1981 Pontiac Parisienne Brougham from North America - Comments

New brake discs installed at 140,00 km. Vinyl on the driver's side dash has cracked in the corner. Headliner has fallen and will be repalced this year. Localized areas of rust on driver's door.

The car is a 17 foot boat that is very comfortable to drive. Pickup with the 4-speed automatic and the 305 c.i. V-8 is very good. Recent gas mileage on the highway (at 60 mph) was approximately 24 m.p.g. Power steering is easier to use than on my 2001 Pontiac Grand Am. A classic car for summer cruises for sure.

Tinted windows make it look like a hit-man's car. For photos go to www.cardomain.com and check out tormont1981.

Sounds like a classic car owners dream. It is a Canadian made car as the American equivalent is the Catalina.

The last year Pontiac had a hood that ended at grille and not before the grille like the chevy caprice for 1981. The style was not repeated in 1982, which is sad.

I have a beautiful white 1981 Parisienne 2-door with power everything and is bone stock with a (under-powered) 267 v-8 2bbl. As mentioned by someone earlier, it DOES have dark tinted windows and is a total cruiser.

It has the "Automatic Temperature Control" on the car heater controls and I am having trouble with the heater kicking in far too late. It doesn't come on until about 30 miles down the road and sometimes not at all if the weather is really cold.

The dashboard control unit seems vacuum actuated. I have to assume it is coming on with some kind of engine temperature feed, but I need it to come on much sooner. It used to come on after only about 3 or 4 miles.

It worked fine until I had to replace the dashboard heater control unit because an inside copper connection jammed and broke. I rebuilt the unit and the problem arose. I have now replaced the controls from a wrecker car and the problem is still there. The 'defrost' works fine, but nothing else 'automatic' comes on until the day is warm and the car has driven many miles.

If anyone has any ideas on what may have gone wrong, I'd sure appreciate the help.

Mark.

Hey mark...

I got a pqarisienne 1981 2 door... you have to realize that these cars are carburetor when you start the car you must wait till the engine's rpm calms down and for the engine to warm up... that's the good thing about these cars you when the engine is ready to go compared to fuel injection... you can here the engine when you starts its revs really high... then you gas quickly and it will bring it down to medium rev... then you wait another couple minute and tap a little bit the gas and you will here the engine's rev go down... you will hear the difference the car will be less noisier... a lot less noisier... oh yeah and keep the heater off until the car warms up...