The Beaumont was a Canadian version of the Chevrolet Chevelle, marketed as a Pontiac from 1964 to 1969. It was produced by GM of Canada and was the same car as the Chevelle except for the grille and taillights. In addition, GM also sold the Acadian for a time, a knock-off of the Chevy II. This 1968 Beaumont 4-door sedan is the Deluxe model, so we assume that it meant has/had a higher level of trim. It’s been sitting alongside a roadway for some time, so we doubt it will move anywhere under its own power. Now in Blue Springs, Missouri, this Franken-Chevy is available here on craigslist for $5,000.
The Beaumont was produced in Canada for sale in Canada, presumably to avoid duties on imported automobiles. Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Buick shared the same dealer network, and the Beaumont was never intended for sale in the U.S. Somewhere over the past 58 years, this beat-up Beaumont made its way to America’s Heartland, where it eventually ran out of steam. A six-cylinder engine is under the hood, likely a Chevy 250 CI, and it has an automatic transmission, presumably a 2-speed Powerglide.
Pontiac didn’t try hard to camouflage the Beaumont as a 4-door Chevy Chevelle Malibu. The split grille is characteristic of Pontiac, but most of the rest of the car cries out Chevrolet. We don’t know the history of this Canadian car, but given its flat tires, it’s been idle for some time. Someone grafted on an ungainly scoop to another Chevelle hood, maybe to make it look faster. But it looks silly now more than anything else.
We assume you’ll find issues on the chassis as it’s sitting in the grass/dirt, and the matching interior will need a complete facelift. The only logic for restoring a six-cylinder, 4-door Chevelle is that it’s an oddity in the U.S. as a Pontiac. When was the last time, if ever, you saw a Pontiac Beaumont in the Lower 48? Leave it to “Zappenduster” to find us a tip like this!
Up near the border with Canda we saw lots of these, including the SD396 which was Pontiac’s answer to the Chevelle SS396. It was somewhat of a novelty to see a Beaumont, or a Meteor, or a Mercury truck with Montana plates. But where I grew up the closest dealers were across the border into Canada, and they sold all those Canadian variants.
This car, if it was a 2-door coupe, and a little closer, I might be tempted. It might be as close as I’ll ever get to replacing my ’69 Chevelle 300. The second thing I would do (after washing it) would be to replace that hood with the genuine article…
Used to see these on the way to Grey Rocks years ago. The hood might not even be attached, just sitting there to keep the yard debris out…
I’d buy that stinger hood for my SS El Camino.
don,t forget fargo tucks
And the badge-engineered Envoy line of vehicles based on Vauxhall.
Yes, Fargo trucks were a common sight in the border region…
Three options , power steering , automatic transmission and Rust. Way too many zeros in the price . It might have been a nice looking car at one time.
Yes, rare, but not valuable. Expensive for a project that needs everything. Might be a worthy project if this is someone’s dream car.
Steve R
A neighbor growing up in Ontario had this identical car. And I do mean identical to the drive line. It used to come in the old mans gas station in the days when your oul was automatically checked. It was traded in 75 or 77 on a plain jane, v-6 Buick Century..
Be interesting to know what oart of Canada this migrated from
Beaumonts were sold by Canadian Pontaic dealers and looked like Chevelles with Pontiac trim, but they were not Pontiacs. Beaumont was a stand-alone marque. This is a Beaumont Deluxe.
Well, you always learn something on this site. All this time I thought that Acadian and Beaumont were Pontiac brands. But the Firebird definitely has Pontiac badging so it’s got to be Pontiac.
I heard that the Meteor was a Mercury but then, I read that it was a stand-alone that was sold through Mercury dealers. However, where I come from, we always called it a Mercury.
A lot of things to learn about the variants…
The difference with the Firebird was that it was built in the US and imported into Canada, while Beaumont and Acadian models were built in Canada.
Not to mention, Beaumont started off as a model name — really just a high-spec trim designation, a la Biscayne vs. Bel Air for Chevys — under the Acadian marque, before they later spun off Beaumont as a separate marque in its own right.
Damn son, you need to readjust your price down about 4K. Its not worth 5K in #1 condition
I see someone else brought up it’s Just a Beaumont not a Pontiac..Us Canadians have had to fight this battle for decades :D I myself have owned Meteors which are not Mercurys :P As to the “Pontiac” emblem so it’s a Pontiac.There’s no Pontiac emblem on it.It’s a Pontiac like spear with Maple Leafs on it :P SO different hehe.
This is a joke right? 5k for a piece of garbage? That no one wants. Ridiculous.
Considering,Only a couple thousand 6cyl 4 door sedans were made..There is a good chance the surviving numbers are in single digits as our weather and such turned most into dust.So this is a very rare car and you will never park beside another..lol.
Starring, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow, and so on, but a car that looked like a bizarro Chevelle? Get out. I’ve said before, every once in a great while, a Canadian car would meander across the border to Beer City, for beer?, and we’d gaze upon it like it was from another planet. We never stuck around for fear of what the occupants might look like,,,seriously, as kids growing up in the USA, we were actually that sheltered. Same with a Canadian coin, we’d try and pass off at the candy store. I always wondered, did Canadians say, “hey look, a US nickel”? I’m sure even by Canadian standards, this is pretty bad. Maybe get it before the crusher, and make a Chevelle into a Beaumont? Nah,,,I’d have to think their interest in beaters like this is waning too.
A two door POS with extra doors!
It is now listed for sale at a price that will deter everyone.
Step 1 of the 12 step process.
It’s interesting, but this one might be best left in the field to re-ionize the soil…
Lovely looking car. Living in the closest state to the USA/Canada border, you’d think we’d see Canadian sold cars. For some reason we don’t. You’d have to live near the border, say Blaine Washington or North of the border.
My brother lived in Logandale NV for a number of years. During that time he had a neighbor who regularly drove a ’47 Mercury 1-ton pickup truck. The guy hailed from the bay area in CA and he bought the truck from a used car lot shortly before he moved to NV. Of course he had no idea where it originally came from except–Canada. It was interesting; every time he drove uptown to the lumberyard he was surrounded by people who could do nothing but gawk at it. Someone inevitably asked if it was for sale.
Nice looking truck. How can you not gawk at such a vehicle? While some mechanical features may be just like those on our American vehicles, it’s what we see on the outside that people see. 🙂
i sold a merc truck to texas,buyer a restord ford he was turning into a merc
lot of Beaumont specific parts if you were redoing 1.
I hope the link works. If not, find it under oldcarbrochures dott com, look in the middle of the page for “Canada”, then click on “Beaumont”. No idea why this old car research is so much fun – but it is.
1968 Beaumont Brochure
(Click on the first of 12 pictures for full size image, then use little arrows to browse)
https://oldcarbrochures.com/static/Canada/Beaumont/1968%20Beaumont%20Brochure/dirindex.html
Not at 5k project or even for 1k. This is a ‘please just come and take it away’ deal.
I’ve always been intrigued by these Canadian only cars. This one, of course, would be much more appealing if it were a two door, but still, it would draw a crowd at a car show in the US if it were fixed up.
More than the Beaumont though, Im attracted to the last generation Acadian Canso. They even had an SS version.
If it was towed to my house with $500 tucked under the wiper blade… I’d use the money to tow it to the boneyard!
Nothing surprises me anymore