A Rare 1968 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2 Convertible—and More CC Cohort Finds

Let’s take a few minutes today to catch up with several noteworthy curbside finds that our Cohort contributors have uploaded in recent weeks. We’ll start with one of the rarest of them all, a 1968 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2 convertible spotted by nifticus392 in British Columbia. The kind of “out for the weekend” find that seems to come out of hiding during the summer.

The droptop’s lines may look Pontiac, but the Parisienne belongs to the Canadian crop of “non-Wide Track” full-size Pontiacs. These cars used Poncho styling, but the mechanicals underneath were Chevrolet, from chassis to powerplants (all more explained in this earlier post). And then there’s the 2+2 designation, which Pontiac introduced in the U.S. in ’64 as the “big brother” to the GTO. It never really caught on with US buyers, disappearing after 1967 before migrating to Canada for 1968–1970—in Cheviac form, of course.

This is a rare one; there aren’t body breakdown numbers for 1968, but only 741 Parisienne 2+2s were built for 1968, between hardtops and convertibles.

Going further back in time, but another sample of “out for the summer” classic; a 1955 Packard Clipper Custom Constellation caught by Robadr.

For something completely different, a 1990 Wartburg in Budapest getting the VW Harlequin treatment. Posted by Roshake.

Despite the many years that have passed, I’d say Buick’s Reatta experiment still hasn’t gained much of a following. A never-was tour de force, it even earned its own Deadly Sin post, appropriately enough. With so little love for these cars over the years, there can’t be many left—and yet here’s a 1990–1991 convertible, spotted by Postcards From The Real World.

A couple of Ford Rancheros found their way into the Cohort; this is a slightly fixed up 1973-1976 model from the sixth generation in Washington, posted by Eric Clem.

And a nice Ranchero Falcon one a bit further south in California, also uploaded by Postcards From The Real World.

Moving on to European GM, a 1969 Opel Commodore getting the Mad Max dystopian treatment. Uploaded by Corey Behrens.

Staying in the Old Continent, a still nicely preserved PT Cruiser convertible in France, uploaded by Guillaume Vachey. The PT Cruiser convertible got its praises in a Joseph Dennis post from some time ago.

The French had a certain talent for creating basic transport filled with character, and the Renault Rodeo is one more example to make that case. Another find by Guillaume Vachey.

A rundown curbside find by Hyperpack; a mid sixties full-size Chrysler, with its blunt, elongated, squarish silhouette making quite a contrast with all the vehicles around it.

More rundown, squarish, boxy luxury in the form of a 1980s Lincoln Town Car, posted by UnplannedObsolecence.

A 1967 Buick Le Sabre 2-door hardtop in California, posted by Postcards From The Real World.

And we’ll close with two perennial classics; a 1955 Chevrolet 210 4-door sedan posted by J.C. Hard to see a Tri-Five Chevy that hasn’t gotten the resto-mod treatment or isn’t a garage queen.

And an early 1970s Plymouth Scamp uploaded by Dave Saunders, proving that despite all the years, there are still plenty of Pentastar A-bodies going about in some form or another.