By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to discover hidden treasures while doing so. General Motors Canada produced a few rather unique vehicles during the 60s, specifically for their customers who lived in the great white north. Full sized Pontiacs looked virtually the same as those built for the US, but were built on Chevrolet chassis and powered by Chevrolet engines. They had unique model names like Laurentian, and Parisienne. The Chevy II was built with different trim, a Pontiac-esque grill, and renamed the Acadian. However, the subject of this posting is the mid-sized offering called the Beaumont, and during muscle car period of 1964-1970, Pontiac offered a performance version of the Beaumont that offered something different. Introducing the Beaumont SD.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Wait’ll you get a load of the mods that Ted is putting into  his Acadian–which in the 80′s was Pontiac’s Canadian version of the Chevette. How about a Malibu 3.8L V6 for starters? Pile on a brake and 5-lug conversion from an S-10, and a ton of other ingenious mods adapted from a number of unexpected rides. Remember that these cars were RWD–and this one’s going to be one mean little rally brawler. Stay tuned, because Ted’s been updating his ride page pretty frequently.