Pontiac lines, was: <VV> Re: Pontiac Fuelies ( No Corvair )

[Garth Stapon]

My Dad has a fun story where he did a road trip in his new 62 Canadian
wagon.  Seems he stopped at a US dealer for some warranty work and the local
mechanics where flabbergasted to see a Chevy motor in a Pontiac....
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From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
To: "Shaun" <shaun_mcgarvey at shaw.ca>
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Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: Pontiac lines, was: <VV> Re: Pontiac Fuelies ( No Corvair )


> None of them that I know of, other than they DID import the Parisienne,
> after they had "downsized" the Bonneville nameplate to the intermediate
> "A" body. Then finding THAT was a failure in moving the public to
> smaller "full-sized" cars, they needed a REAL full-sized car, and only
> had the Canadian Parisienne to fall back on. LOL The Canadian Parisienne
> was really only a Chevy Caprice with Pontiac grille and taillights, not
> as much of a "Pontiac" as the previous Pontiac-specific Bonneville.
>
> -Mark
>
> Shaun wrote:
>
> >Did the U.S. have Laurentians? The Canadian Pontiac line consisted of :
> >Parisienne
> >Strato Chief
> >Laurentian
> >
> >SM
> >
> >
>
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