GM Canada Show Car Acct

[Dar]

Hey guys, new guy here with a question about a friends 1969 Canadian car. In his GM of Canada "docs" under dealer it shows "GM of Canada Show Car Account". Does anybody know exactly what that means? Details? And then what happened with these cars, or how did they get sold? Thanks.

[Xplantdad]

Welcome!

Check out this post Here!

It has a bit of information about the "show car accounts" in it. You just have to read past the difference of opinions in the post (Hey, every one is entitled to an opinion)

[Kurt S]

Summation
From Zedder:
....the 80055 GM Oshawa account was a Sales Promotion Account, not a "Show car" account. Over the years, this term has been used incorrectly by some at GM Vintage Services - especially in the early days when much of this information was just being figured out.

From me:
80055 is basically the dealer code for the Oshawa zone office. It does appear on other non-IPC cars. I'm not sure what GM of Canada says 80055 means now, but I recall seeing the definition vary.


How was this car optioned?

[Dar]

FWIW he got his GM of Canada docs about 4-5 years ago and that is what it said. The car is a nicely optioned 69 442 Convertable W-32 (1 of 25 built). Besides those options it also has PS, PDB, PW, PDL, tach, 3.90 Posi, and probably a few more that I forgot. Its been in Western Canada since the late 70's, but we don't know where before that.

BTW I tried to email George Z at an email address someone posted on this site, but I have not recieved any reply.

[Belair62]

Sounds like an awful nice car there....try calling them...they always answer the phone...

[Dar]

Yes its a really nice car that gets treated well. I will try calling one of these days. I think the last time I called George even answered the phone.

[vintagegz]

georges email address is [email protected]
or telephone 905-440-7636

[vintagegz]

Kurt, just an update from Vintage Vehicle Services. 80055 is not a Zone Office account, there was no zone office in Oshawa, Ontario, this was head office. Zone offices were out in the field such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, etc. 80055 is a Show Car account used by the Sales Department for company show cars that were sent to new car shows to display our products. These cars were usually heavily optioned so that customers could see a wide variety of features on the vehicles, but not always. I am just a newbie here but thought I should clear up a few misconceptions.

[Chevy454]

Good stuff, George...don't be a stranger!

[sYc]

George, glad to have you aboard.