1985 Pontiac Parisienne 'Clunker'

This fine old wagon is probably heading for a bad end in the CARS program. It is a 1985 Pontiac Parisienne Safari.

I wanted to buy it a few years back but they were asking too much. And I sure can't compete with CARS now...

As you can see, it's no clunker. It's got power everything, including a heated power rear window. It has 154,438 and 4/10ths miles on the clock. A little shampoo and a wash would have it looking new again.

There is a very, very distant chance that I might be able to save it. Whatever the case, I asked the owner if I could photograph the heck out of it.

Leave a comment if you like, but ***please*** keep excessively political comments out of it and DO NOT flame or attack anyone. This is not my car (though I wish it were) and certainly not what I would do with it!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• auto
• 1985
• Pontiac
• Parisienne
• Safari
• station
• wagon
• 350
• V8
• clunker
• CARS
• sad

[Dreambro1]

Its true, that the Car dealers were marking up cars for the clunker program. The owner of this car probably could have sold this to you for 2000.00, went to the dealer with cash in hand, and got a better deal than the cash for clunkers deal would have gotten them.

[uxwbill]

@Dreambro1 I don't know if I ought to say anything or not, but the owner of this car wasn't what you'd call a wizard...

[Capricious9C1]

umm anyone got any parts for a 1989 caprice wagon rust free let me know I cannot find the boxy wagons anymore here in lower Michigan.

[uxwbill]

@Capricious9C1 Your best bet would be to ask someone in a southern state or a place like California.

That said, after many years of not seeing very many of these cars, I have noticed more of them on the roads and being offered for sale at used car lots. Most are in excellent condition. I wonder if they were owned by elderly people who became unable to drive.

[solo2vette]

My father and I have had 6 of these 1977-1989 B-Body Pontiacs and all were great reliable cars..My current version is a white 1986 Parisienne Brougham

[uxwbill]

@solo2vette They really are great cars, and as of late, I've seen quite a few of them peeking out here and there. Most have been in excellent condition.

[uxwbill]

@tourettetruthserum You do realize that the speedometer isn't a representation of how fast a car will go...

[JohnQuincyAdams1]

@uxwbill - Freedom of speech should always be encouraged. Talking, sharing thoughts and idea's with others, (be it face to face or YouTube forums), using our freedom of speech, is how people decide on how to vote and as with the horrendously failed, socialism based cash for clunkers program and the resulting tanking economy, that can have very large affects for all of us, as it has. :( So never feel powerless. The pen is mightier than the sword! :) Freedom rules. :)

[maplewoodsp]

That is certainly not a clunker. What a shame...

[goombabear]

I had this in the sedan. It was my first car and a great gas-guzzler. However gas was only a dollar a gallon back then.

[uxwbill]

@solo2vette What I'd really like to see--and do, if I were any kind of machinist and had the money to throw it at--is one of these cars retrofitted with a modern engine and drive train. I suspect it could be done, and it would be interesting to see how much of a difference it makes, just as a test.

There will probably never be cars like this again, and that makes me very sad. As I've said elsewhere, I will have one, and nobody will ever take it away.

[solo2vette]

6000 pound...