65 Beaumont, last day of production

19Pontiac65 · Veteran Member

65 Beaumont, last day of production

65sssd · Poncho Master!

Please explain the date coding. Where did you find it? If you had a full vin number how would it decode? I would also like to see pictures. I love seeing new 65 Beaumonts.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

That's neat Bill. Cool bragging rites!

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

not sure if they include exports in those totals,but it is a very late car indeed

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beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Those numbers make sense to me.

Wow, that is low totals for 1965.
Under 9000 cars it total.
I wonder if that is the lowest of any year of beaumont?

I have always noticed a lack of 1965 cars compared to other years.

seems to be a majority of 1967's i wonder if they were the highest production totals?

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

the only numbers ive ever found

1964?
1965 Beaumonts (8910 cars produced)
1966?
1967 Beaumonts (12 334 produced)
1968 Beaumonts 14,420 produced
1969 Beaumonts - 12,982 produced

any help for 64 or 66?

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68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

19Pontiac65 wrote:

Just discovered, our Beaumont was one of the very first cars built on the last day of production. Date code; 1-7-19. first shift, July 19th. sequentials in VIN end in 588xx. 8,910 Beaumonts made that year, minus the approx 90 cars a day, puts her right in there as one of the first cars on the last day

here ya go(looks to be a monday)

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68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

the latest date on my tag pics seems to be 3 or 4 from the june 19-21st timeframe but i have no later ones than that.

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Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

1964 beaumonts 8815
1966 beaumonts 12827

Tacken from Classic Canadian Beaumonts by Kens Klassic Kars site back in 2002 . I printed the artical and plased in binder. All other years are the same as you posted, but 65 differs, His said 6644 produced. But all these figures might not take into fact export cars as you stated. His information comes from Old Autos and Canadian cars 1946-1984 by Perry Zavitz.
Also states production totals were based on calender year registration for each year. not sure what that means.

Ian

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Beaumont4008 wrote:

1964 beaumonts 8815
1966 beaumonts 12827

Tacken from Classic Canadian Beaumonts by Kens Klassic Kars site back in 2002 . I printed the artical and plased in binder. All other years are the same as you posted, but 65 differs, His said 6644 produced. But all these figures might not take into fact export cars as you stated. His information comes from Old Autos and Canadian cars 1946-1984 by Perry Zavitz.
Also states production totals were based on calender year registration for each year. not sure what that means.

Ian

thats were i got them,but i didnt care about that far back then,thanks for the info

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

that makes sense to why there out a bit,thats january to december of 1 year,ie jan-december 1967 not model year sept to july

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

The figure for 64s is bogus.
They made well over 10,000 in 64
I have 2 late 64 cars.
Totals would be just shy of 11,000 by the middle of july 1964.

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68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

if that figure is for 1964 than it would include jan to july 1964 cars and sept to dec 31st 1965 cars,as thay were actually built in 64,if it is calendar year totals

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68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

now that changes everything,lol

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

I have to agree based on my 69 number the all seem to be out by a couple of thousand. If i new when the last day of production in 69 I could probably figure out how many more from my cars number.

Ian

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

the only thing i ever heard was that in 69 they halted production a bit early because the lemans was coming.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

guess we have to find a 69 with a greater vin sequence than 15480

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

heres that chart again,calendar year of course

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

am i to asume beaumont and acadian is acadian in the totals until september 1967, than just beaumont until 69 because acadian would have been built in detroit?

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beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I guess that is why it shows acadian totals in 1961.

What a useless chart, who cares about calender year totals!

I would much rather see totals of a particular model year.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

guess they made the chart to see how much money thay made in a givin year,lol biggrin

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

it does show 10281 69 beaus for jan to the end of production 1969
i can tell you on october 18th 1968 they were at 2533 cars (clints 2 door sedan)

and totals both cars as 142905,guess our group wont get much bigger than that number,lol

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68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

found a tag from a 69 beau in the wreckers built 4th week of april 13684 cars in

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

Well thats 10281 plus your 2533 = 12814 just have to figure how many
made from 10/18 until end of Dec 68. How many working days X round out to maybe 90 cars per day. About 51 work days X 90 = 4590
Add that all up 12814 plus 4590 = 17404 Clints car 15480 from that
=1924 cars to end of July maybe. Dam close.

To much time on our hands. I guess production for each day could have bin lower or higher also. Who knows 80's one day 90's the next.

Ian

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m21bud · Addicted!

My 65 SD was built on July 5, pretty close to yours. Orig black on red. ps.pb,283 powerglide, f40 suspension.
Frame off resto 60% done.