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1967 Beaumont Custom
The 1967 Beaumont Custom was the middle series in General Motors of Canada's Beaumont line. It combined Chevrolet A-body structure and power teams with Beaumont's own grille, trim, maple-leaf identification, and Pontiac-influenced instrument panel. Custom Sport Coupe, Sport Sedan, four-door sedan, convertible, and station wagon bodies belong on this family page; engines, transmissions, axles, brakes, paint, cabin trim, and early Sports Option equipment remain configurations rather than separate cars.
Five body styles and five engines
The Sport Coupe and Sport Sedan were pillarless two- and four-door hardtops. A pillared four-door sedan and convertible shared the 115-inch wheelbase, while the station wagon used 119 inches. The standard six was a 140-hp 230, with a 155-hp 250 optional. V8 power began with the 195-hp 283, followed by a 275-hp four-barrel 327. The brochure restricted the 350-hp four-barrel 396 to Custom models ordered with the Sports Option.
Manual and automatic paths
A fully synchronized three-speed manual was standard across the regular range. The 396 used an extra-cost heavy-duty synchronized three-speed path, any V8 could be paired with the floor-shift four-speed, and two-speed Powerglide was available with every reviewed engine. The three-speed Hydra-Matic was restricted to the 396. Case, clutch or converter, pedals, linkage, floor controls, console, driveshaft, axle, dates, and GM Canada records should be evaluated together.
Full-coil chassis, drums, and optional discs
The perimeter frame carried independent front suspension with control arms, coil springs, telescopic shocks, and a stabilizer bar. The live rear axle also used coil springs, with diagonal shocks. Heavy-duty suspension was optional. Standard brakes were self-adjusting 9.5-inch drums with separate front and rear hydraulic circuits, a dual master cylinder, and a pressure-loss warning lamp. Power assist and front discs were optional, as were power steering and Positraction.
Custom trim and the Sports Option transition
Regular Custom equipment included color-keyed deluxe wheel covers, carpeting, a glove-compartment light, rear armrests, and additional courtesy-light switching. Early in the model year, the Sports Option could be ordered on a Custom Sport Coupe or convertible. It brought Strato bucket seats, a console with automatic or four-speed, an electric clock, three simulated rear-quarter louvers, and distinct trim and identification. Later 738-series Sport Deluxe cars are a separate body-series identity, not evidence that every similarly trimmed Custom was born with the option.
The brochure advertised 18 Magic-Mirror colors. A preserved GM Canada chart supplies 18 names and codes, but the complete Custom-only body, top, stripe, and interior compatibility matrix was not recovered. The body plate, protected finish, trim code, build date, and dated ordering material remain decisive.
Production and authentication
GM Canada produced 12,334 Beaumonts across all series for 1967. The reviewed production transcription provides many Custom rows, including 838 six-cylinder and 3,452 V8 Sport Coupes, but the public extract did not expose every Custom body and engine row or audited equipment splits. This page therefore reports the available rows and does not invent a complete Custom total or rarity by transmission, axle, color, trim, or option.
Authentication begins with Beaumont Custom body-series identity, VIN, Fisher body data, title, build date, and GM Canada documentation. It then reconciles regular Custom, early Sports Option, or later 738-series identity with engine stamp and castings, induction, transmission, axle and Positraction, brakes, steering, suspension, paint, cabin, component dates, and restoration history. Chevrolet interchangeability and removable Beaumont or Sport Deluxe trim are not substitutes for serial-specific evidence.
Market context
Three dated transactions document repeat appearances of the same restored 73617 car. Its 396 was added during restoration and later upgraded, so those results are linked as one valuation series rather than counted as three independent examples. A current guide observation is confined to a 283-powered Custom convertible configuration. These records provide historical context, not a current appraisal or proof of another car's identity. Original Canadian pricing remains unpublished until an exact-effective-date dealer schedule or serial-bound window sticker is recovered.