many 235’s in your lifetime as I’ve seen in 5 years. I can assure you, it was a huge problem with the 235 engine and it had nothing to do with a lack of antifreeze. It had more to do with getting a proper amount of oiling to the top of the head to fully lubricant rockers, pushrods and lifters thus causing the head to overheat and crack.
This is so much fun. I remember seeing a lot of these cars (the ones that you share ) around the Detroit area growing up. You sure get some classic and as this one lots more interesting information than I realized or paid any real attention to back then. Thanks I look forward to these.
This is cool and after saying it’s a Chevy chassis and seeing the wheels tucked in so far! And like you said the Canadian cars like the Chryslers had different models with mixed parts on them. I would have liked to see the distributor move when you hit the throttle.
1960's era Bedford TK trucks (product of GM Britain) sometimes moved their distributors. It was a common fault causing loss of power. The bolt holding the distributor was too small and vibrated loose if a mechanic didn't correctly tighten it.
It is very interesting as Holden, GM's Aussie offshoot, assembled Chevys up until the late 60's and the top of the line was also a "Parisienne." I find the engine in this car is so similar to the Aussie red and blue motor straight 6s. They were also torquey and very quiet but they were only used in our local Holdens. The Aussie Chevys usually had the 327ci V8. BTW, the Holden 6 cylinder motors also had moveable distributors until the engine was fitted with electronic spark.
@@tripsadelica : My father, when he was in the Australian Army, served in a liaison role with US forces. The Yanks assigned him a Chevy staff car - just a basic Chev painted drab brown. He was so impressed by it that when he got out of the Army, he bought one of the Holden-built Chevys (I was only a teenager at the time). I remember it as a lovely smooth quiet car, but I thought the engine was actually the same engine as in the Holdens. But my mother didn't like it. She considered it far too big and difficult to park. She eventually got her way and traded the Chev for a Morris Major. Compared to the Chev, it was noisy, there was a lot of engine vibration (being a 1600 cc 4 cyl) and there was a lot of general shuddering and shaking. And it proved nowhere near as reliable as the Chev. I'm certain that Holden motors, red or grey, never gave trouble with distributors moving, though they were held in place by the same method as in the Bedford TK trucks (which had a totally different British motor.) To set the static timing, you loosen the bolt and twist round the distributor. The vacuum advance moved the points baseplate inside the distributor in the usual manner. What the presenter meant in this video is that the Canadian Parisiennes, the baseplate is fixed, and the vacuum advance moved the whole distributor body. I had never seen nor heard of such a thing.
What a beautiful car, rare, the engine runs like a Swiss watch. Growing up my parents had a 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Safari Wagon, that was a great car that was reliable, fast, comfortable, that lasted many years.
What a time capsule! Original muffler? Amazing. I watched the drive video too. The I6 is beautiful. In your collection, you have a gem among gems. Just wow
Wow! What a great car. A time capsule from another era. Recently on ebay there was a 69 Parisienne equipped with the 427 . Those inline sixes are incredible durable and smooth. Chevrolet briefly considered going with a turbo charged V6 for the up coming C4 ZR1 . It got nixed for not being exotic enough and also for the V6 shake . A guy I knew drove a 59 Bel Air in the early to mid 80's as a daily driver. It was equipped with the inline 6 . Easy car to service. He was a carpenter and carried all his tools in the trunk.
Always loved the Dash on these 1959 Pontiacs. We had the Star Chief Hard top. Silver with Cloth interior with the Silver thread through it and in the carpets. I actually cried when Dad traded it for a 1968 Country Sedan wagon.
Enjoyed the video, thank you. My eldest son bought a used '59 Catalina, similar to the Parisienne. Engine... not motor. Engines run on a fuel source.. gas, diesel, steam, kerosene, etc. Motors run on electricity.
We had them here in Australia as our cars came from Canada to save on tax an we had odd things for years like a 62 chev dash in all gm cars through to 67
Ford did that also it was to do with commonwealth countries so anything out of those countries was cheaper shipped here an we were a year behind on some of the models sold here they were shipped in broke down form an assembled here an it started after ww1 an lasted till the 90s with the f series pickup an also we had to have a certain amount of local parts an cost in trucks an cars which gave us some different stuff to the USA the first ford fully built here was the falcon an gm which was gmh here built the first Holden here in 48 but still sold gm canadian cars till the late sixties an trucks till the 80s
Canadian Pontiacs were fantastic. My dad had a 54 Stratochief... Arse of a 54 Chev but front of a Starchief... fantastic car! Great cars! This car here is set for Meats in the back lol So cool! Dig'n that glass in the back. Cool ride!
