History
This is the 380th 1965 Parisienne Sedan assembled in Australia and was assembled at the Melbourne plant. The chassis is the correct perimeter type with all welded construction for a 1965 Parisienne Sedan and is 128th chassis assembled at Melbourne.
This Parisienne Sedan left the factory with Ardona Blue Metallic Magic-Mirror acrylic lacquer. It was fitted with a Strato-Flash 195 h.p. 283 cubic inch V8 with 2 barrel Rochester carburettor, heavy duty 5 bearing crankshaft hydraulic valve lifters. The fuel tank capacity is 16.6 imperial gallons. The electrics are fed by a 60 amp hour capacity battery kept charged by a Delcotron Generator.
Power is delivered via a two speed PowerGlide automatic transmission. This has a 3 element torque converter with hydraulically controlled planetary gears. The rear axle is a Salisbury semi-floating type with a ratio of 3.55 : 1.
Steering is hydraulically power assisted and has a ratio of 17.5 : 1 for effortless operation at any speed. Wheels are steel discs with 7.5” x 14” – 4 ply tubeless whitewall tyres. Brakes are four wheel hydraulic, self adjusting and power assisted 11” drums. The wheelbase is 119 inches with a front track of 62.5 inches and a rear track of 62.4 inches. The serenely smooth and stable performance on any surface is in part due to the four husky coil springs that will never squeak.
Other features include the Modified Zone windshield, 2 speed electric wipers, dual matched horns, 2 key system (doors & ignition, and glove & boot), genuine leather trim over foam seat cushions. Deep-pile ‘wall-to-wall’ carpet, armrests on all doors, heater-demister, two sunvisors, cigarette lighter, front ashtray and two rear ashtrays, crank operated ventipanes (quater vents), electric clock and varioable indirect instrument cluster illumination.
All of this packaged in an overall length of 214.6 inches, a width of 79.4 inches and a height of 55.4 inches.
A September 1965 price list from a Stack and Company (Sydney) quotes £2820.0.0 for a thin pillar Pontiac Parisienne. When Stack and Company, or any other dealer, chose to advertise the Parisienne they most likely would have used the advertising template shown on the next page.
