(sent in by Jer Thomas)
I thank you for your wonderful site and excellent contributors, and would like to submit a couple Childhood CC photos. One is me in my grandpas 31 Plymouth business coupe, circa 1984. It was a mild rod, with a built Buick 231 v-6, THM350, all steel car.
The other picture is me with my mother and my dad’s mid 70’s Chevy Biscayne, also in 1984. I had a lot of full size GM exposure as a child and it stayed with me my whole life. I don’t recall the year of the Biscayne; it was gone when I was a toddler. I asked my Dad about it, and he couldn’t even remember the Biscayne; he’s just not a car guy.
A couple years ago I made a decision to daily drive a CC, and I got a 1986 Pontiac Parisienne base. I always appreciate seeing other CCs. I live in Southwestern Ontario, Canada and I thoroughly enjoy seeing how old cars in your locale thrive with the years.
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The Biscayne is a ’75, the last year for the nameplate in Canada. The car pictured has the revised ’75-’76 four-door sedan roofline, which narrows it down to the one year. It’s wearing mid-60’s Pontiac hubcaps, however.
Great pictures. Large parts of the Biscayne seem to be affected by “GM chalking laquer paint” syndrome. The doors and front fender had probably been repainted for some reason, but that rear quarter did what all of these did after a few years unless you waxed the snot out of them regularly.
Yup, I had the ’74 Nova with this paint, it was, I believe it was Acrylic Lacquer paint, so had the durability of acrylic, but had the shine of lacquer.
I had the copper color, and yes, it faded to a chalky white, even though I kept it waxed, about 3 months in, it’d begin chalking all over. However, that WAS in the early to mid 80’s, so the paint had a few years in on its weathering by then.
Great old pics. Nice to hear you bought yourself a CC as well. The old 80’s Parisienne’s were great cars. We had an ’84 wagon that was one of the most reliable cars we ever owned. Is yours an Oshawa built car?
Love that first picture.
The first picture reminds me of the very first time I took a car out for a spin.
I must have been about 5 years old. Dad parked a Hanomag Henschel (a light flatbed truck with a double cab) on the sloping road in front of our house. I was sitting behind the steering wheel, waiting for my dad, feeling like a real trucker. I somehow managed to release the handbrake and put the gear stick in neutral. The Hanomag started to roll down the road right away. Then it crossed the road from the left to the right, it rammed through a wooden fence and we came to a halt in the middle of our neighbor’s vegetable garden.
It would take many years before I took a car out for a spin again….
Thanks for the kind words everyone,
@ Bill Mitchell : My Parisienne is a Fairfax KS build. And I agree with you, they’re great cars! Parts are quite cheap and plentiful and its reliable and easy to work on. I appreciate all B bodies, but the Pontiac’s and Old’s are my favourites.