You certainly have a beautiful example of the marque, and I love the Frankenstein description, it’s appropriate. It was tough through that era if you were a Pontiac fan in Canada, all the magazines we got had road tests with 389’s, 421’s, tri-power, 8 bolt wheels, and we got none of that, 283’s and the odd 327, usually backed up by a Power Glide. Not much of that Pontiac Excitement they used to advertise if you lived north of the 49th parallel.
You’re right, the W series engines would have been available as well, in 59, it would have been the 348, and I know I’ve seen a Parisienne with a dual quad 409, I think it was a 63.
I've always wondered why Pontiac established the split-Venturi grill treatment in 1959 only to completely abandoned it in 1960. Then it reappears in 1961 and lasts for decades .
@@codyluka8355 Acadian was in the market so Pontiac Buick dealers had an entry in the compact segment. It disappeared when Pontiac introduced the Ventura II both sides of the border. Beaumont was the same, as the market, pre Autopact, was too small to justify building the Tempest here. Laurentian became the base model Canadian Pontiac in 77. Strato Chief was discontinued. Parisienne remained the top model through the end of 1990 in the Safari wagon.
Same with Chevy going with oval taillights in ‘59 rather than the circular ones they had in ‘58 then from ‘60 onward. Perhaps the result of customer feedback, the previous design was found to be more popular…?
@@CycolacFan Yes, probably so. Then also consider the 1966 Impala where they did away with the Chevy trademark 3 individual rear lights in a row which they had used in '58 ( then gone in '59, then used again in '60 up to and including '65, then gone again for '66 ) and then back again in '67. lol They couldn't make up their minds.
Wonderful Canadian Pontiac. Again, a great review. Would love to see this unique model at the Widetrackers all Pontiac & GMC car show in Davisburg, MI on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Wow, This is a rare bird for sure and to find it with the shrink wrap still covering the interior is unheard of. I know you have many beautiful cars and I hope where ever you are housing them is a safe, secure building with some kind of fire alarm or suppression system. Not only a valued collection but in many ways quite historic.
I still do remember, that sometimes, in the autumn of 1964 somebody came to visit his or hers relative in the city where I was living with a gorgeous 1959 Pontiac Parisienne four door six-window sedan. The color was similar. Staring to those twin fins, I stood besides this wonder for lengthy minutes being literally mesmerized! Back to 2021, I was surprised to see the under-hood view of this Poncho! A six-cylinder truck egine of the Old Stovebolt lineage, closely related to the GMC 270, which powered the war-time CCKW 353?????
Adam..you bring me back to my youth....and you do the best description of any car reviewer and your wealth of knowledge is IMPRESSIVE !! When GM made great cars !!! Try to find a 65 Gran Prix with the Bucket Seats and the real wood dash !! Greatest Pontiac EVER !!!
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I and my older relatives have owned several Canadian Pontiacs. They all rusted out like the rest of our vehicles. I can't believe the low mileage on yours. What a score!
My dad had a new 1967 Parisienne. As a family we drove into Pennsylvania and New York on summer holiday trips and Americans would approach us asking about our car.
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My cousin had a 1964 2 Door Custom with a 327 300 HP with a 4 speed Muncie. It was red with a white top. He could shift it nicely. One Sunday afternoon he got a phone car when I was over at his house. Some engineering students who owned a Mustang did not believe that the 327 would do 0 - 60 mph in 8 seconds. So, we went out on the highway. I sat in the front and the three engineering students sat in the back seat. My cousin drove. He said that he would go to about 63 mph because the speedometer was off a bit. The engineering student said that his two friends would get out of the car. My cousin said, "Let them stay for the ride." The engineering student held the stop watch. He said go and when the cousin got to 60, he said stop. It was something like 7.9 seconds to 60. The three guys in the back each got out 5 dollars. My cousin told them to put their money away. The cousin sold the red and white car to another cousin. (The red and white car was driven for many years with no problems.) The first cousin bought another 2 door Pontiac in 1965. It was not anything like the 1964 for performance. He replaced the 1965 with a 1966 (or 1967) Pontiac Grande Parisienne 4 Door Hardtop with a 427 385 HP. It had a 400 4 speed hydramatic transmission. That car was sold when the cousin bought a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix with the 421 engine as I recall. . . . It was not a very good car. In fact, it was a bit of a disappointment.
Thanks for this, I have a picture of me at the age of 4 in laneway in Toronto Canada, 1964 standing beside my dad's 1959 Pontiac Parisienne. I probably have not seen one since. I think the only difference between this one had his was a 3 on the tree shifter. otherwise identical. I don't remember too much from my childhood, but things like this sure open up the floodgates. Thank you.
My uncle had a 60's Chevy II with a six-cylinder. It was so quiet you could hardly tell it was running. I remember the grind when he'd accidently turn the ignition while it was running!
