1955 Pontiac Catalina, Hardtop 2dr., Includes Restored 'coke' Cooler Trailer on 2040-cars
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States
You are viewing a restored and freshly built ‘55 Pontiac, hardtop, 2 door Coupe. The hardtop is very fresh and well kept looking like it was just completed. Built for the street the coupe started off as a very solid body in good condition with minimal rust. The ‘Coke Trailer’ is restored classic cooler on a new steel frame and axil with high gloss oak bed and stainless steel trim, chrome wheels and baby moons, all painted to match the coupe. The cooler does NOT have a locking top. BODY/PAINT: All rust repaired, the body was soda blasted and primed from the start. The coupe has numerous primer coats with lots of blocking. Paint was wet sanded and buffed to a smooth and high gloss. INTERIOR: The interior floor is very well insulated. Red and white vinyl on seats and side/rear panels. Headliner and door panels are also high grade vinyl. Carpet is high grade. Seatbelts, gauges, stereo/CD with 4 speaker system.
RUNNING GEAR…
ENGINE: 287 cubic inch, re-built with head work and intake ports matched and blended, Edelbrock carb, electric fuel pump, electronic distributor. TRANSMISSION: Rebuilt Muncie, 4 speed transmission, newer clutch and pressure plate, with Hurst shifter. REAR END: Stock differential and axles, with leaf springs and newer shocks on all corners…I’m guessing 2.73:1 gear ratio. COOLING: Stock radiator with new core, and high volume water pump. BRAKES: Reworked with new drums and pads. Wheel bearings replaced. EXAUST: Dual 2 inch with Flowmaster Delta 40’s with chrome exhaust tips. BRIGHT WORK: All new chrome with stainless highly polished. GLASS: Windshield is tinted, new replacement glass. WHEELS/TIRES: Radial tires are newer. Chrome wheels with baby moons.
SUMMARY: The coupe presents itself very nicely and has won its class at a number of shows. Very clean and still very fresh this coupe will provide lots of good times for its new owner. DISCLAIMER: The coupe is for sale locally. The owner has the right to cancel this listing at any time for any reason. No warranties or guarantees are expressed or implied with the car being sold in "AS IS" condition.
Feel free to call me to discuss the particulars. Divorce forces sale. Will not consider trades.
TOM (208) 263-8089, (208) 255-9759 Hot Rod, Street Rod, Classic, Chevy, Ford |
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Wed, Aug 14 2019During the late 1960s, General Motors ruled the American car landscape, growing so dominant that the federal government considered antitrust action to break up the company. The General offered sporty Corvettes and muscular GTOs and rugged pickups and opulent Fleetwoods, sure, but the fat part of the sales numbers came from the bread-and-butter full-sized sedans and coupes, which boasted superior engineering and modern-looking styling; in 1967 alone, the Chevrolet Division moved 972,600 full-sized cars, and that's not even counting the 155,100 full-sized Chevy station wagons that year. Pontiac, Buick and Oldsmobile sold the same big cars with division-specific engines and bodywork, and they flew off the showroom floors. For 1968, the entry-level full-sized car from Pontiac was the Catalina, and I've found an example of the most affordable version of the most affordable big Pontiac for 1968, discarded in a northeastern Colorado wrecking yard about 50 miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming. A '68 GM full-sized coupe, convertible, or even a four-door hardtop might be worth the cost and effort of a restoration, but a no-options base-trim-level post sedan with rust and plenty of body filler just won't get many takers these days. Like so many vehicles that sit outside for decades on the High Plains, this one is full of rodent nests. I wouldn't want to work on the interior of this car without a respirator and a lot of work with a shop-vac, because hantavirus is a significant danger in these parts. Alfred Sloan's plan to offer a stepladder of prestige for GM buyers, in which your first new car was a Chevrolet and you moved up through Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick until you became sufficiently prosperous for Cadillac ownership, worked brilliantly for decades. In 1968, the Catalina was a notch above its Impala sibling on the Snob-O-Meter, with the sedan starting at $3,004 (about $22,600 in 2019 dollars). In fact, the V8-equipped 1968 Chevrolet Impala sedan listed at $3,033, and the Oldsmobile Delmont 88 went for $3,146, so the lines were beginning to blur between the relative positions of the lower-end GM divisions by this time. The base engine in the 1968 Catalina was a 400-cubic-inch (6.5 liter) V8 rated at 265 horsepower and enough torque to tow an aircraft carrier.
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