The Fury instrument panel, and interior upholstery, was due to the low production in Canada, which has always had a population roughly 10% of the U.S. The Canadian Dodge did battle against the Canadian Pontiac and the Canadian Meteor (a Mercury Monterey with Ford interiors from 1964 and on) as all three were priced about $100 above the Fury, Ford Galaxie and full-size Chevrolet models. And all three, Dodge, Pontiac and Meteor, were the result of keeping costs of production in line and offering low-priced cars at all dealers - Plymouth-Chrysler, Dodge-DeSoto (then Dodge-Chrysler), Ford-Monarch (then Ford), Mercury-Meteor, Chevrolet-Oldsmobile and Pontiac-Buick.
The Acadian was based on the Chevy II/Nova from 1962 to the end in mid-1971 when it was replaced by the Pontiac Ventura. The intermediate Beaumont arrived for 1964 based on the Chevelle and was called the Acadian Beaumont only in 1964-65 and was dropped at the end of the 1969 model year being replaced by the Pontiac LeMans. The Canadian Pontiac, Acadian and Beaumont used Chevrolet engines and transmissions.
The Autopact agreement between Canada and the U.S. permitted the shipment of parts, cars and trucks by North American plants both ways across the border duty free starting with the 1966 models. This helped bring about the end of the Canadian variations. Prior to that all parts and cars imported from the U.S. were subject to import duties and various taxes.
In the case of Dodge, Chrysler Canada began building Polara, Monaco, and Fury models for the U.S. market for 1967 and imported all the other car lines. The Canadian market C body Dodge continued to use Fury interiors but now with Dodge instrument panels. The end of the Plymouth- based Dodges began with the American Dodge dropping a notch in price starting in 1971, the U.S. Polara now priced against the Fury II instead of the Fury III and Catalina. Chrysler Canada offered the Polara Special in 1971-73 and Monaco Special in 1974-75, with Fury I interiors, as the new base model.
The Chrysler Windsor and Saratoga names continued in Canada after they were dropped in the U.S. The Windsor starting in 1963 was available only with the optional Newport interior and had Torqueflite, wheel covers and back up lights as standard. For 1967 Chryslers were imported from the U.S. and the Windsor was replaced by the Newport Custom. The Saratoga became the 300 for 1966, although it used Windsor taillights, and the US 300 2 door hardtop and convertible models were imported and sold as the Sport 300.
Canadian-built Dodges were never considered export vehicles as they were built in the Canada and not imported from Detroit prior to 1966 (with some exceptions such as convertibles from 1937 through to 1962).