Done that on this one too!
I live on the border with Canada, and Pontiacs were the middle class car of choice (or maybe EVERY class' choice) in the 1970s when I was a kid. The downsized 1977 to 1979 were INSANELY common here. But by that time, the Parisienne was the Bonneville (there was a Catalina sold in Canada too at that time, I believe), and the Laurentian was base stripper model equivalent to the Bel Air, this Chevy which was STILL SOLD IN CANADA through, at least 1980 several models years after the US model ceased. It was cool when I got in a taxi in Toronto in 1979, and it was a new Bel Air. I knew it had to be a Canada only model.
A couple years ago, I saw a '64 Parisienne sedan traveling on the highway there, so still not entirely uncommon. I remember some cool marketing in the late 1980s / early 1990s in Canada with the Chevrolet Corsica sold as a Tempest, or some other obscure but intriuging models like the Firefly, the G3, the G5 (Sunfire).
I didn't get to complete the video, but the reason for the Chevrolet-based full sized Pontiac models built in Canada until 1970 was due to trade / tarriffs as US models that were sold in Canada had a higher price tag in a market with a generally lower disposable income. That, coupled with the geography of Canada where a small community would have either a Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealer or a Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealer to suit the motoring needs of the community. The GM hierarchy used in the States with a much larger and denser population made the five car brands plus GMC, Chevy trucks and not to mention the captive imports of Vauxhall and Opel was absolutely overkill there, except in a large city like Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal. And LOL, how can I forget the Acadian and Beaumont brands sold through the Pontiac-Buick dealerships, or the Envoy (Vauxhall) sold through Chev-Olds dealers?
The Canadian Pontiacs got the spotlight abroad as they were sold in Commonwealth Countries (Australia, and New Zealand) to avoid the taxes. Its a VERY fascinating story to anyone who loves cars, loves Pontiacs, loves history, loves marketing, and or loves the intricacies of trade. I guess that covers me well?
Hi, pretty man. I'm writtingfrom the far city of Santiago, Chile. Well, this car was sold as Oldsmobile 98 in my country, in fact I was in 1990 almost a owner of it. (I had an 1952 Oldsmobile 88). I remember very well how huge it was, the lougage compartment was so extense like engine, no no no no no, a crazy beautifull design very own of ending 50s in the US. Thank you for your video and I love Canada as a country full of marvels.
PD: About Canadian cars in Chile, we had in 1968 the Beaumont, (Canadian GM) I remember that me being a silly boy people used to say the distinction between from Canada, and not from the United States. The amazing point was it was assambled here in Arica, Chile.
Here in Australia we got Parisiennes also, but not until about 1964 as I remember. They came from Canada, and a very good reason for that was import tariff protection. There were no import duties between British Commonwealth countries like Australia and Canada, but from non Commonwealth countries like the USA, the duty was 100%. So GM and Ford had some models made (or probably just assembled), in Canada, and then exported from there to other Commonwealth countries to get around the import duties.
They were sold in Australia as well..59-68 right hand drive 59s are very rare these days..all the aussie cars had 283 and 327 engines all impala chassis slightly different body attachments on the parisienne..59-61 Chev belair,impala and parisienne were imported as built body kits,62-64 semi assembled kits and 65-68 were completely knocked down kits..all built by Fisher body Works in Oshawa Canada as far as I know.
My 1959 Buick Invicta 4dr. HT had the same door cards, minus of coarse the Pontiac logo. Thanks also for verifieing my belief the Canadian Pontiac rode on a Chevy chassis. Nobody ever believed in my conclusion. I always thought it to be the reason for the wheels being so inboard.
50s kid here - Pops bought a new '57 Plymouth when I was a brat and I remember seeing the Canadian versions - Dodge Mayfair and such that were Plymouths (fins) with Dodge front clips - I loved Candian mash-ups. That '67 Beaumont SS (Chevelle?) is weird, too. 🚗
What an odd bird ! I was waiting to hear the solenoid click or starter whirl when you started her up. Not a sound at all ! Wow that was whisper quiet start and run. Amazing I owned its American cousin back in the early 70's A 1960 Chevy 2 dr hardtop impala 283 power glide
I'm agog with this it's gorgeous.....ive never seen one in the UK...
I had an American 1959 Pontiac, sedan, Catalina. Red interior, red with white painted top. 389 with a 2 barrel which I changed to a quad. What a perfect car for the drive in it was.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who appreciates a quiet car. That car is gorgeous btw
I love quiet.. 🤫 🤐
Cars should be seen and not heard in my opinion.
@@michaeltipton5500 agreed
There's a place for quiet cars; I like them too, and driving a loud car can be really annoying. But am I to believe that none of you like the low grumble of a big V8 with true dual 'packs? Or the sound of speed as interpreted by a dual overhead cam '50s 3.6L Jaguar engine at cruising RPMs?
