Friday, May 29, 2009

Minneapois Street Sightings: Pontiac Parisienne










Here's car that's not seen too often in my area; until I started shooting them that is. It seems that ever since I shot this Parisienne, more and more have been popping up. The Parisienne is the rebadged twin of Chevy's popular gangsta fave, and elderly-woman mobile, the Caprice. Since many "homies" haven't heard of the Parisienne, quite a few can be found un-gangsterfied. Which is good--to a point. Good GM B bodies are getting quite scarce now in any form, but the 1980s "box" cars are among the most ruined, so it's nice to see one unpimped.
This specimen is a nice one, save for the missing fender skirt. The emblems are all intact, as are the original hubcaps. The two tone blue seems to be in nice shape, too. What I dig about this example is the fact it has no rust, and has no obvious crash damage. What would be neat, though, is if this car was in showroom shape. Or maybe I should wish that on its Caprice twin since many of them are gangstered up or demo derbied by now.

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