Canadian Muscle Cars at the 2022 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals MCACN

Canadian Muscle Cars at the 2022 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals MCACN
This great display of Muscle Cars showcased cars either built or sold new in Canada. They include some Beaumont SDs, a 1969 Pontiac Trans Am convertible, plus other Mopar and GM offerings, even a Modge!
#musclecaroftheweek #carshow #mcacn #musclecarshow

[@LS1007]

Would’ve been nice to see more than just the front of the cars. Thanks for sharing and I’m looking forward to seeing more great cars! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Oh yeah, the reason why we didn't walk around the cars is because we shot that on the phone and if you could more than 3 feet away from the microphone, you can't hear any of the audio so we elected to keep the camera close.

[@carguy99]

@@MuscleCarOfTheWeek the guy being interviewed was ill-prepared...

[@SF80CAMARO]

I can hear ya Kev. Been a while good to see ya!!! Beaumont means "Beautiful Mountain ".

[@CraigCatapano]

I would have appreciated if the cameraman walked around the Canadian cars. I would have liked to see their tail lights etc. You missed discussing the two Buick Gran Sports behind you to your left.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Oh yeah, the reason why we didn't walk around the cars is because we shot that on the phone and if you could more than 3 feet away from the microphone, you can't hear any of the audio so we elected to keep the camera close.

[@CraigCatapano]

@@MuscleCarOfTheWeek I understand thank you for your reply. Hope you enjoyed the event

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Sure did! Thanks!

[@tonyflorio3269]

A bit of context: Pontiac in Canada was a more volume brand and needed to be closer to Chevy in pricing. There were, at the time, duties on US built cars coming into Canada. And, the Canadian market is roughly 1/10 the size of the US. That led to Canadian built Pontiacs that leveraged Chevy mechanicals both to make them hit a more volume price point and to make it easier to manufacture in GM of Canada plants. Full-size Pontiacs used Chevy frames and powertrains with Pontiac bodies and interiors. The mid-sized cars (Beaumonts) were Chevelles with different grills and LeMans interior bits. The Acadian gave Pontiac dealers a small (Nova-based) car. Technically, the Beaumont and Acadians weren't Pontiacs, but their own lines sold through Pontiac dealers, but there were essentially part of the Canadian Pontiac line up. When Canada and US signed a trade agreement (the Auto Pact) in the late 1960s, meaning importing cars wasn't a big deal, we eventually shifted to the US Pontiac line up in Canada.

[@stvitalkid7981]

In 1966, my parents finally dumped their silly 60 Morris Oxford (my sister and I hated that car) and bought a 1966 Canadian Valiant Custom 200. It was the only V8 car my parents ever owned (273 with the two-barrel carb). My mom caught a few drivers off the line who didn’t think a compact car with two kids in the back could move away from the stoplight with that much aplomb. They kept it until 1971 when they replaced the Valiant with a 72 Volvo 144s. Speaking of the Beaumont, in 1966, my grandpa traded his 59 Plymouth Belvedere for a 1966 Beaumont. He stuck with GM cars for the next 30 years.

[@stephenholland5930]

Love hearing about your Mum's traffic light Grand Prix in her Valiant V8.

[@johnmilner7603]

Back in ‘73 I bought a 1968 Beaumont, 327/275 hp 4bbl 2D. Great car.

[@catfishcorner7116]

Great video Kevin! This is the first time I’ve ever seen or heard of a Beaumont! 💯🐟

[@louiskats5116]

Goodday Kevin, Great video & those Canadians were so so lucky to be able to buy these cars back in the day. How cool would it be to ship over a ship load of Aussie Muscle Cars to MCACN one day. Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍 ❤

[@thomasfriese6916]

Nice job guys!!! Thanks for sharing

[@bongodave13]

Totally digging the ABC Wide World of Sports jacket! "The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat."

[@stevefrys5366]

Pretty cool abc jacket. I just picked some vintage Wide World of Sports & abc decals… Stayin ahead of the curve..👍

[@J.W.W.]

Great explanation of the Canadian cars!

[@mikewozawski1634]

Keep these coming I loved the malaise era video as well

[@danbaumann8273]

Man, I love those Beaumonts. So cool. I remember 2 67 SDs in my home town growing up. Gorgeous cars. I used to own a 66 Malibu SS. Only available in Canada. Quite rare. Sure wish I still had her.

[@troynov1965]

I like that brown Olds ! Thats a cool and different color combo.

[@racerx7319]

THANKS GUY'S.

[@2264ish]

The mid sixties Dodge Darts and Plymouth Valiants are badged the opposite of each other between Canada and USA.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Love that cougar.

