'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
From the auction it sounds like it is an original 348 car. Kind of a shame the way it is 'personalized' when it would actually be a really rare unit.
That said, it could easily be returned back to stock condition but probably won't be due to the 4-door stigma that envelopes the hobby these days.
I will say if I ever won big on the lottery I would start a 1-man personal crusade to take some of these tasteless 'custom' jobs and put them back to stock.
Edit:
I rushed through the auction ad when I first read it this morning, and was perhaps a little too critical. I see now why it became a custom:
Quoted from the auction:
"Please note ... I have added a picture of this car from when it was damaged. I used a nice front clip (also added a picture) from a Chevy Belair to get this car back on the road ... because the Pontiac was an original 348 car, that I had known since the 1980's ... I just couldn't let it be parted out. That is why it is called "Lucky" ... if not for my friend's work, this car would have been scrapped, and the motor in perhaps a Chevy ..."
Looks like it was a nice original car before it was crashed - would be nice to see it put back in that condition but I guess it's enough that it didn't get parted and scrapped.
-- Edited by MC on Friday 15th of July 2016 04:32:13 PM
It does look like a bit of a circus wagon and i agree this car should have been left stock. I hate to be a pessimist but i do not buy that this car was ever a 348 tri power. Better this car be what it is than be crushed though, any day of the week. Hopefully sanity prevails and some one puts it back to its former glory. Minus the make believe 348 tri power.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
