<VV> Canadian GM car names--assistance provided NO CORVAIR

[Shaun McGarvey]

Hank, Canadian Pontiacs were built on Chevrolet platforms and all the 
weatherstripping would be the same as Chevy.
Parisienne=Impala
Laurentian=Bel-Air
Strato Chief=Biscayne

Acadian=ChevyII

Beaumont=Chevelle (except '63 when Beaumont was the higher trim level of an 
Acadian)

Ford Frontenac='60 Falcon
Meteor (name used from the late 40s thru '64 on full-size Ford equivalent 
line of cars with model names like "Richeliu", and from '62 on a Ford 
Fairlane equivalent.)

then there's whole slew of Chrysler products I'm a little foggy on, but were 
usually just U.S. cars with different front sheetmetal.

Mercury trucks were Fords. (I'm still kicking myself for passing on a '63 
Merc Unibody w/big back window and an NOS Mercury Unibody (specific) 
tailgate. RRRare!

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
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Cc: <sfinger at steelerubber.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: <VV> Canadian GM car names--assistance needed NO CORVAIR


> Folks, and especially our Canadian Brethren:
>
> As you know, many GM cars made in Canada were named differently than their 
> US counterparts.  In some cases there were gentle nuances that made them 
> different than their US Cousins.
>
> At Steele Rubber, when a Canadian customer calls, in many cases the 
> customer is unaware of the name of the US counterpart vehicle.  I realize 
> that in the case of certain parts there may be a big difference, but 
> usually not so with weatherstripping.
>
> I end up taking many of these calls, as the other CSR's are admittedly not 
> familiar at all with Canadian models. The only reason I'm even vaguely 
> familiar myself is I grew up along the border, and spent lots of time in 
> Canada when I was young, and remember some of these cars --from the 60's 
> especially.
>
> EX. The Pontiac Catalina had a cousin in Canada, slightly narrower and 
> shorter than its US counterpart, called a Laurentian. Weatherstripping was 
> essentially the same.  Other names I can recall  are Cadet, Acadian, and 
> Parisienne(LONG before Pontiac USA started using it)
>
> Would anyone, especially my Canadian Friends, have any charts or online 
> resources that they can refer me to, so I can prepare a list of US car 
> names that match up with their Canadian Counterpart?  I'd like to do all 
> of the big 3, but GM would be a great start.
>
> Bob Helt? Dave Newell?  Joel&Co in the West? Stan and Co in the East? 
> Buehler?
> Anybody?
>
> TIA
>
> Hank
> "Resource guy" at Steele Rubber, amongst other things
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