Maple Leaf Survivor

1964 Pontiac Parisienne

Today, in both the US and Canada, motorists drive essentially the same vehicles, yet that wasn’t always the case. Prior to the Seventies, protective trade agreements meant that, in Canada at least, a good percentage of cars and trucks sold differed from their US counterparts. Some examples of this include the unique Mercury and Fargo trucks, as well as Ford’s Meteor line, and at General Motors, vehicles such as the Acadian and Beaumont. While Pontiac was a US brand, the much smaller population base in Canada, and generally lower disposable income, meant that big, flashy models such as the Star Chief, Catalina