By Robert Emslie
In the late ’60s, if you were cool and Canadian, you no doubt drove a Beaumont.
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In the late ’60s, if you were cool and Canadian, you no doubt drove a Beaumont.
Image: SixtiesTwoDay
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Beaumonts were sold in other markets too – Africa and Chile as well as Puerto Rico.
Beaumont started as a top of the line model Acadian then became its own marque in 1964.
With the exception of the grille this appears to be my ’67 Chevelle 2-door hardtop. Mine had the 230 ci I-6 with the 2-speed automatic transmission. If it sounds like a Granny Car it was. I bought it from my grandmother in 1977 with only 66,000 miles on it. Apart from the grille were there any other distinguishing features from its American sibling?
The Beaumonts had the dash and interior of the Pontiac Tempest/Le Mans.
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I know we’re all officially fans of brown, deisel, stick shift, wagons. Can we also assume that a Canadian variant only adds to the appeal?
I hope GM didn’t name this after Beaumont, Texas thinking Canadians would think it was some exotic place like Malibu.
I always wondered if it was named after a different Beaumont, a small town in Alberta where I took my driver’s ed classes.
Also, I have seen a Beaumont in Beaumont.
Beaumonts were thrifty too, just in case you weren’t already in love with them.
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