Oddball Canadian BBC Pontiac....

[scuncio]

What's this, a '70 Laurentian with a 454??? With manual steering and manual brakes??? My God you Canadians are cheap! :-)

Oh, by the way, I LOVE this car.

http://tinyurl.com/ojwrmqb

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/BeMAAOSwDNdVpff9/$_57.JPG

[442w30]

My friend used to own it.

But it's not oddball - all of it is RPO.

[earntaz]

That's a cool Poncho ...

[scuncio]

I meant 'oddball' in the sense that it has a set of rarely seen options....

[MosportGreen66]

Saw it on ebay and thought it was great too...

Dan

[RPOLS3]

No PS or PB, but it has cruise control..........

Neat car for sure.

[PeteLeathersac]

Is that Hillar's old car?
The Cdn. Poncho site lists '70 Laurentian 454 2-Dr. Hdtp. production @ 221 units.
And whether Hillar's car or not, RIP brother.
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~ Pete

[markjohnson]

Highway terror with that 2.56 rear gear in the 12-bolt!

[442w30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Is that Hillar's old car?
The Cdn. Poncho site lists '70 Laurentian 454 2-Dr. Hdtp. production @ 221 units.
</div></div>

I'm pretty sure that's Hillar's car. Yes, he was taken too early. :-(

But LS4 production was for all big Pontiacs and not just the Laurentian 2-door.

[Craig_Maiorana]

What a strange and wonderful creature <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

[300deluxeL79]

it indeed was hillar's pontiac, current owner clint bought it and had it shipped out to calgary. judging by his description and pictures, clint has been a great caretaker of it. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[Tracker1]

Needs snow tires.

[ZAPPER68]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Needs snow tires. </div></div>

...and a set of chains for those 'snowy days' 6 months of the year.

[300deluxeL79]

another '70 owned by clint...

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t60638021/august-2015-feature-car/?page=last#lastPostAnchor

[EZ Nova]

As well, on this site, &quot;427Strato&quot; has a '69 427 4 sp big car looks alot like this one too. He was also the original owner of his car as well.

[EZ Nova]

lol &quot;427Strato&quot; Doug actually OWNED this car in the tread and SOLD it to Hillar! Check out this post here:

&quot;With respect to 442W30 post; yes, I was a good friend of Hillar. I sold him a 1970 Pontiace Laurentian, 2 door, 454 cu. in.car that was one of 221 full size cars made with that option in Canada in 1970 and it had 31,000 original miles, probably less than 10 of those particular cars made. I knew him for many years prior to that and he frequently came to see me. We would discuss the Canadian hi-performance Pontiacs with great enthusiasm during that time as they were not made in the United States. There is no forum to discuss these hi-performance cars now and they are a dying breed. There were few original B-body big block cars made from 1965 to 1970 in the Canadian Pontiac line and documentation of these is somewhat rare. Hillar was a wonderful, energetic person, so full of excitement about the Canadian Pontiac hi-performance cars and he infused this excitement in everyone he met. There was no pretence as to what made a high performance Canadian Pontiac, just that they did exist and were made in various models, Acadians, Beumonts and full size B-bodies, mostly being big block cars, although some small block 350
hrs cars were made. They were all built on a Chevrolet frame and drivetrain, hence the big block chevrolet engines. I've seen many Pontiac forums where people tend to resent and dismiss these cars because they are not made as a pure Pontiac. In any event they look like a Pontiac, were built like a Pontiace, were purchased as a Pontiac, can be documented by GM of Canada as a Pontiac and then MUST therfor be a Pontiac. I miss him and his knowledge as to these cars very much. Its disappointing now that there is no one to discuss and get excited about these cars with. Doug.&quot;


Here is the thread this is from:

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthrea...dan-#Post595314 (http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/595314/re-1968-catalina-2-door-sedan-#Post595314)