My 65 Thunderbird is very quiet with two mufflers and then resonators at the rear before it exits the bumper quiet factor is unbelievable
Being a Seattleite, I had more exposure to Canadian cars than many US residents as a kid (the border with the big city of Vancouver is barely 100 miles away). My grandparents took their US '57 Pontiac to Banff in the early 60s and had fuel pump failure in Yahk BC, basically nowhere. It was a confusing multi-day ordeal to have it repaired because of its US Pontiac 347 V8 which the Canada Pontiac parts suppliers were little help for. (Grandpa's car was also odd in that despite its V8 and Hydramatic, it didn't have power steering; he must have found some great deal buying it off the lot)
I grew up in Montreal and my Dad had a 1969 Pontiac Laurentian. We drove from Montreal to Atlanta in that car. We were in the States and it started making a funny noise, so my Dad stopped at a garage to have it looked at. The mechanic put it up on the lift and started poking around. He was looking at the car, then at my Dad, then back at the car... either concerened or confused. He checked the Pontiac badge, took another look under the car and said "This isn't a Pontiac - - it's a Chevrolet".
These were also sold in Australia, New Zealand in South Africa and Knock-down kit form.
The days before the Auto Pact came into effect... when we could sell our vehicles to other British Commonwealth countries and other select markets.
@@t.b.g.504 Assembled in the Holden factory from mostly Canadian parts from the thirties until late sixties.
Even the T Ford was made here that way.
By the mid thirties Australian plants started stamping parts to make utility pick up versions well before the Ranchero and El Camino.
My father drove Maple Leaf trucks for a while here in Australia.
A friend had an Australian Pontiac Parisienne. It came with the Holden 186 6-cyl "red motor". Barely able to keep up with traffic, but it was quiet and smooth.
Interesting info on Commonwealth autos, thanks, Everyone! (I'm from the U.S.)
Here in Australia I had a 61 Laurentian (not a runner) and a 64 Parisienne, both with Fisher bodies. They had 283 Chevy motors and the 64 had Pontiac stickers on the rocker covers. Dashboard was essentially the same as a 64 Impala.
In '59, GM brought the headlights down into the grill area like this. Front hoods became a little lower. Other manufacturers followed.
Yet another rare classic car. I like how the glass wraps around, especially the rear window. The cabin is so airy with no B post and all that open space. She looks good with the wheels tucked in; like it's hovering. Thanks for sharing another beauty.
Agreed, that rear glass is a thing of beauty! 🤙
Nice car! The Parisienne and the Laurentian were also sold in Europe. They were assembled in Europe also.
Drove my new 60 Pontiac Ventura on my honeymoon to Niagara Falls and Toronto in 1960 and it got a lot of interest. Didn’t realize the difference until I saw their wheels tucked under.
Very interesting Pontiac. Being a Canadian, I have a soft spot for the Canadian market cars - including the Pontiacs, Meteors, Acadians and the like.
Thanks for sharing this beauty.
Great French; I'm a Montrealer, have owned several Parisiennes including a 64 ragtop
Really ? Un Voiture ? and Very Unique ? he needs to go back to school. Seriously, GM made many different cars for the Australian and South African markets which had features different to the original US cars. 10 years earlier Canadian Buicks for export to the then British Colonies were much more luxurious and better equipped , (The Royal Family had 6) and the King of England and Mrs Simpson had one each.
I was about to say it. The most attractive Parisienne has to be the '64 convertible.
Montreal is an incredible city. I wish I could afford property up there.
Beautiful looking car. I've heard of the Pontiac Parisienne, but because I'm not from Canada, I've never seen one in person. I've seen a 1959 Bonneville, maybe a Catalina. Between the 1959 and the 60 Pontiac, I find the 1959 Pontiac the best looking. :)
My dad ordered a brand new 1964 Parisienne Custom Sport 2 door hard top. It had a 327-250 hp engine with a 2 speed powerglide on the floor. Dark blue and gorgeous!
Wow what a beaut. Those cars were built right on GM's Chevrolet assembly line in Oshawa, Ontario, just a Parisienne body shell in place of the Impala one. My dad had a nearly new '63 Parisienne, then a '64 convertible, that same blue colour, with a white top. I remember him driving me to the theatre in it to see the Jimmy Stuart movie Flight of the Phoenix on a rainy evening in '65. Nowhere Man was playing on the radio when we parked in front of the Odeon theatre on Queen Street W in Toronto. My first car was a '64 Parisienne 2 door hard top with buckets and console, red on red, I bought in 1974 for $500. It looked good when I got it but was starting to rot out down under. I scrapped it in '77 when it was becoming too dangerous to drive with all the rot. It had a Chevy 283 V8 with Powerglide. My dad's '63 had a 327 with 4 barrel. Other Pontiac models sold in Canada however, like the Lemans/GTO and Firebird, were made in the US and had 389 and 400 cu in Pontiac engines with Pontiac 3 speed automatics. One of my brothers had a '69 Firebird with a 400.
