I have never seen nor heard of any Beaumont or Chevelle coming from Quebec out of the Ste. Thérèse. Furthermore, through 1966 the v.i.n. on Canadian Beaumonts & Chevelles didn't even utilize a character to designate which plant it was produced in (since it was understood that they came from one place). Quebec was turning out the Big cars which were huge sellers. Often the Quebec production was dedicated to producing cars for the U.S.
Later Ste. Thérèse would build A-bodies. I remember being in Atlanta circa 1984 at a Pontiac dealer and saw a new RWD Grand Prix; the window sticker showed it as having been assembled in Ste. Thérèse. I can't recall for certain but I think it had an LG4 305 from St. Catherines.
Sometimes in the early to mid-1960s Chevelles were imported from the U.S., but it was not common. Some buyers really wanted the SS396, and somewhere between 4 to 12 Chevelle 2-door wagons were imported (I need to research). By 1969 Chevelles were crossing the border back & forth regularly. The paint now was lacquer, firewalls were chassis black & the trunks were spatter painted. A lot of fairly pedestrian Oshawa cars were sent to New York, and a lot of Baltimore cars came to Canada (generally the highest performance versions).
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67 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe, Oshawa-built 250 PG never disturbed.
In garage, 296 cid inline six & TH350...
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I have never seen nor heard of any Beaumont or Chevelle coming from Quebec out of the Ste. Thérèse. Furthermore, through 1966 the v.i.n. on Canadian Beaumonts & Chevelles didn't even utilize a character to designate which plant it was produced in (since it was understood that they came from one place). Quebec was turning out the Big cars which were huge sellers. Often the Quebec production was dedicated to producing cars for the U.S.
Later Ste. Thérèse would build A-bodies. I remember being in Atlanta circa 1984 at a Pontiac dealer and saw a new RWD Grand Prix; the window sticker showed it as having been assembled in Ste. Thérèse. I can't recall for certain but I think it had an LG4 305 from St. Catherines.
Sometimes in the early to mid-1960s Chevelles were imported from the U.S., but it was not common. Some buyers really wanted the SS396, and somewhere between 4 to 12 Chevelle 2-door wagons were imported (I need to research). By 1969 Chevelles were crossing the border back & forth regularly. The paint now was lacquer, firewalls were chassis black & the trunks were spatter painted. A lot of fairly pedestrian Oshawa cars were sent to New York, and a lot of Baltimore cars came to Canada (generally the highest performance versions).
Thanks for your expertise, appreciated, my build sheet says Oshawa but was curious.
