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Post Info TOPIC: 1969 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham 428/390


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1969 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham 428/390


I know this is the American variant, but I don't have any American Pontiac friends  I'm hoping someone here has some knowledge on the Yankee versions.

Long story short, I found a Brougham convertible.  If the Bonneville is the Grande Parisienne, the Bonneville Bougham is a model higher, with no real Canadian version.  Why?  It adds leather and things that we just couldn't get up there.

If someone knows these cars, I have a few questions like:

- Some previous knob of a PO cut the dash for a single-DIN Pioneer radio (yay).  I have a spare cluster, so I can live with that.

- Same dude also cut the doors for door speakers.  

The door speakers are a problem, as I think the Brougham had specific door panels.  I'm kind of hoping, though, that some other B-Body or Cadillac shared them.  Maybe they're Caprice shells for all I know (they do say Brougham, but a Parisienne says Pontiac and is an really Impala panel, for example).

Other knocks on this car include:
- The delusion on the part of the seller that this is a #1 car worth $38,000 or something
- A recent repaint in "who knows what color", and the jambs were painted because the air grill inside is now body color
- Odd to me that it has the endura rear bumper in black.  Unless this was a black car (awesome!) and they forgot to paint that

Thanks!
Dave

 



-- Edited by davepl on Monday 2nd of March 2015 07:49:24 PM

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Any photos?

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YOU MIGHT WANT TO COMPARE THE BONNEVILLE DOOR PANELS AGAINST GRANDE PARISIENNE PANELS. GP'S HAVE MOLDED "3D" PANELS, DIFFERENT THAN THE FLAT PARISIENNE, 2+2, IMPALA OR CAPRICE PANELS.

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No help to you Dave, but the 428/390 engine is my all time, all around, favorite Pontiac engine!!
Docile but very powerful. Many got junked to donate their engine to a Firebird or GTO etc.

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PM sent with info for US 69 guru.   I'm sure I have a 69 cluster surround if you need one, and probably have a 70 passenger side Brougham woodgrain dash insert if you need it.



-- Edited by seventy2plus2 on Monday 2nd of March 2015 09:57:47 PM

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From what I have seen, a 69 Brougham convert would have to be a 1500 mile completely original car to bring $38,000 on the open market. However, with that said, a car is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

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Can anyone expand on the difference between Canadian Pontiac and US Chevrolet door panels? I thought they were the same except for the badge/emblem. It'd be no cost savings to make them different but not Pontiac-specific...



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I'm pretty sure it's like this as far as door panels are concerned (and upholstery)

Biscayne = Strato Cheif

Bel Air = Laurentian

Impala (and SS) = Parisienne and 2+2

Caprice = Grand Parisienne

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.


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That was my understanding as well.

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