To me that is the prettiest car you have shown thus far it is beautiful I love it thank you for all your videos you make and put out God bless you my friend
My dad owns a 1970 Parisienne Ragtop, original paint code was Fathom Green. We just had it repainted and she looks great. He’s owned it since 1975 when he bought it as his first car at the age of 15. I’ve never seen another like his outside of a junkyard. (You even rarely see them in junkyards) it’s equipped with the Chevy 350, never been rebuilt and the car has 88k on it. The engine runs surprisingly quiet, even with the dual exhaust my dad put on it. You’ve got a really nice car here, loved the video!
Thanks!
Beautuful, veri good car heloo from Bitola Macedonia 🙋🇲🇰🇲🇰🚙
Amazing time capsule, remarkably preserved ! As an Italian kid growing up in Montreal, we used to call the Parisienne,
"the St. Leonard Cadillac". Montrealais will get the reference...
Hi, If u can, please explain the reference 🙂Thank u
@@stuckinmygarage6220 The Town of St. Leonard, a Montreal suburb, and now incorporated in the Montreal Urban Community, was in the 50's-60's (and still is) heavily populated with immigrant Italian working-class families. Few could afford a Caddie, nor would they likely have spent the money even if they could. The Parisienne, in one of the higher trim levels, was perceived as a sort of status symbol, a sign of having "made it" Kind of like owning a Bonneville, or Oldsmobile, or Mercury, in the USA.
@@6667anne Merci beaucoup
I ran into a red '63 Parisienne ragtop in Istanbul about 10 years ago...
Adam, I'm impressed that you know quite a bit about our Canadian Pontiacs! Very nice Parisienne!
Love the double fins.
Gorgeous original car! My Dad had a 1959 Bonneville Vista that he ordered new. Had it for 6 years before trading it in on a 1965 LeMans. He was a lifelong Pontiac guy. So cool to learn about this Parisienne and the differences, the Chevy running gear, etc. That Chevy six is a bulletproof gem! So weird to see the wide track body on the Chevy running gear. Thanks for this one!
When we went to Niagara Falls in the early eighties, on the Canadian side, we saw a few of these Pontiacs.
Also interesting to see were some Mercury branded Ford pickup trucks.
Yeah, Mercury trucks....whaaaaaatt!?
@@donaldstanfield8862 Mercury M Series trucks were made for the Canadian market from 1946-1968. Same as the F Series Fords.
My father owned a 1965 Mercury pickup when I was a small boy in the early Seventies.
Very beautiful! Loved the 59 GMs
And the 59 Ford.
Very beautiful perfect looking car beautiful colour thanks friend have a very nice day my car just love it perfect
The 1959 models were a bit before my time, but when I was a little kid my father bought '62, '63, '65 and '67 Pontiacs, either Laurentians (the Chevy BelAir equivalent) or Parisiennes like this (the Impala equivalent). The latter two had 283 V8s under the hood. The '65 was my favorite. Great video and what a find!
I remember the Pontiac Laurentian nameplate from the 70s. Did not realize that it was a Canadian exclusive until recently.
@@martinliehs2513 My Dad had a 1968 Pontiac Laurentian...really nice car! :D
My uncle had a '65 Parisienne here in Australia. It had a 327 with a Powerglide. They were assembled factory right hand drive as CKD kits and shared RHD dashes with the Chevy Impala which was also assembled here. I've always loved the name "Parisienne"! Thanks for featuring this one, Adam.
Absolutely gorgeous! Never seen one before. Love it 😊 thanks 👍🏽
i remember seeing this model...as a a kid living in washington state...family friends brother drove down from british columbia in one....think he worked for GM canada..still remember the metal disk where the back-up lamps would be
Back up lamps were a factory option until the were mandated as standard equipment in the mid-60s.
@@michaeltutty1540 canada was cool to also mandate DRLs later
Gorgeous car! So much character that is almost impossible to find today. Very elegant, and so dang quiet!
Once again, you have found yet another INCREDIBLY well preserved piece of automotive beauty. You are so fortunate to have this car (as well as all your others).
