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1964 Catalina 2 Door Sedan
Here is Les' finished 64 Catalina 2 door sedan. The car was basically a rust free Tennessee car, but had bondo in the left front fender and in one quarter. The fender was replaced with a NOS unit. The quarter was pulled on a frame rack back into square. The small amount of bodywork was done with USG All-Metal.
The car received:
- All new tinted glass
- All new weather stripping
- Complete under side sandblast
- New trunk paint
- A factory tachometer
- NOS dash pad
- A base coat-clear coat repaint in the original Fontaine Blue
- Many new interior parts from Ames
- Door panels and seat material from SMS
- Repro redlines with poverty caps
- USA-5 AM-FM radio tied to a 10 disc CD changer in the trunk
- All the moldings are either NOS or buffed originals
- Power from a rebuilt 69 GTO "WS" 400 and channeled thru the original "Slim-Jim" transmission
Future plans call for a correct 64 421 3-2 motor and a conversion to a four speed. The car has 63,000 original miles and is the spokesperson of what PontiacParadise.com can do.
This was my Catalina when I purchased it off eBay. The car was in Michigan and was being "converted" into a "race car". The person had pried the chrome off around the doors and windows, tossed the front seat out in lieu of a really sexy bucket seat and knocked out the lower headlights. Most outside trim was unusable. Note the nice condition of the floors. The trunk was the same. The LH front fender was full of bondo as was the very end of the left rear quarter. The fender was replaced with a NOS one and the quarter was pulled with heat on a frame rack and came back 99% without any filler. What little filler was used on this car, was USG All-Metal. PontiacParadise.com does NOT use bondo anywhere.
