59 Pontiac Catalina Vista (4 Door Hard Top) Parts Car on 2040-cars
Parker, Colorado, United States
If you are restoring a 59 Catalina Vista, and it is rusty or in otherwise poor condition, get this car and use this body and your interior and other parts to make one good car out of two. Here is the condition of the car as accurately as I can
describe it: HOOD: The hood is very solid, rust free under side
and top. It appears to have been hit
very slightly in the nose, and the top is buckled up about a third of the way
back. A good body man could easily
straighten it back to original shape with very little effort. (I also have another hood that is in better
shape I would consider including, in place of this one, if the buyer wishes.) FRONT/ENGINE
COMPARTMENT: The radiator support,
and inner fenders are solid, no rust.
The engine and transmission look to be okay, but I have never had it
running or taken the engine apart, so I don't know its condition. At a minimum, there would be many 389 engine
parts that are good, if the engine cannot be repaired as is. There is no steering gear and no brake master
cylinder. There is a 2-barrel carb. There is a Buick radiator sitting in the
radiator slot, but I don't know its condition.
There is no front bumper. The
grille, grille bars and sheet metal under the grille are all in repairable
condition. There is no grille trim. FR FENDERs: The front fenders are not in good
condition. Both have dents on the front
edge over the headlights and both have rust in the lower back section near the
door. The left fender appears to have
been repaired at some point over the wheel opening and has some other minor
dents. It could be salvaged, but is
certainly not mint. The right fender is
straighter, but the rust is worse in the lower rear section. DOORS: There is virtually no rust on any of the
doors, inside or out, top or bottom. The
chrome window frames are in excellent condition, and for a driver, would
probably not even need to be re-chromed.
The windows are still in the back doors and have been removed from the
front doors. The front door regulators
are missing. There is some very minor creases or dents on
the L rear, L front and R rear doors, but nothing significant or difficult to
repair. ROCKER PANELS: The rocker panels are rust free and straight. QUARTER PANELS: The right quarter panel is very straight
and only has a very small patch (about the size of a quarter) of rust over the
wheel opening about 2/3 of the way back.
No rust on the rear bottom where '59s usually are rusted. The left panel has been hit from the rear and
is buckled somewhat around the backup light opening, over the wheel opening,
and in front of the wheel opening. This
quarter panel it totally rust free however, and the damage is not so bad that
good body man and a port-a-power jack couldn't straighten. The trim on both sides in in good shape and
could be polished to like new condition. REAR PANEL: The panel between the tail lights is bent in
from a rear end hit, but is solid and has no rust. The bumper ends are good enough to re-chrome,
but the center section is bent pretty bad and I don't know if it can be
straightened or not. DECK LID: The deck lid is rust free, except for a patch
of surface rust where the paint is gone.
The trim is nice. It has a couple
minor dings, but could easily be straightened and polished to look like
new. The deck lid has a very minor
buckle on the underneath right side and therefore a very gentle curve to the
top that would need to be repaired.
Otherwise it is very good condition and is easily repairable. FLOORS: The floors are in remarkably good
condition compared to many '59s. The
front floor pans and the floor under the front seats are very solid. The left rear seat floor pan (where your feet
go) have some rust but only have small areas that are rusted through. The right side has some surface rust, but not
clear through. The floor under the rear
seat is very solid. The trunk floor is
solid and only show a small area of rust-through in front of the tail light
support TOP: The top still has the original paint and
is very straight. The stainless steel
trim around the top is in good shape.
Some minor dents could be easily straightened and the trim polished to
like new condition. Likewise for the
windshield reveals and the rear window side reveals. (Not sure whether I have the bottom reveals
or not. INTERIOR: The dash, interior door handles, window
cranks, and a couple door panels are included.
There are no seats or other interior. Call 303-378-7831 if you have questions. |
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