👍Super styling. Loving that silent 6 cylinder! Pontiac used Chevy frames, drivetrains etc in many instances. I recall my high school friend drove his mother’s new 84 (I think) Pontiac Parisian. Everything looked Chevy Caprice except for it’s “tagging”, tail lights & such. Nice car. Thx for the information. Great channel! 👍
Just great to see the Parisienne as it brought back my vivid memory of first seeing one on a summer trip. The family was traveling to Lake Simcoe and I spotted one from the backseat of our 1959 StarChief. The inset wheels looked weird as hell. Really enjoyed learning the minutia on the paint , trim, mirrors and most of all the blue flame 6 mated with powerglide. The roof was the “Vista roof”. Thanks for a great video!
The interior is really stunning. It must get pretty hot in there with all that glass and no tinting on the glass. Nice videos
as french and parisian myself I find this pontiac really really awesome,thanks for posting
That is an AMAZING car! Beautifully kept, and wonderful color!
Back when cars were dream machines.
a u.s pontiac in 1959, came std. with a 389 c.i.d with a three speed manual or a four speed automatic.
The un wide track Pontiac! Love the flattop roof and curved windshield and rear glass!
Me Too! No Blind Spots!!
I've loved these '59 Pontiacs for sixty years at least. In 1968, our father had use of a '59 Catalina flat top in Canyon Copper. It had Bonneville side chrome, manual steering, don't recall what the brakes were though. Interior was original cloth and vinyl coordinated with the exterior, factory three speaker radio. I wish I had it now, it was a looker. This Canadian version is a dream in that color combination, it's too bad more don't exist anymore. Thanks for the video.
Belle, parfait et magnifique! What an awesome find, you never fail to amaze :)
Beautiful car!! Thanks for all the interesting background information about this Canadian model. The 1959 GM lineup is my favorite. Great video! 👍
This is the car I was waiting to see and hoping it is Adam's car. Noticed it, I think, on another vid, when he drove passed. Love the "cloud roof" of those late 59 and early 61, GM design.
The roof is called a flat top.
Wanted to see trunk space. Great looking car. We, as Canadians back in th e50s to early 70s did have our own brand of US cars. Love the hardtop roof line, no center pillar. Great video.
My uncle had a 1967 Pontiac Grande Parisienne that came with a Chevy 427 high output V8! 4 bbl, posi, etc That car would move!
Grande Parisienne in 67 used the Grand Prix front end with hideaway headlamps as well as the back end from Grand Prix. It looked particularly beautiful in the 4 door hardtop without vinyl roof.
You just reminded me of a car I had for a year that bought for 500 $ when I was 16 and then sold for the 1967 Parisienne convertible I still have today: a 1967 Parisienne *2+2* which was a 2 door fastback with bucket seats and console, aqua with white metal roof. That one was 327 with Powerglide.
@@LakeNipissing wonderful cars
@@michaeltutty1540 the two door hardtop without vinyl was beautiful as well!
Our neighbour had a 67 Grande Parisienne Safari - the station wagon in white with the woodgrain. It looked very much like the Pontiac Executive Safari, except with the Grand Prix's hidden headlights. Now that was a rare and beautiful car. You can see it in the Canadian Pontiac 1967 Brochure.
1959- crazy year for outrageous styling! Wow Adam, you have the best cars!! She's a beauty!! Hard to believe the great condition! I love how much I learn from your vids!
Thx!
Stunning interior, amazing story, almost a hybrid vehicle.
What a beautiful car. The inline six engines of that era have never really gotten the credit they deserve. Naturally balanced, great low end torque, extremely reliable and so many of them got tossed aside for a V8 swap. Fantastic job retaining the all original essence of these vehicles.
Super cool and a great color!
OMG!!! That's the exact same car my Dad had when I was last a kid. The only difference was the very slippery plastic seat covers installed in the back. It had a very smooth and quiet ride that I remember and we would go "up north" to the Laurentians from Montreal . Thanks for the memories!
The Laurentian was the middle model in the Canadian Pontiac lineup.
I love your channel even though my perfered era is 1950-1964ish. Favorite car on your channel so far.
That would be a great engine for a lot of applications...what a sleeper....
The I6 was once a common engine in US cars. The Chevrolet I6 was quite a good engine. The Ford 240/300 is legendary for its durability. Of course who could forget Mopar's Slant-6, aka 'the thing that wouldn't die".
The inspectors at the motor vehicle lanes we're amazed how quiet my low mileage 235 six was in my 57 Chevy. The old stovebolt was a very smooth, durable engine.
@@jeromebreeding3302 235 Chevy six had tons of problems with cracked heads, you couldn’t give me one.
The only problems I'm aware if with cracked heads on a Chevy 235 six, is when the owner failed to have enough antifreeze in the engine, thus cracking the head, and the block !
@@jeromebreeding3302 Well I owned my own garage and was a mechanic for 35 years, you probably haven’t seen as many 235’s in your lifetime as I’ve seen in 5 years. I can assure you, it was a huge problem with the 235 engine and it had nothing to do with a lack of antifreeze. It had more to do with getting a proper amount of oiling to the top of the head to fully lubricant rockers, pushrods and lifters thus causing the head to overheat and crack.