[@richardrice8076]

So did I, there was also a plum crazy 442 at the show.

[@scarbourgeoisie]

I’m digging the Chris Economaki ABC Wide World of Sports jacket.

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

Great collection, love those MOPARS & check out Kevin's throwback jacket to ABC Wide World of Sports like Jim McKay used to wear

[@acerlogic1869]

Thanks for doing this. My dad had a 68SD 366 auto Convertible Beaumont. Red with white interior and top. Power windows. Unfortunately i only have one pic of the car. Now I have a 66 Beaumont Custom convertible.

[@mattaz2315]

These subgroup vehicles came about due to tariff law changes in Canada, USA. and a lesser extent some Euro and Japanese imports. The trendiest helped prop overall pricing while increased the sales of big 3 vehicles. The changes like the Parisienne and Beaumont allowed popular American brands to subsist in both Canada and USA markets while still allowing assembly of parts and final build in either country. My 1968 Sport Fury was clearly Marked Made by Chrysler LTD CANADA though was purchased in Macomb County, Michigan.

[@Rickyboy707]

It would've been nice o get a quick peek of the interiors of the first two Beaumonts. I suppose they weren't allowed to go behind the barrier.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Oh yeah, the reason why we didn't walk around the cars is because we shot that on the phone and if you could more than 3 feet away from the microphone, you can't hear any of the audio so we elected to keep the camera close.

[@dadgarage7966]

Keven's Dijon mustard sport coat is the highlight.

[@dinoa9608]

I’ve seen that Cheetah at a few shows up in Vancouver BC. The simple explanation about a Beaumont is, it’s a Chevelle with Pontiac GTO interior and Lemans taillights. So Chevy running gear and Pontiac trimmed. Nice combo. Too bad wasn’t explained much by that guy.

[@bradschroeder809]

Friends of mine in the Chicago suburbs own a Canadian ‘68 Parisienne 2+2 convertible 427 4 speed! I wish it could have been in this display! I asked them to sign up, but they leave for their winter home in late October so couldn’t be there. I was surprised to learn recently that there were some Canadian Pontiacs built with 409s! I’d love to see one of those, I wonder if any of them still survive? If one of those showed up at a car show it would blow everyone’s minds to find such a car was even built.

[@ninjapumkin]

Oh dear. I have a 1964 Dodge Polara 500 from the US brought into Canada 10 years ago. When I drove it in my area others who have a Polara said my interior was wrong. I said there is no right or wrong. US cars had Dodge interiors and Canadian cars had Plymouth. Even fender tags are totally different design

[@zach_diecast_mansur]

Man, I'm a MOPAR guy, but that purple'69 Cougar is a beautiful vehicular!!!

[@LR-my2di]

"Vehicular"? Yep, it's obvious that you're a "MOPAR guy."

[@zach_diecast_mansur]

@@LR-my2di "Yep"? It's obvious you're either a GM nerd that's always playing catch up, or just a JDM boyeee.

[@LR-my2di]

@@zach_diecast_mansur HaHa! Love it. Whatever it means. Yep, I'm just a vehicular GM nerd boyeee playing catch up. Priceless! Thanks!

[@zach_diecast_mansur]

@@LR-my2di I love fighting on the internet too!

[@LR-my2di]

@@zach_diecast_mansur Hello Diecast! Sorry that I couldn't get back to you as quickly as you did me. It's good that this plane trip back from MCACN now affords me to waste some additional time in responding to you. But YES ... I agree! I can clearly see that you do like to fight on the internet. And why shouldn't you with your spelling and verbal skills along with your articulate writing style! But actually, Mr. Diecast, we are just *verbally jousting* for the sheer fun of it. "Fighting", as you put it, would be so uncivilized and *uncouth* for such an intellectual boysee like yourself! Very beneath your dignity! Also agreed that after observing your impeccable spelling skills and your articulate writing style, I realized that you were likely a Spelling Bee winner at your local Junior High and that I'd hooked quite a prize to enjoy debating with. I knew that must be so after I read your very first comment! I was so impressed. Wow!

[@BubbaSmurft]

Worked at Ford in the late 80's + and we had several Table/Saurus' and Tompo/Tempaz's come off the truck too.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Two names on one car? My sister once rented a Zairmont/Fephyr! I kid you not!

[@MikeBMW]

Great content, Kevin! Thanks! I always love the history of the cars.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree Mike!

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@MuscleCarOfTheWeek 👍👍

[@BallastResistor99]

I was hoping to hear a Howard Cosell impersonation.

