Who Remembers these!

[Last Indian]

Ahh! If we could only go back! Would have been so cool to have gone both and bought one!

[Frosty]

I would love to get my hands on a Beaumont, especially an SD 396 convertible. I think '68 or '69 are my favorite two years.

[64 kiwi boni]

3 hours ago, Last Indian said:

Ahh! If we could only go back! Would have been so cool to have gone both and bought one!

i have never seen a Beaumont!!! how cool! 

2 hours ago, Frosty said:

I would love to get my hands on a Beaumont, especially an SD 396 convertible. I think '68 or '69 are my favorite two years.

what engine was the 396?? a chev big block ?

[64 kiwi boni]

this makes for a very interesting read... until last indian posted this i never knew there was a Beaumont.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont_(automobile)

 

 

[Frosty]

This a cool - never was - variant of the Acadian Beaumont  (El Camino/Ute version). The guy brings this to the Widetracker's car show for the swap meet! He uses it to haul his parts for sale! He clear has taken Beaumont sheetmetal and bolted onto an El Camino. He runs a 400 Pontiac engine and a Beaumont interior.

 

[Frosty]

15 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

i have never seen a Beaumont!!! how cool! 

what engine was the 396?? a chev big block ?

Beaumonts ran Chevrolet chassis and drivetrains because of US/Canadian tariffs at the time. So Beaumonts were available in small block and big block variants. This is true of most Canadian-built Pontiacs of the day. The Acadian, Beaumont, Laurentian, Strato Chief, and Parisienne.

[JUSTA6]

5 hours ago, Frosty said:

This a cool - never was - variant of the Acadian Beaumont  (El Camino/Ute version). The guy brings this to the Widetracker's car show for the swap meet! He uses it to haul his parts for sale! He clear has taken Beaumont sheetmetal and bolted onto an El Camino. He runs a 400 Pontiac engine and a Beaumont interior.

 

OOOOH  OOOOH   I do.....