It would be really nice to see the 396 car brought back.

Interesting how someone appears to have cut open the rad support. After having worked on the headlamp mechanism on mine from the bottom, I'm assuming they did it to gain access from above? 

Now, if the speed minder and power antenna were to ever fall out of the silver mouse car.... 

Thanks for posting the BB shot!

I'm not sure why they did that but two of the three cars have had that done.  You would know better than me as a guy who has worked with the headlight setup  All I know is that for two of the three cars I actually had to take off the lower valence to lube up the area around the hoodlatch just to get the stupid things open after I got them.  They tend to rust closed.  When I got the  396 car all I could see from the part of the hood I could pry up a bit was that it was a big block so I had my finger crossed that it was a 427.  Oh well... a 396 is still pretty cool.

For you, if you want a big block car I'd actually do a trade, heh heh. I've always loved that Rusky car

Way back in 1979 I was driving a rusted junk '67 Parisienne 2+2 Convert and I stumbled across a '67 Grand Parisienne that had just been shipped from France. I chatted with the owner, took a number of pix, and I saw it from time to time driving in the salty Montreal winter. No idea where it ended up after that winter.

It was a 396-325, dark green w black bench, it may have had A/C, I'm pretty sure it had power window, it was very well equipped as I recall. Also yellow headlamps, and headrests I think, on the bucket backed bench seat w armrest. I have the pix buried in my cellar, but it's too emotional to search thru them, too many long lost cars and dead friends etc...

I wonder if the car survived??? Pictured is my 2+2, and my friends, his got a 409 TH400, mine 283 w 3-2"s TH350

As much as I'd like to stuff all these in a shipping container to ya this project would still need a whole bunch of parts to get it done. (You know like re doing the upholstery, body and paint etc.

With your location you'd probably be better off finding a finished driving car(if you can in fact find one for sale) and only get one down to you, but I really appreciate that I've at least given you something to fantasize about.

As for driving a big Pontiac with a 396 on the highway I can vouch for the fact the since I've got my 66 Grande going I've put about 6000 miles on it (mostly highway) both alone and pulling a trailer and it just makes you smile.  It'll cruise at 2300 rpm at 120 klicks all day at 20-21 Mpg without the trailer and at about 14-15 mpg with the old Airstream that I pull.

The only drivetrain modification I made was to swap out the Powerglide for a slightly beefed TH700R4.  With stock height but wider than stock radials and a 3:31 open rear gear it seems to just a perfect balance between acceleration and cruise power.

I do know that if I want to slip it up to about 100 mph  to pass real quickly it sure doesn't take long. 

Now I just have to get the AC working and sort out my rough idle and she will be perfect.

Lately I have realized that I will never build these babies and so I'm being this ad back to life.  I will drop the price to (Count it!) $6000.00 for (count em!) three whole cars.

I will be putting an ad on Kijiji in the near future but I thought you guys should have a crack at them first.

-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Wednesday 12th of December 2018 09:22:48 PM

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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Me too!

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Tease: I have a comparable 283/3 speed floor shift/tilt, choice of buckets or bench, available in my back yard.

Thanks for pumping up the interest guys!  I have a deal pending.....

Deal is off. They are still available. Send me a Private Message if you want to talk.

Keep talking yourself into it....

Bump!