6T-FinSeeker Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) For sale on Facebook: 1960 Pontiac Laurentian 4-door Sedan in Roseville, MN - $7,000 - Must be a member of Facebook to access Seller's contact information. Link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/826852158721372/-1960-Pontiac-Laurentian Seller's Description: 1960 Pontiac Laurentian 4-door Sedan 3+ owners Driven 90,000 miles Automatic transmission Exterior color: Black · Interior color: Red Clean title This vehicle has no significant damage or problems Selling for a good friend of mine, Still runs and Drives Usually a Weekend Car, any Questions please inbox me thanks! Clean Title ***The Drive way is like a hill that’s why leaned like that hahah got a lot of questions if there was damage nothing wrong just driveway. Edited July 30, 2023 by 6T-FinSeeker (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I once owned a '60 Bonneville with a 389 V8. It was a very heavy car. The 389 pushed it fairly well, but it was no speed demon from a standing start. I gotta wonder how well an inline six propels this one. A pretty unusual car, considering the drive train. Thanks for posting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Hepatica Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Not only the Chevy six, but no "wide track" like U.S. Pontiacs, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 14 hours ago, Sal Hepatica said: Not only the Chevy six, but no "wide track" like U.S. Pontiacs, iirc. Does that mean that this Pontiac Laurentian is sitting on a Chevrolet chassis? If so, I just learned something. I occasionally watch "Cold War Motors" on YouTube, and occasionally one of the cast members drives a '60 Pontiac powered by a Chevy six cylinder engine. I just figured that the frame was a standard Pontiac adapted to accept the inline six. Interesting... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 10 hours ago, Dosmo said: Does that mean that this Pontiac Laurentian is sitting on a Chevrolet chassis? If so, I just learned something. I occasionally watch "Cold War Motors" on YouTube, and occasionally one of the cast members drives a '60 Pontiac powered by a Chevy six cylinder engine. I just figured that the frame was a standard Pontiac adapted to accept the inline six. Interesting... Yes it's a Chevrolet chassis with a Pontiac body shell built in Oshawa Ontario Canada. The inline 261 C.I. was a GM MacKinnon built in Ontario as a Canadian Pontiac only engine. A bigger bore & stroke 235 Stovebolt derivative. Laurentian is the mid range model for 1960. They sure are a different vehicle than a USA built Catalina or Ventura. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 VS Canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Another pic of a 60 Parisienne. Oshawa Canada built Note the large gaps between the fenders and wheels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosmo Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 10 hours ago, Ed Luddy said: Another pic of a 60 Parisienne. Oshawa Canada built Note the large gaps between the fenders and wheels. Wow - with the wheels set in that far, this reminds me of the early '50s Nash Airflytes. Thanks for the pics. I never realized just how much the Canadian Pontiacs differed from the 'Murricans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 They are just like a 59 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan, but handle a bit worse due to the narrow track but wide body. Although I grew up driving a number of Canadian built Pontiac's and still really like them, I'd prefer a Wide Track USA Pontiac for a cruiser. Better handing and brakes as well as the 389. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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