In retrospect, I should have saved all of these Canadian Car Show posts for Canada Day on Sunday, but then maybe I’d be getting a late-night visit from Homeland Security. Here’s the last batch from Canadiancatgreen’s download at the Cohort, with a few more Chrysler products than average. Now this 1960 Imperial is right up my alley….
A Canadian-made Bricklin
Ford 100E. Needs some CountrySsquire wood treatment
I had to look it up to confirm that it’s a 1961 Monarch Richelieu
A 1964 Plymouth to make a perfect companion to the ’64 Dodge in the first post
Does that ever look like a ’72 big Chevy from this angle.
1956 DeSoto
Last but not least…
Ha – I took a fair amount of razzing when I once drove my 1977 Gran Fury to a Mopar meet. “Hey, what’s that 72 Buick doing here?” and similar pleasantries.
I was preparing to step towards the scaffold when I read the caption about the Plymouth looking like a Chevy. I thought I would be the only one mistaking it! Phew….
I’m not sure. I see a hint of ’73 to ’76 Olds Delta 88 on the wheel openings.
Wow, we have definitely entered some kind of space-time vortex when in one day we see *two* 1962-64 Plymouth/Dodge cars that are completely unmodified right down to the narrow whitewalls and stock wheelcovers.
Fascinating though it may be, that 61 Monarch Richleau is really an unattractive heavy-handed lump of a design, perhaps the only 4 door hardtop to ever accomplish this.
I have always found that final 1968-69 (OK, up to early 70) Falcon to be an attractive compact. That steering wheel tell me this one is a 68. I like it, especially in the up-level Futura trim.
I so love the pink Corvair convertible; I’m sure it really offends the purists and that makes it so much better. Too many people (not just car people) have no sense of humor, life is too short to worry about things that are out of your control. Hope everyone in the Great White North has a happy and prosperous Canada day weekend.
The late ’70s Lincoln Town Car or the Aspen/Volare wagon are my top pics.
Hope you were kidding about that Homeland Security comment, otherwise that’s pretty sad.
Oh wow! I am a sucker for the extravagant old Mopars. That Imperial! That DeSoto! And I even love the old weathered Valiants. First car I ever drove was one of those.
That 1960 Imperial is frightening – Exner on acid. Also, 1961 must have been a slightly weird year for Ford Canada with four different marques on one platform – Ford, Mercury, Meteor, and Monarch.
That Imperial is restrained compared to the one that followed. The 1961 Imperial is even wilder.
That DeSoto is beautiful, and every time I see a Mopar 2-door hardtop of that vintage I love that roof/greenhouse design all the better. It’s just so perfectly proportioned. Just enough airiness, but hefty enough to convey strength.
Great photos and love all the Mopars. Props to the 73 Olds Cutlass pictured, that looks to be in great shape, possibly restored as most of those Colonnades rusted out from bottom to top at least in the Great White North.
Paul thanks for the mention of Canada Day. July 4 is upcoming also – everybody enjoy the holiday of their homeland!
I almost fell out of my chair seeing the pink Corvair. Spotted it last summer in downtown Edmonton then a second time a few weeks later. Driven by a young gal who strikes me as the type who would work in a boutique or small cafe. Interesting she would park the car at a show.
Also impressive is she uses it as a daily driver when the snow disappears.
There are also a couple other cars that look familiar as they have shown up at various car shows up in this part of the province. This Canada Day weekend we’ll see events in a lot of places. Unfortunately, I’m working this weekend.
Interesting paint job on the ’70s big Dodge, as though it were an attempt to hide a cop-car past. It’s a hardtop, though, so maybe it was formerly a police replica?
My favorite is the Hurst/Olds. I do prefer the earlier versions especially the 1970. When I was a kid ,seeing one of these on the street was like spotting a unicorn.
That Imperial is beautiful in that color. What a stunner. A local museum has a ragtop 60 Imp in black that I am in love with and try to visit every so often.
Nice selection – 1960 Imperial for me too please.
Agreed. Although that ’77-79 Lincoln is appealing…
Love the Imperial. It even has the rare, stainless steel Silvercrest roof. The ’60 Imp may have been the best. A Vigil Exner masterpiece.
The wheels on the Volare estate look like those on the RX70 Toyota Cressida.
Does anyone know the owner of the pink corvair?! Trying to track it down for some album graphics!…
I know it’s an old article but it’s cool to see my Monarch being appreciated! I too found it ugly when I saved it but it quickly grew on me, and it gets great reactions at car shows with how rare it is being 1 of 497 built!