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1963 Pontiac Parisienne bought and sold for $200 EMC Lifestyle - Peter Poff writes from Haley Station in eastern Ontario: “This year is the 50th anniversary of my first car, a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne 4-door hardtop. “It was May 8, 1974. I had returned home to Pembroke from Sudbury, after completing my first year at Laurentian University. I would soon head for North Bay for another summer with Bell Canada and needed wheels! My dad agreed to help. We bought a nice maroon Pontiac from an older gentleman in Cobden, making me the proud owner of a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne 4-door hardtop. It had six cylinders with 230 cubic inches and 140 horsepower mated to a 2-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. The purchase price was $200. I still have the original handwritten bill of sale and the Ontario PST receipt for $14.� Peter made frequent trips home to Pembroke from North Bay in the summer and home from Sudbury during school.
“It wasn’t a sports car but it was sporty with all the chrome and chrome ‘spears’ that ran from the front to the front doors. The big trunk and back seat often accommodated passengers who rode home with me from university.� It only let him down once when a rear bearing gave up on a trip home from North Bay. A quick tow to Petawawa and $75 later, he was on his way again. “I drove it everywhere, including several trips to Toronto. One day on Lakeshore Drive while heading to the CNE, I got stuck in traffic. The engine was coated with oil from years of minor leaks, and as we inched along, the engine got hot and started to smoke. Someone in another car yelled ‘HEY SMOKEY!’ I edged over to the curb and parked on some grass. I got a ticket but she started
and ran fine on the way home. “My Pontiac always started, even in the coldest weather. A shot of Quickstart into the carb and she fired right up. It only got broken into once and I lost my dash 8 track player and a bunch of tapes. I sold the car in 1976 for $200, my original purchase price. I bought it with just over 50,000 miles and sold it with over 100,000 miles. It was a great car. I’m tempted to buy another one. Does anyone have one? I think I could scare up $200 again!â€? Nineteen-seventy-six (the year Peter sold his Pontiac) was also the 50th anniversary of Pontiac. The first Pontiacs rolled off GM assembly lines in 1926, and all of them had six cylinder engines. I’m always looking for more stories. Email billtsherk@sympatico.ca or write Bill Sherk, 25 John St., P.O. Box 255, Leamington, ON N8H 3W2. Everyone Submitted photo whose story is published will receive a copy of: “OLD CAR DETECTIVE FA- Peter Po poses with his 1963 Pontiac Parisienne in this undated photo. VOURITE STORIES, 1925 to 1965.â€?
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