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Dvial


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Hello folks, here's my new (to me) 1968 Beaumont,  is in pretty good shape (usually the ones you normally find here in Chile are rusted as hell)

 

It has a 283 (probably from a 67 impala I don't know for sure) New exhaust system (pretty loud, I'm planning to change that) Chevelle 1969 tail lights, Hurst shifter, saginaw 3 speed trans, anti roll bar, worked suspension, disc brakes and rust free. 

Needs a new paint job soon
Also the 283 needs to go, I'm gonna build a 350  in the future.
Already ordered a new HEI

Hope you like it! 

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It's always a pleasure to meet members from Chile. We have 4 or 5 others however they haven't posted on here in a long time. The street scene looks like it could have been taken in Canada with the colours of the leaves (looks like Autumn)!


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Thanks, indeed, well I've never been to Canada, would love to though.

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Nice car   283 stick can be a fun car     thanks for posting  



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Your car looks like a Beaumont Deluxe Sport Coupe as sold here in Canada for 1968, but I notice the GTA emblem on the front fender.  That emblem looks very much like the 250 crest that Chevy used on the 1967 Camaro, Chevy II & Chevelle with the optional 250 six cylinder.

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That's pretty interesting, since this car was an original 6 cylinder.
Also here in Chile, the cars were re branded to "Acadian Beaumont GTA" instead of pontiac, so probably the GTA logo is the "250" logo modified.

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smileWELCOME ABOARD.

THAT IS A NEAT HOOD. I THINK I READ SOMEWHERE THE HOODS IN CHILE WERE FIBRE-GLASS, IS THAT TRUE?



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That's true. The trunk and hood were fiberglass made, the cars arrived unassembled (to Chile) and due to government regulations they needed to have chilean made parts, so they replaced the original trunk and hood for the fiber Chilean made ones.

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Welcome aboard Domingo........that is so cool to see a Beaumont in Chile......
the rear view street scene could be a street scene from anywhere in Canada or the USA

have fun with that Beaumont........

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Dvial wrote:

That's pretty interesting, since this car was an original 6 cylinder.
Also here in Chile, the cars were re branded to "Acadian Beaumont GTA" instead of pontiac, so probably the GTA logo is the "250" logo modified.

 Thats interesting here they never were pontiacs. originally they were acadian beaumonts such as my 63, then they eventually dropped the acadian for the rest of the model run



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Dvial wrote:

That's pretty interesting, since this car was an original 6 cylinder.
Also here in Chile, the cars were re branded to "Acadian Beaumont GTA" instead of pontiac, so probably the GTA logo is the "250" logo modified.

 welcome and cool car neat piece of info here can we see a close up of that logo? thanks for posting



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Dvial wrote:

That's true. The trunk and hood were fiberglass made, the cars arrived unassembled (to Chile) and due to government regulations they needed to have chilean made parts, so they replaced the original trunk and hood for the fiber Chilean made ones.

That's really interesting.

The car looks great! Way to go! 



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Nice car, and good to have someone posting from outside North America. It looks beautiful there!

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Dvial wrote:

That's pretty interesting, since this car was an original 6 cylinder.
Also here in Chile, the cars were re branded to "Acadian Beaumont GTA" instead of pontiac, so probably the GTA logo is the "250" logo modified.

Welcome!! Actually, Beaumonts were not Pontiacs here in Canada too, but the discussion has been locked.

 

Thanks

Randy

 

  



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Greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada. Great looking car !

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Dvial wrote:

That's true. The trunk and hood were fiberglass made, the cars arrived unassembled (to Chile) and due to government regulations they needed to have chilean made parts, so they replaced the original trunk and hood for the fiber Chilean made ones.

 IS THAT CHROME TRIM ON THE HOOD VENTS ORIGINAL TOO? IT'S KINDA LIKE THE BIG BLOCK HOODS HERE, ONLY DIFFERENT.



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I will get a close up of the GTA logo..

68 427 - The hood is the original one, I used to have another beaumont (a rusted POS) which had the big block hood (see my older post)


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Here's the GTA logo 




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Wonder what the A in GTA stands for ?

 

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Beaumont4008 wrote:

Wonder what the A in GTA stands for ?

 

Ian

 Gran Turismo Americano  or  it's  Grand Thief Auto  wink



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nice Cutlass 'sport wheel' I think it is the one used from 73-77  that was slightly thicker than the 70-72 series. Nice shape tho' Wonder what happened to the Cutlass ??

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G.T. Acadian.

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I don't know what happened with that cutlass since I bought the car with the "sport Wheel" .. BTW I'm looking for a new center cap for the steeringwheel, I don't like having the olds logo on a Beaumont.

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Update: the 283 engine it's done, horrible sounding "crack" lead to an irreparable engine failure. New 305 being build from scratch as we speak, I wanted a 350 ci 320 HP setup, but I am on a limited budget. Anyway I heard that with new heads and nice carburetor I can get some juice from the 305.

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