[@Funsho97]

Really cool stuff and I Love the blazer!!!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Good day, eh? Looks like our friend took off from the Great White North, and brought some neat Canadian cars with him! They're a beauty way to go! 😁

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Very cool!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Enjoyed........... 👍👍

[@peterhogan9537]

my first car was a Canadian pontiac 2+2, it had a chevy power train and interior.

[@dannychiguina3962]

Awesome muscle Car's

[@z06doc86]

Kevin has the Christian von Koenigsegg look going. 😊 Love these MCACN videos and wish V8 TV had more time to produce detailed videos on their builds like the early days of the channel, but I certainly understand why not.

[@jimcolegrove443]

It was by no means a muscle car, but back in the day I had a 63 Pontiac Laurentian wagon. Pontiac body and interior, but chevy driveline. And my dad had a 69 Mercury Meteor. Merc body, ford interior.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I'll bet Mark Worman from Graveyard Carz would love to get his hands on one of the Canadian 'Cudas!

[@bruceh92]

Canadian here, I think these Beaumonts look cooler than the Chevelle's they're based on. Am I biased? Trying not to be but just one feature on the '66-'67 are the "gills" on the sides behind the doors gives it a unique muscle car look and even the grilles look a little sportier with the split feature - not nearly as pronounced as Pontiacs - but again, just my observation. These cars are rare and that too is something that I can appreciate. I love Chevies but these uniquely Canadian versions will always be special to me.

[@jamesdamron2065]

Thanks cliff

[@BrewBlaster]

That first car instantly made me think of an AMC.

[@oi32df]

Il y a de l'Oeste de belle voiture ...

[@roberthill2219]

Was the 69 Beaumont gold originally? There was one on Staten Island in the 80s... Kevin, does Keith Jackson know you stole his jacket?

[@LR-my2di]

At 10:29, I caught a glimpse of the famous 1984 Car Review Round 1 Hemi vs. Stage 1 "Shootout" cars back together for the first time since that legendary "little guy" race that really shook the musclecar hobby back then. I was a bit disappointed that Kevin didn't get that on camera! That was a VERY popular display at MCACN and showed those two cars together just as they appeared on the cover of Car Review magazine after CR covered that race in their March 1985 issue. BTW, it was THAT race that started the entertaining Hemi vs. Stage 1 controversy for many years to come. I saw so many guys around that display, that even included a "Christmas Tree"! Both the 1970 GS Stage 1 and the 1970 GTX Hemi appeared just as they were "back in the day". BTW, just google "Hot Rod Hemi Killer" to see the only (amateur) video of that old race. The "Hemi Killer" moniker was given to this GS by Hod Rod magazine in their April 2014 issue which featured a full page on that old race that never died. It was a real part of musclecar history.

[@roberthill2219]

'Buicks run like they are tied to a tree'... lol... was it really that long ago? Wow...

[@LR-my2di]

@@roberthill2219 HaHa ... You got it, Robert. Famous last words from 38 yrs. ago. Kevin missed the opportunity to correct what he said in one of his earlier videos that featured a yellow 1970 Hemicuda and a yellow 1970 GSX together by stating "these are two cars started the Hemi vs. Stage 1 furor". He was wrong. It was the "shootout" between THOSE two cars displayed at MCACN that started it all and still continues to this day.

[@roberthill2219]

@@LR-my2di 'Classic Sixtys' mag...was the GTX vs GS the first issue after the name change? I sub from the first issue... can't believe it was that long ago... that race was round 2 of that battle...

[@LR-my2di]

@@roberthill2219 The Classic Sixties name was sometime before 1984. I only have the 1984 and 1985 issues and they were titled "Car Review". The GTX vs. GS shootout was Round 1and was held in Dec. 1984 and covered in the March 1985 issue. Round 2 was a 1970 Boss 302 vs. a 1969 Z/28 and Round 3 was a 1970 Super Bee 440 6-pack vs. a 1970 LS6 Chevelle. Both of those took place in 1985 and the Buick GS remained in the top spot.

[@roberthill2219]

@@LR-my2di it's all coming back to me now. 'Classic Sixties' was the first dedicated 60s car magazine and came out around 82 as subscription only, but it wasn't just musclecars... they did stuff like features on Jimmy Buffett's Falcon as well... yawn... but went they went newsstand... they changed the name to ' Car Review'... and man, what a hit! I should have kept the magazines (and the GTX) and sold the wife.... not to mention all those CSK magazines like 'Cars Illustrated', 'High Performance Mopar' and 'High Performance Pontiac'... I'm glad Tony DeFeo resurfaced a few years here on KZbin as 'Uncle Tony's Garbage'... I mean 'garage'.. . but the 1980s were the glory days of car magazines if you ask me...

