Well hello everyone.  First post here, so I may as well tell my story, bore a few people and show some pictures.

As the heading implies, my car is a 1973 Parisienne 4 door hardtop with a Pontiac 400.  Originally I had a 1969 Olds 98 2 door hardtop that I had inherited from my grandfather.  I had wanted to make it into a nice lowrider but unfortunately someone drove into it while it was sitting in a parking lot and wrote the car off.

Fast forward a few years and I still had the desire for a huge car to make into a lowrider.  I looked at a 67 Toronado, a 67 Deville but both were pretty beat.  The third car I looked at was the Parisienne you see here.

I bought it from the original owner (an old guy who had it sitting in the garage while his newer vehicles sat outside) with just under 40,000 miles.  I paid next to nothing for it which was good as I didn't want an overly expensive toy.  While the car was in good shape, it needed a good cleaning and a little tlc.  Since I've owned the car, here's what's happened:

• Got rid of the white vinyl roof and repainted the car in the original color of "Florentine Red"
• During the repaint, I opted to paint the lower bumper the same color of the car
• Gone were the original mirrors in favour of some "swan neck" mirrors from Mooneyes
• Removed the ugly shag seat covers to find a perfect houndstooth interior (complete with power bench seat!).  Then covered that perfect interior in a new set of ugly Hawaiian seat covers.  :)
• Got rid of the ugly red carpet in favour of a new set of black pile.  Much better!
• As the rear end had sagged over the years (air shocks) I decided I liked the ride height and chopped the front springs to achieve a level ride height.  Car handles great but speed bumps are a nightmare!
• Added dual dynomax mufflers and went with 60s inspired "Bellflower" exhaust pipes
• Added 20" 150 spoke wire wheels...
• Shaved the rear Pontiac emblem and had the taillight housings rechromed
• Front and rear brake job, oil change and good to go!
• Surfboard rear view mirror care of Mooneyes, bamboo license plate frame, tiki door locks and the required dash hula girl to finish it off!

All said, I couldn't be happier with how the car turned out.  It has never let me down and the only time it didn't start on me is when I flooded it.  It sees regular use all summer and is about to go into hibernation for the winter.

Anyways, enjoy (or don't).  Either way, I love it.

Steve