When my brother worked for Auto Trader he would drive around Southern Ontario to photograph cars that were to appear in Auto trader. I remember him telling me about a particular car he photographed. It was a Diplomat Blue 1964 Parisienne convertible that originally was part of the Canadian Autorama that travelled to various cities across Canada. It was only a 283 but it did have all power accessories.

Regarding the red car on the Hemmings website, perhaps it was originally a 327 300-horse. That does make it a lot more scarce than the plentiful 283 cars. I do see a transmission dipstick up the rear of the engine so it is a Powerglide. There certainly are a lot of things that need to be corrected under the hood of that car if the seller is emphasizing the "rare Corvette drivetrain"

Now if the car was a factory Muncie 4-speed with a 327-300 & 3.36 posi with factory tach... I wonder if those rams horn exhaust manifolds have the 2½" outlets?

-- Edited by CdnGMfan on Wednesday 18th of January 2012 11:03:59 PM

It is amazing that these type of claims are made with cars being sold by "reputable" auctioneers. Remember the JFK Ambulance being sold last year at BJ. Everybody in the Professional Car Society knew it was crushed many years ago but BJ still advertised it as theJFK Ambulance. They admitted later to taking the sellers word

There's obviously some mistake here as in the auction site it states 283 and 1961 was the last year a 283 was offered in the corvette. The engine in the car doesn't even have the 1964 look with later valve covers etc.

 

Thanks

Randy

 

 

... ya but it has the original upolstry and hubcaps, so it has to have an original Corvette engine!

I'd be willing to guess that the owner is "totally" ignorant on the facts of Cdn. Pontiacs!! Hasn't done any research, or documentaion, & someone likely told them "oh, it's chevy powered, must be special order, likely a Vette enginge"