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Featured Full-size Pontiacs
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'61 Ventura Ed Raden's '62 Grand Prix Bob's '63 Super Duty and H.O. Catalinas
Ed Raden's
'61 Ventura
Ed Raden's
'62 Grand Prix
Bob's
'63 Catalinas
(SD & H.O.)
Rich Rauch's '65 Bonneville Sports Coupe Larry Checho's 4-speed 421 Tri-Power '65 Catalina 2+2 convertible Jim Thompson's 4-speed '66 Bonneville Sports Coupe
Rich Rauch's
'65 Bonneville
NEW! (11/11/99)
Larry Checho's
4-speed 421
'65 2+2 Conv.
Jim Thompson's
4-speed
'66 Bonneville



'57 Bonneville '58 Bonneville 1957 & 1958 Bonnevilles Ned Anello's '59 Bonneville Ned Anello's '59 Bonneville
1959 Bonneville
Kevin Thompson's '59 Catalina 1959 Catalina '60 Bonneville '60 Bonneville convertible
1960 Bonneville coupe & convertible
'60 Catalina '60 Catalina Safari web page 1960 Catalina coupe & Safari (Web page) Henry Hart's '62 Catalina 421 SD '62 Bonneville convertible
1962 Catalina 421 SD & Bonneville convertible
Ed Raden's '62 Grand Prix 1962 Grand Prix Allan & Louise Gartzman's '63 Catalina 421 SD '63 Catalina 421 SD "Swiss Cheese" (web site)
1963 Catalina 421 SD & "Swiss Cheese" (Web site)
'63 Grand Prix '63 Bonneville Safari 1963 Grand Prix & Bonneville Safari Ned Anello's '63 Grand Prix Ned Anello's '63 Grand Prix
1963 Grand Prix
my '65 Bonneville Sports Coupe '65 Bonneville 421 HO convertible 1965 Bonneville Sports Coupe & convertible '66 2+2 421 HO
1966 2+2 convertible
'67 Bonneville convertible '67 Grand Prix convertible 1967 Bonneville & Grand Prix convertibles '67 Catalina convertible
1967 Catalina convertible



Classic Ad Gallery
Click each ad to see its full-page version.

'57 Star Chief ad (69 Kb) '58 Bonneville ad (91 Kb) '60 Bonneville ad (81 Kb) '61 Bonneville ad (83 Kb)
  '57 Star Chief
 
'58 Bonneville '60 Bonneville '61 Bonneville
'61 Pontiac and Tempest ad (93 Kb) -- A pair of new Pontiacs will be awarded to each of 27 winners in this contest sponsored by General Mills cereal! '62 Bonneville ad (87 Kb) '65 Bonneville ad (69 Kb) '65 Bonneville ad (69 Kb)
'61 Pontiac
and Tempest
'62 Bonneville '65 Bonneville '65 Bonneville  
'65 Catalina ad (51 Kb) '66 2+2 ad (58 Kb)'66 GTO ad (58 Kb) '66 Grand Prix ad (87 Kb)
  '65 Catalina
 
'66 2+2 and '66 GTO '66 Grand Prix
'67 Grand Prix ad (96 Kb) '69 Bonneville ad (69 Kb)    
'67 Grand Prix '69 Bonneville      



Periodicals archive (original magazine reviews of then-new Pontiacs):

1965 Motor Trend Car of the Year Motor Trend cover
Painstakingly and faithfully reproduced for your online enjoyment, these full-length articles and photographs from the February, 1965 "Special Issue" highlight the award and road tests of the Grand Prix, Catalina 2+2, and Bonneville, as well as the design and engineering (written by John Z. DeLorean) processes.
 
'68 Catalina
Rescued from a box in my parents' basement, this Owners Report from the July, 1968 Popular Mechanics is entertaining. While some owners griped about the protruding "nose," I was turned off by the "jowls" over the rear wheels.
 
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Newer articles about classic Pontiacs
:
 
History of the Grand Prix
Part 1, 1962-1966, a 10-page cover story from the June 1990 High Performance Pontiac magazine recalls the early Grand Prixs, beginning with a line drawing and prototype car from the late Fifties. Would you believe there was at least one 4-door GP built in the U.S.?*  Part 2, 1967-1972 appeared in August 1990, and traced the GP marque from the first and only convertible through the extremely-rare '72 Hurst SSJ.*
Archival Ponchos: Pontiac Performance, 1955–1973½
Attempting to chronicle the history of high-performance Pontiacs beginning with the '55 V8 through the Super Duty 421s, GTOs, Judges, Ram Air V, and Trans Ams, this article is from the April, 1973 issue of Cars magazine. 8 pages of folklore, photos, and fast Pontiacs (so they did intend to race the Trans Am!).*
The Gr-r-r-eat 421 Aluminum Diet
Also from the April 1973 Cars magazine, this is a retrospective story about an original aluminum-bodied Super Duty 421 Catalina!*
 
1965 Pontiac Bonneville 421
"The epitome of the style that ruled the 1960s." As seen in the September 2, 1996 AutoWeek. (This article was provided by Ian, proud owner of another '65 Bonneville).
 
1965: "The Year of the Quick Wide-Tracks"
From Thomas E. Bonsall's PONTIAC: The Complete History 1926-1979, this chapter chronicles the changes and sales figures for Pontiac in 1965.
 
'62 Catalina 421 SD
From Popular Mechanics magazine's Collector Car Profiles online

*These articles—and many more to come—provided by Stan Kaminski, proud owner of this gorgeous '68 Le Mans. Thank you, Stan!




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