1968 Pontiac Beaumont Custom

Very nice, clean car. You can tell how well kept it is by that close-up pic. of the odometer. There is not a scratch on that gauge, not even a speck of dirt!

In this market the car is way overpriced. It would have to be at least a 350-295 hp engine to be over $12,000. It is a really nice car just the wrong time to sell. The best value today are 1995-1997 Camaro and Firebirds with the LT1 engine. You can buy low mile examples for around $10,000.

 

Al

she is a beauty...nice unmolested car!! nice to see one that well preserved.

I really like the wheel covers, that basic style were used on a lot of Pontiacs throughout this period, we had them on a '65 Lauentian as illustrated.

 

-- Edited by 73SC on Monday 11th of April 2011 03:04:25 PM

From Wiki:

A 307 cu in (5 L) was produced from 1968 through 1973. Engine bore was 3.875 inches (98.4 mm) with a 3.25-inch (82.6 mm) stroke.

The 307essentially a 283 block with the longer-stroke 327 crankshaftreplaced the 283 in Chevrolet cars in 1968 and produced 200 hp (149 kW) SAE gross at 4600 rpm and 300 lb·ft (407 N·m) of torque at 2400 rpm. Later versions produced just 115 hp (86 kW) SAE net. Chevrolet didn't produce a high-performance version of the engine, but did produce for Outboard Marine Corporation, a high-performance marinized 307, rated at 235 hp (175 kW) and 245 hp (183 kW) SAE gross, depending on year, that shipped with the Corvette/Z-28's cast aluminum valve covers and Rochester QuadraJet carb. Chevy also built other versions of the OMC 307 rated at 210 hp (157 kW), 215 hp (160 kW) and 225 hp (168 kW) SAE gross.

It depends on who you speak to about a 307. I think they have a  reputation among members on here because they were a bread and butter low output V8 that was not performance orieneted in an era where big cubes and big power was king but Chevy made millions of them.

I have a neighbour with a 1968 Acadian with a 307, his father's car from new and that thing lays a near nonstop line of rubber from it's open rear end. Another guy I know has a '69 Custom convertible with a 307 and he loves it. As I mentioned above it would be a rare car to see it with a 327. 

I just looked in our registry for 1968 Beaumonts. There are 92 cars there by my count.

40 are 307 = 43%

27 are 396 SD = 29%

17 are 250  = 18 %

8 are 327 = 9 %  (all Customs  with one 4dr.) 

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That's just the car I would want to own one day... original and unmolested.  Park it in the garage and keep it clean!  As much as I like to see the hot rods that people build, my heart will always be true to an original car any day of the week!  The fact that it's a '68 Beaumont, which was my first car (albeit a well-weathered 4 door!) just makes it all that much sweeter!

Now if that darn lottery will just pay off for me!!

Very nice. It appears to have the factory fibreoptic light monitoring system.