MY 63 ACADIAN BEAUMONT COVERTIBLE

street-freaks · Member

MY 63 ACADIAN BEAUMONT COVERTIBLE

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

So Steve, you said that you have the car in pieces now, what are your plans for it? It looks like a great starting point!

forespeed · Poncho Master!

Nice Acadian Convertible but I want the Camaro Pace Car Convertible in the background.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

No thanks, I'll take that Acadian any time! Cool car...

Lefty · Uber Guru

hope you have it on the road for next spring !!
should look great,
what are your plans for it..

timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

nice car im with carl

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lueger68 · Poncho Master!

Hey Steve welcome buddy glad you found us here I was telling you about this great site last summer on Robbie's deck after our car show geez took ya long enough lol! Looking forward to seeing your car in the spring or hoping to swing by your place with Rob over the winter , talk soon bud

Kevin

street-freaks · Member

well as far as plans for this car it will be going resto mod.i'm missing some of the stuff to go stock and everything i own has a v8 in it.so its going to get the small block swap with 4 spd. ive got the pedals console for the floor motor mnts and stuff for the conversion.will get new steering column with a rack versus the old setup.strut bars will be deleted with full lower control arms.already has the five bolt conversion discs up front 66-67 rear end which will also be converted to discs.some small body mods the way i like.still like to retain the stock look on the outside and interior but with a little nicer drivetrain than stock.hope that answers a few questions.cheers guys

street-freaks · Member

do you guys prefer that i brake up my build photos and posts in the sections below.body seperate,interior seperate,suspension seperate,ect or just post all in one

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

For my part, I think it's important to break them up into the appropriate categories. Reason being, these threads are invaluable to guys in the future who are restoring and have questions. If it's all in one thread, they may not be able to find it with out a lot of searching, or may not even find it at all if they don't realize it's elsewhere. Right now I know it's not as inconvenient that way, but I think it really helps out in the future.

dcneric · Poncho Master!

I agree with Carl
but!!
I love the build thread so you can follow from start to finish. Maybe we could debate this in an other forum??

On an other note, I like the 69 Camaro 'vert. Is it a Z11? Either way they're a gorgeous car. My 69 Camaro is just a plain Jane coupe and the 69 Bird is a fairly rare 350 HO car, but both need a ton of work and cash, future projects.

With regards to the 63 I like the approach you're taking.

Lefty · Uber Guru

let me know too, would like to see another convert..

lueger68 wrote:
Hey Steve welcome buddy glad you found us here I was telling you about this great site last summer on Robbie's deck after our car show geez took ya long enough lol! Looking forward to seeing your car in the spring or hoping to swing by your place with Rob over the winter , talk soon bud

Kevin

street-freaks · Member

69 camaro has been in my family since the 70's.was my uncles car and sat in his garage till 3 years ago when we went to clean up his place.due to health problems car never got finished and sat most of its life indoors.full rotiserie resto took 2 years and is a real deal pace car.zl1 aluminum 427 sits under the hood.my cousin owns it and we built it together over a 2 year period.was just apraised at 130k a few months ago

acadianguy02 · Veteran Member

hi steve love your car. i wish it was mine, it sure would look good in my garage, setting next to my 63 . they sure would make a perfect pair. i am looking at your pics and noticed that your front fenders only have 1 scalope right behind the head light bezel . is that factory . when i took off my fender trim i have 2 scalopes on my fenders . the top one is behind my trim . can anybody tell me what is right . is the size or shape of the scalopes diffrent

Lefty · Uber Guru

was wondering what you meant, now i see, mine has 2 and i believe that is stock. upper one gets covered by the chrome on the side of the fender

acadianguy02 wrote:
hi steve love your car. i wish it was mine, it sure would look good in my garage, setting next to my 63 . they sure would make a perfect pair. i am looking at your pics and noticed that your front fenders only have 1 scalope right behind the head light bezel . is that factory . when i took off my fender trim i have 2 scalopes on my fenders . the top one is behind my trim . can anybody tell me what is right . is the size or shape of the scalopes diffrent

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acadianguy02 · Veteran Member

hi lefty thanks for letting me know about those fender indentations. i thought they were the same for the acadian and the nova. but when i saw steves it got me to wondering

street-freaks · Member

yes there are 2 indentations in the fenders when the person painted it the last time they filled all the trim holes in. hence why its missing one.it will have 2 when i'm finished