tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post5998879986700096937..comments2024-03-27T03:50:47.233-07:00Comments on OLD PARKED CARS.: 1968 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2.Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-55125977182420599172014-06-14T17:30:24.660-07:002014-06-14T17:30:24.660-07:00engine break is god, since old car hve it. popular...engine break is god, since old car hve it. popular near 1990rastikanoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102377587470272471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-12721648157245539762014-05-23T09:33:15.490-07:002014-05-23T09:33:15.490-07:00I used to LOVE the pre-68 Pontiacs with the vertic...I used to LOVE the pre-68 Pontiacs with the vertical headlights! Once they changed to these horizontal headlights, Pontiacs seemed to lose their appeal, and just kinda started looking like every other car..... This Parisienne is a very nice example though.Donkey Hoatynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-33255335285048117272014-05-07T10:51:44.567-07:002014-05-07T10:51:44.567-07:00Ben: Have a look at the '65 Chevy Impala and y...Ben: Have a look at the '65 Chevy Impala and you'll see the same thing. captaingizmo54https://www.blogger.com/profile/14246340344036444593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-51612112681110536592014-05-07T09:51:10.647-07:002014-05-07T09:51:10.647-07:00on april 23rd.on <a href="http://www.oldparkedcars.com/2014/04/1973-buick-centurion-hardtop-coupe.html" rel="nofollow">april 23rd</a>.Tony Piffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-16775453960581384332014-05-07T09:49:56.263-07:002014-05-07T09:49:56.263-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tony Piffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-58991646363022960072014-05-06T22:00:03.090-07:002014-05-06T22:00:03.090-07:00And when's the last time you got to see the ha...And when's the last time you got to see the hardtop effect? Ben Piffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805306243851560129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-50248500242609037172014-05-06T21:54:08.614-07:002014-05-06T21:54:08.614-07:00also, love everything going on in the composition ...also, love everything going on in the composition of the profile shot. bangin'.Tony Piffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-25323960511840502212014-05-06T10:46:48.860-07:002014-05-06T10:46:48.860-07:00Pop put a set of factory 5-spoke mag rims on his &...Pop put a set of factory 5-spoke mag rims on his '67 GP 2+2 just before he sold it. <br />Along with those hide away headlights, that car really looked sharp. So much so that <br />I can still see it 30+years later. captaingizmo54https://www.blogger.com/profile/14246340344036444593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-25553226153735474212014-05-05T19:28:35.036-07:002014-05-05T19:28:35.036-07:00Gorgeous car, but the late 70's-mid 80's P...Gorgeous car, but the late 70's-mid 80's Pontiac wire hubcaps look shabby on it.Justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-45205016099233894962014-05-05T13:33:40.900-07:002014-05-05T13:33:40.900-07:00Your instincts are correct Spiff. For years, Cana...Your instincts are correct Spiff. For years, Canadian Pontiacs were little more than a <br />Chevrolet body with Pontiac trim. They did this to keep costs for customers down and<br />profits up. Price was everything to Canadian car buyers and GM was more than willing <br />offer a car that sold for the same amount as an American Chevy. Even though you <br />could buy one in Canada. Seems like all the big 3 automakers sold something like this<br />to woo buyers into their dealerships. Chrysler offered the Plodge, a Dodge-Plymouth <br />hybrid, and the De Soto Diplomat based on the Plymouth platform. Ford offered the <br />Meteor and Monarch, while Mercury offered the trucks. BTW, my in-laws had a '67<br />GP 2+2 ragtop. It ran the factory 428 V-8 but someone pulled out the M-22 rock <br />crusher and replaced it with a T-400 auto tranny. Tried to buy it, but I didn't have <br />the cash. It needed a lot of cosmetic work too. Nice to see one of these again!captaingizmo54https://www.blogger.com/profile/14246340344036444593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-76936652030656191222014-05-04T09:34:31.596-07:002014-05-04T09:34:31.596-07:00@Tony: Australia's Holden did sell a version o...@Tony: Australia's Holden did sell a version of the Pontiac Parisienne there, but your instincts are correct that this is a Canadian-built model. <br /><br />The Parisienne was not simply a rebadged Catalina built up north, it used a Chevy frame, had some different body panels (to fit the smaller frame), and came with neither the performance upgrades or available 8-lug wheels that made the US-market 2+2 so hot (and incredibly quick).<br /><br />The Canadian 2+2 was basically a sporty trim level of Parisienne, with a 250 six standard and only the emblems, buckets and console to set it apart from its plainer siblings. I think it came with a bench rear seat, too, making it a 2+2 only in seat-belt count.Spiffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-91133694592846241202014-05-04T06:03:12.190-07:002014-05-04T06:03:12.190-07:00This must be one of the biggest 2+2 cars ever made...This must be one of the biggest 2+2 cars ever made.<br /><br />Great find.Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-38078433519868666352014-05-04T00:25:06.363-07:002014-05-04T00:25:06.363-07:00tremendous car, tremendous photos. and how many of...tremendous car, tremendous photos. and how many of those garages would it take to contain that thing? hilarious!<br /><br />the horseshoe shifter is so period, and yet such a totally reasonable design--i can totally see a modern automaker bringing it back. thanks for documenting. the ashtray full of cigarettes proves that this is a real-deal old parked car. i'm blissed to inaugurate the "smokers" tag, which i'm retroactively applying to at least one other post. ben, can you think of any others?<br /><br />the wire wheels and yellowed white-stripe tires look just right, and the white vinyl roof is the ultimate badass compliment to the moss green paint.<br /><br />also adding the "louvers" tag for the fender.<br /><br />i know the parisienne was a canadian-built model, but wikipedia seems to suggest that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Parisienne#Third_generation:_1965.E2.80.931970" rel="nofollow">these third-gen</a> cars were built in australia. that can't be right?Tony Piffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112355325821745788.post-22996822857238580612014-05-03T12:22:19.483-07:002014-05-03T12:22:19.483-07:001968 and Martin Luther King. How appropriate!
1968 and Martin Luther King. How appropriate!<br /><br />Mikaelnoreply@blogger.com