[@MisterMikeTexas]

If I found one of those mid 70s Mopars with Dodge Aspen on the front and Plymouth Volare on the back, would that be worth some 💰? When component-sharing goes wrong! 😂😂

[@mikethatguy27]

The sound working for anyone else? Edit. It is now working👍✌️

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Works here! We'll check it again soon and republish if needed.

[@Scrambler85]

Working in SC

[@mikethatguy27]

@@MuscleCarOfTheWeek loud and clear now. Thank you

[@michaeladamo1188]

The us made polara 500’s

[@troynov1965]

Its working its just the environment is not that good for sound quality.

[@BrewBlaster]

You got the old Monday Night Football jacket. Very Cool.

[@colinp2528]

I never realized that the Beaumont was a Canadian car.

[@samiam5557]

US did have Polara 500's.

[@dowen1511]

I bet it takes 20 minutes to decide what to eat for breakfast for that guy 😂

[@RaceCar21]

When you were looking at the purple Cougar, was that "Silver Bullet" in the background?

[@troynov1965]

It sure looks like it ! Ive read so many stories about that car over the years I would like to see a dedicated video about it on this channel.

[@RaceCar21]

@@troynov1965 Good to see someone who knows what I'm talking about. I was thinking the only replies would be those asking what's a Silver Bullet. 😂

[@troynov1965]

@@RaceCar21 The King of Woodward , if I recall correctly the Silver Bullet was never beaten on the street during its heyday.

[@RaceCar21]

@@troynov1965 I learned about it in a magazine article. It was either Hot Rod or Car Craft, a long time ago.

[@richardrice8076]

Yes it is. I didn't know about the silver bullet(sorry for the ignorance) but I learned about it Sunday. You gentleman need to put this event on your bucket list. BTW That magazine article you mentioned was part of the display.

[@GibsonBuck]

No Fords? #Meteor

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

you must have missed the Cougar

[@LR-my2di]

The black 1970 Torino SCJ. The only Torino there.

[@paulmorin7269]

Are you sure the guy on the right knows what he's talking about?

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Well, the guy got his 15 minutes of fame. Kevin moderated very well.

[@richardrice8076]

0:17'he really didn't say Canaydia? Oh boy that's the way to start a video.

[@scottmccambley764]

No B-Body love? How can you have a Canadian Muscle Car Showcase without a Chevy Impala SS dressed up as a Pontiac Parisienne 2+2 ??

[@peterhogan9537]

Beaumonts never had the Pontiac name anywhere on the car .

[@billthompson5644]

No volume.

[@tvoprosucks]

why is he wearing an old ABC wild world of sports jacket?

[@JJj-xratedgt]

This LTD CAMERA COVERAGE OF VEHICLES WAS SHY!&WATCHING THIS GUY WAS PAINFULL!!!

[@808paw]

Front grill is nicer

[@adambedell73]

That was the worst explanation of the Canadian cars I have ever heard.

[@troynov1965]

Yeah not sure if the guy was nervous or what but that stammering did not help at all.

[@RaceCar21]

😂

[@ninjapumkin]

Yeah man, you would think he would have been more prepared if asked

[@attilahun8222]

What a putz.

[@roberthill2219]

Hey, he is a Mopar guy... why would he know about the lesser makes?

[@ronaldotoole6986]

Damn no cars from Nova Scotia ohh wait they all rusted away haha

[@wahidazizi7762]

Okokokokokok

[@Bird111648]

This guy doesn’t know really anything and isn’t really showing the car just talking with his hands

[@JJj-xratedgt]

Absolute terrible presentation of our LEGENDARY MUSCLE COLLECTION!! CAMERA COVERAGE was LIMITED at BEST AND THE AMBASADORS DELIVERY /Narrator WAS LESS THEN LEGENDARY!

[@johnnyP58]

Typical Canadian's glomming on what is truly an American pop culture lifestyle

[@briansearles4473]

I thought the entire presentation could have been better. All we saw was the front of the cars, should of at least showed the interior's?

[@bradcanning875]

This guy's efforts to ridicule Canada (not Canadia) is pathetic. We don't have mass shootings and we enjoy free healthcare, prescription drugs and numerous advanced features in our country. We mostly drive our muscle cars instead of having millionaires and billionaires hording them in private collections.

[@ducky63]

Didn’t really enjoy 20 mins of Kevin and Cliff in frame throughout, I thought the cars were the stars. Oh well, could be worse, at least we got some front endage to study. 🤔

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Oh yeah, the reason why we didn't walk around the cars is because we shot that on the phone and if you could more than 3 feet away from the microphone, you can't hear any of the audio so we elected to keep the camera close.

[@ianfosbrook8406]

a visual treat... but not enuf fords.... just sayin