What a beautiful and strange mix. Man it has style though.
This is so much fun. I remember seeing a lot of these cars (the ones that you share ) around the Detroit area growing up. You sure get some classic and as this one lots more interesting information than I realized or paid any real attention to back then. Thanks I look forward to these.
You are killing me with all your awesome finds,as well as the ability to purchase the!
It’s fabulous, you are a lucky owner
I recognize that greenhouse design from our 1959 Cadillac.
That windshield was used across all the GM line in 59.
This is cool and after saying it’s a Chevy chassis and seeing the wheels tucked in so far! And like you said the Canadian cars like the Chryslers had different models with mixed parts on them. I would have liked to see the distributor move when you hit the throttle.
1960's era Bedford TK trucks (product of GM Britain) sometimes moved their distributors. It was a common fault causing loss of power. The bolt holding the distributor was too small and vibrated loose if a mechanic didn't correctly tighten it.
It is very interesting as Holden, GM's Aussie offshoot, assembled Chevys up until the late 60's and the top of the line was also a "Parisienne." I find the engine in this car is so similar to the Aussie red and blue motor straight 6s. They were also torquey and very quiet but they were only used in our local Holdens. The Aussie Chevys usually had the 327ci V8. BTW, the Holden 6 cylinder motors also had moveable distributors until the engine was fitted with electronic spark.
@@tripsadelica : My father, when he was in the Australian Army, served in a liaison role with US forces. The Yanks assigned him a Chevy staff car - just a basic Chev painted drab brown. He was so impressed by it that when he got out of the Army, he bought one of the Holden-built Chevys (I was only a teenager at the time). I remember it as a lovely smooth quiet car, but I thought the engine was actually the same engine as in the Holdens. But my mother didn't like it. She considered it far too big and difficult to park. She eventually got her way and traded the Chev for a Morris Major. Compared to the Chev, it was noisy, there was a lot of engine vibration (being a 1600 cc 4 cyl) and there was a lot of general shuddering and shaking. And it proved nowhere near as reliable as the Chev.
I'm certain that Holden motors, red or grey, never gave trouble with distributors moving, though they were held in place by the same method as in the Bedford TK trucks (which had a totally different British motor.) To set the static timing, you loosen the bolt and twist round the distributor. The vacuum advance moved the points baseplate inside the distributor in the usual manner. What the presenter meant in this video is that the Canadian Parisiennes, the baseplate is fixed, and the vacuum advance moved the whole distributor body. I had never seen nor heard of such a thing.
@@keithammleter3824 Yes, those early Morris cars had the British predeliction of soft valves and wonky gearboxes. Your dad's choice was far better! :)
Amazing video...I had no idea of the differences in Canadian cars from GM.
What a beautiful car, rare, the engine runs like a Swiss watch. Growing up my parents had a 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Safari Wagon, that was a great car that was reliable, fast, comfortable, that lasted many years.
Now that is a car with lots of style! Love those lines and curves!
I love it and I would love to drive it !!
What a time capsule! Original muffler? Amazing. I watched the drive video too. The I6 is beautiful. In your collection, you have a gem among gems. Just wow
Wow! What a great car. A time capsule from another era. Recently on ebay there was a 69 Parisienne equipped with the 427 . Those inline sixes are incredible durable and smooth. Chevrolet briefly considered going with a turbo charged V6 for the up coming C4 ZR1 . It got nixed for not being exotic enough and also for the V6 shake .
A guy I knew drove a 59 Bel Air in the early to mid 80's as a daily driver. It was equipped with the inline 6 . Easy car to service. He was a carpenter and carried all his tools in the trunk.
Always loved the Dash on these 1959 Pontiacs. We had the Star Chief Hard top. Silver with Cloth interior with the Silver thread through it and in the carpets. I actually cried when Dad traded it for a 1968 Country Sedan wagon.
Enjoyed the video, thank you. My eldest son bought a used '59 Catalina, similar to the Parisienne. Engine... not motor. Engines run on a fuel source.. gas, diesel, steam, kerosene, etc. Motors run on electricity.
I have always had a soft spot for the 1960 pontiac
We had them here in Australia as our cars came from Canada to save on tax an we had odd things for years like a 62 chev dash in all gm cars through to 67
That is interesting, as a Canadian I did not know that.
