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This months feature car is one of my favorite Canadian Ponchos. Tony Mihaly's 1969 Pontiac Strato Chief has a lot going for it. Tony is the original owner, it has a successful racing history, low original mileage and is quite rare, being factory equipped with the 300hp 350 and a 4 speed transmission. I...
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November 2010 Feature Car
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With October behind us we can pretty much say this is the end of cruising season for most of us. What better way to remember those past warm summer days than to feature a convertible. Brian Calderwood owns this fine 64 Acadian Beaumont Custom convertible. You would be hard pressed to find one as nice. P...
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October 2010 Feature Car
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We all have a love for the rare and high performance Canadian Poncho's. However, the reality is that back in the day most folks bought the generic bread and butter cars for their day to day transportation needs. Most of us have fond memories of such cars, the station wagons or four door sedans, many of wh...
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September 2010 Feature Car
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As you may or may not know, many Canadian Pontiac models were shipped overseas in C.K.D form (Completeley Knocked Down) for assembly by local manufacturers. Many were shipped to Australia. Rod Crow owns this fine 1967 Parisienne. This right hand drive Poncho looks stunning in this colour combina...
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August 2010 Feature Car
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This month is it my pleasure to feature Joe and Susie Lizon's immaculate 1965 Acadian Beaumont L79 4 speed. The Lizon's were fortunate enough to meet the original owner of this great car and find out it's racing history. Here's some more information and great photos courtesy of Joe and Susie; 1965 L79...
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June 2010 Feature Car
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In my quest to find a pre 1958 Canadian Pontiac to feature this month, I (and many members) felt it fitting to show off Dave LaCourse's 1956 Pathfinder work in progress. Although living in Florida, Dave has been a staunch supporter of this website and, of course, Canadian Pontiacs. So much so that it's...
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April 2010 Feature Car
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Not all of us are lucky enough to own our first car and that's a shame. Most of our best memories are about our first rides. Ahh..the freedom! Roger Wirtz, on the other hand, is one of those guys fortunate enough to still have his first car. Not only that, his first car wasn't one of those disposable econo-...
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May 2009 Feature Car
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Ah, the station wagon. Prior to Iacocca's Chrysler-saving mini-van the station wagon was the transportation of choice for large families. And why not? They were equally at home taking the kids and their gear to hockey practice, a trip to the lumber hard for a few sheets of 4x8 plywood , or hauling the w...
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March 2010 Feature Car
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I've always had a fondness for station wagons. Unfortunately there are few surviving Canadian Pontiac, Acadian and Beaumont examples (which explains why we've only featured one other wagon!). Chris Newport happens to be one lucky fellow. He owns this month's feature car: A gorgeous 66 Acadian In...
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February 2010 Feature Car
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1970 Pontiac 2+2 submitted by 73SC - Ray White This car was owned by our beloved Canadian Poncho friend and enthusiast Astro-Jet, Hillar Pinna. As we all know Hillar passed away unexpectedly on January 8, 2010. I thought I would submit his latest acquisition for feature car as a memorial tribute to hi...
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January 2010 Feature Car
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One thing you may have noticed in the past is all the cars I've featured were built in Canada. This month, to start the new year I thought I'd change things up a bit and feature a car that wasn't built in Canada, but was sold here. Heck, we also love the American Pontiacs like the Bonneville and Firebird, so...
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December 2009 Feature Car
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For every type of collector car there is the "Hope Diamond". The model with the super low production numbers or all the desirable options. For us '69 Pontiac owners, the "Hope Diamond" is the 2+2 with the 390hp 427 and 4 speed transmission. With only 14 such diamonds produced, the odds of finding a nice...
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December 2008 Feature Car
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For a long time old 6 cylinder cars didn't get any respect. If it was a 4 door, it got parted out. If it was a 2 door, a V8 pretty much always replaced the stock 6 banger. It's nice to see some folks resist the temptation to pull the inliner from their classic car. It's even nicer to see a factory 6 cylinder car g...
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October 2009 Feature Car
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It's rare that a four door captures the imagination of so many people. Most end up as donor cars for our two door or wagon projects. Let's face it, the four door body style was designed to be a utilitarian mode of transportation. Style came in second or third. Then in the mid 1950's the four door hardtop ca...
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March 2008 Feature Car
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I think it was a no brainer as to who's car I'd pick to be the March feature car. Carl (a.k.a 427carl) has been here since day one and I think holds the record for the most posts. His wit and humour helps make this site a fun place to visit. Not only that, he has what is probably the nicest 66 Strato Chief around...
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September 2009 Feature Car
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I thought I'd do something different this time and feature two cars. Eric Deklerck (a.k.a Slinky) owns the sweet red 69 Beaumont which he restored as a tribute to the 69 SD396 he bought new that met it's demise only two years new on the 401 as a result of a fire. His tribute is the result of three years hard l...
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Sepetember 2008 Feature Car
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Here is one from the "When did you last see one?" files! Not only is Matt Langford's (a.k.a ss acadian 350) L48 1969 Acadian rare, it's likely the best one in existance. What more can I say? We'll let the photos do the talking: Matt says: "I purchased the car in 1999 as a parts car , but it wa...
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August 2009 Feature Car
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Since the west coast of the country is getting a true summer and we aren't, it only makes sense to feature a BC ragtop this month. Paul Budding owns this awesome 65 Beaumont SD convertible. So, if it's raining where you are, grab a cold one and enjoy this great SD and picture yourself driving it on a warm su...
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November 2008 Feature Car
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"The Green Monster". That's what Hillar Pinna affectionately calls his super rare 454 powered 1970 Pontiac Laurentian. Hillar's Laurentian is one of 221 made with the LS4 454 V8 Power steering and power brakes were not checked off at the time of ordering. Inside we find a couple of uniqu...
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February 2009 Feature Car
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Here's a perfect example that you don't have to have a high dollar Canadian Poncho to enjoy the hobby. Matthias (Patty58) hails from Germany but owns the perfect car for tooling around when he vacations in Nova Scotia- a 1958 Pontiac Pathfinder four door sedan. Here's a little information on the Path...
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