73SC wrote:

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I'd have to think that a 2 dr. hardtop Laurentian is the rarest hardtop. Stop thinking 409 because it wasn't offered in 1962. A 327 Laurentian 2 dr. hardtop would be a rare one. 

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 my choice would have been any model 2 door post.

Greaser wrote:

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 my choice would have been any model 2 door post.

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 Except a post is a 2 dr. sedan not a 2 dr. hardtop 

Greaser wrote:

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73SC wrote:

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Greaser wrote:

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 my choice would have been any model 2 door post.

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 Except a post is a 2 dr. sedan not a 2 dr. hardtop 

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 Ah,yes......the question was which is the rarest full size 2 door hardtop?

I was thinking rarest (lowest production number) full size Canadian Pontiac.... I must pay attention to the question.

I should have posted this when I ran across it a few months ago, for sale in Oregon for $3000.   .........http://www.fabulous50sclassics.com/1962-pontiac-laurentian--c-200.htm

 

 

-- Edited by Greaser on Wednesday 17th of September 2014 09:43:55 PM

-- Edited by Greaser on Wednesday 17th of September 2014 09:44:29 PM

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 Post it, why didn't you just pop down and buy it?

correct me .. but I believe you could order the 348 in 62?

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Agreed, I would bet on a figure of under 1000 62 Laurentian hardtops. I just scanned the registry and only spotted one.

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 There have been a few posted from kijiji on here over the past few years:

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t38462204/nice-62-laurentian-2-dr-ht-sask-kijiji/

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t49891173/62-laurentian-2-dr-ht-on-ab-kijiji/

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t55464775/62-laurentian-2-dr-ht-kijiji-sask-3000/

They seem to come up often enough that I never thought they were all that rare.

Every Parisienne two door was a Hardtop. (ok convertibles too)

Laurentian was available in the most body styles both posts and hardtops two and four door. 

The question is: which is the rarest full-size hardtop ?

Only two models came in hardtop so it is either Laurentian or Parisienne. I'm sticking with Laurentian.

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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I dunno. Canadian's are frugal. I bet more folks went with Laurentian. Since they were basic transportation not many would have survived.

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 That was very true on the East Coast as I remember. It was very rare to see a V8 emblem also.  Most were base model cars, 261 liner runnin the show in Nova Scotia!

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Same on the prairies.

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 Yeah Carl. It was the same as the coast. Splitting my youth between Woodstock Ontario and Halifax County N.S. There was a huge difference in the trim level of ALL cars, but the Pontiacs  were always trimmed out  at the S-W Ontario dealers. Down east it was brown and green 4 door Strat's and Laurentians  filling the rank and file.

 Hard tops and convert's were special. 

 Then it was even more of a mind bend when we went over to Detroit to visit back in the mid 60's. I still don't know what left a bigger impression. The amazing beauty and totally decked out cars that were just traffic in downtown Detroit or the gas stations that sold Schlitz beer on tap. I remember men sluggin back a cold one while filling up over there.

What a sweet 62 that is and what a shame it is in that U.S. state. Watch and listen to the video, it will make you want to scream. This guy on the video just makes my skin crawl. It would be sweet if a Canadian rescued that car from there but instead it will be crapped on.