Ford did that also it was to do with commonwealth countries so anything out of those countries was cheaper shipped here an we were a year behind on some of the models sold here they were shipped in broke down form an assembled here an it started after ww1 an lasted till the 90s with the f series pickup an also we had to have a certain amount of local parts an cost in trucks an cars which gave us some different stuff to the USA the first ford fully built here was the falcon an gm which was gmh here built the first Holden here in 48 but still sold gm canadian cars till the late sixties an trucks till the 80s
That is a beautiful car My brother had a 1960 Pontiac USA Thank you for showing this video 👍👍👍👍
Thank you for sharing this very unique car. I really enjoyed seeing all of the unique details of a Canadian Pontiac.
What an absolute stunner ! Very cool !
I remember laying in the rear window shelve ,flying down the highway. Seat belts? Nah! Different times!
Canadian Pontiacs were fantastic. My dad had a 54 Stratochief... Arse of a 54 Chev but front of a Starchief... fantastic car! Great cars! This car here is set for Meats in the back lol So cool! Dig'n that glass in the back. Cool ride!
Magnifique et étrange à la fois
It’s very special and the simplicity is great!
Very cool Pontiac
That car is a super find one of a kind super tare worth a fortune thanks for sharing with us
That interior is amazing with all that chrome and detail. Beauty
You certainly have a beautiful example of the marque, and I love the Frankenstein description, it’s appropriate. It was tough through that era if you were a Pontiac fan in Canada, all the magazines we got had road tests with 389’s, 421’s, tri-power, 8 bolt wheels, and we got none of that, 283’s and the odd 327, usually backed up by a Power Glide. Not much of that Pontiac Excitement they used to advertise if you lived north of the 49th parallel.
The dual quad 409 was offered but I have not seen one, only the 283.
You’re right, the W series engines would have been available as well, in 59, it would have been the 348, and I know I’ve seen a Parisienne with a dual quad 409, I think it was a 63.
What a sweet heart of a car!!! Thanks for sharing.
Did not realize how “Chevy” Canadian Pontiacs were at the time.
Interesting!
I've always wondered why Pontiac established the split-Venturi grill treatment in 1959 only to completely abandoned it in 1960. Then it reappears in 1961 and lasts for decades .
It was like that until the end of the 1969. Beaumont, Acadian and other "Chev-iacs". They are pretty unique.
@@codyluka8355 Acadian was in the market so Pontiac Buick dealers had an entry in the compact segment. It disappeared when Pontiac introduced the Ventura II both sides of the border. Beaumont was the same, as the market, pre Autopact, was too small to justify building the Tempest here. Laurentian became the base model Canadian Pontiac in 77. Strato Chief was discontinued. Parisienne remained the top model through the end of 1990 in the Safari wagon.
Same with Chevy going with oval taillights in ‘59 rather than the circular ones they had in ‘58 then from ‘60 onward.
Perhaps the result of customer feedback, the previous design was found to be more popular…?
@@CycolacFan Yes, probably so. Then also consider the 1966 Impala where they did away with the Chevy trademark 3 individual rear lights in a row which they had used in '58 ( then gone in '59, then used again in '60 up to and including '65, then gone again for '66 ) and then back again in '67. lol They couldn't make up their minds.
Wonderful Canadian Pontiac. Again, a great review. Would love to see this unique model at the Widetrackers all Pontiac & GMC car show in Davisburg, MI on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Wow, This is a rare bird for sure and to find it with the shrink wrap still covering the interior is unheard of. I know you have many beautiful cars and I hope where ever you are housing them is a safe, secure building with some kind of fire alarm or suppression system. Not only a valued collection but in many ways quite historic.
I still do remember, that sometimes, in the autumn of 1964 somebody came to visit his or hers relative in the city where I was living with a gorgeous 1959 Pontiac Parisienne four door six-window sedan. The color was similar. Staring to those twin fins, I stood besides this wonder for lengthy minutes being literally mesmerized! Back to 2021, I was surprised to see the under-hood view of this Poncho! A six-cylinder truck egine of the Old Stovebolt lineage, closely related to the GMC 270, which powered the war-time CCKW 353?????
Thanks. I like the Canadian versions of American cars.
I watch Cold War Motors on TH-cam.
Love that show.
From California.
Adam..you bring me back to my youth....and you do the best description of any car reviewer and your wealth of knowledge is IMPRESSIVE !! When GM made great cars !!! Try to find a 65 Gran Prix with the Bucket Seats and the real wood dash !!
Greatest Pontiac EVER !!!
I and my older relatives have owned several Canadian Pontiacs. They all rusted out like the rest of our vehicles. I can't believe the low mileage on yours. What a score!
My dad had a new 1967 Parisienne. As a family we drove into Pennsylvania and New York on summer holiday trips and Americans would approach us asking about our car.
Now that was a bullet proof combination , the straight six and the power glide , and a breeze to maintain !
I owned one nearly identical to this one. It was my grandmother's car that she gave me when she entered the nursing home.