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Attention All Pontiac and Super Duty Enthusiasts and Collectors!
Check Out This Amazing Catalina Venture 2+2 Badged Pontiac Stands
Proud Tri-Powered 389ci Monster V8 Rare with Optional Automatic
Transmission A True Gentleman's Muscle Car WITH AIR CONDITIONING!
Check out All the Pictures of this Beautiful Car! Equipped with
many of the right options as well as the ever desired 8-Lug Wheels,
Air Conditioning, Gauge Package, Optional Automatic Transmission;
This Big 'Ol Cat is Worth a Look or Two or Three; A Winner Through
and Through. There are Many Paragraphs that Can Be Written
Regarding These Beasts Particularly THIS ONE. Pontiac had been
skinning the big-car cat several ways for a good deal of the 1960s.
Bonnevilles were on top, but the supposedly lower-line Catalinas
offered most of the same powertrain options. The Grand Prix was
first; introduced in 1962, it was a sporting Catalina coupe with
Bonneville interior trimmings, bucket seats, console with available
tachometer and other European-style niceties. Stacked headlamps,
split grille with prominent arrow placed at the beak, and crisp
sidelines were all distinctive Pontiac hallmarks of the era But as
the performance era was getting under way, it was decided that the
Catalina needed its own sporting variant as well. The 2+2 launched
in 1964; bucket seats, special door panels, a tach and a vacuum
gauge separated it from other Catalina coupes that year. Looking
for a follow-up to its genre-creating GTO in 1964 while
simultaneously hedging its bet against the new intermediate-sized
cars, Pontiac took advantage of the all-new 1965 B-body redesigns
to make the 2+2 its own model. Styling largely followed the other
B-body fastback coupes, although Pontiac retained a number of its
divisional trademarks, including the stacked quad headlamps and the
now-mandatory split grille that has been a continuous styling theme
since 1961. It also offered highly sculpted rocker areas, formed to
help enhance the new machine's so-called "Coke-bottle" style, which
flared the hips and added visual interest. For 1965, the 2+2 cost
$418 above a normal Catalina coupe (the price difference in the
convertibles was a little less.) For your money, 2+2 featured a
338hp, 459-lbs.ft., four-barrel 421-cube V-8 as standard equipment;
Tri-Power was a $307 option, while the 376hp 421HO package cost
$410. Your choice of a floor-mounted three-speed stick, a Muncie
four-speed or a Turbo Hydra-Matic was available. Heavy-duty coil
springs and shocks, a 3.42:1 rear, dual exhaust with resonators,
special interior with bucket seats, optional console with vacuum
gauge or tachometer (depending on transmission choice),
shark's-gill trim on the front fender (for '65; it moved to the
rear quarter in '66), a full-length body-side molding along the
raised rocker edge, special 2+2 badging, and a chrome dress-up kit
for the buyers' choice of engine were also part of the package,
which was available only on hardtop coupe and convertible models.
The 2+2 seemed to bring out the caveman in a number of automotive
testers. Motor Trend gave its Car of the Year award to the entire
1965 Pontiac lineup, calling the 2+2 "a real he-man's personal
transportation car... 2+2 means a powerhouse with beauty, grace,
and a road-hugging ability far above its passenger-sedan running
mates." Car and Driver, following up on the furor created by its
Pontiac GTO vs. Ferrari GTO cover, splashed a '65 Pontiac 2+2 and a
'65 Ferrari 2+2 on a 1965 cover. WE SELL AND TRANSPORT WORLDWIDE On
display now Great Lakes Classic Cars 6 Upton Street Hilton,N.Y.
14468 (800)510-3797 Chrome Package, Air Conditioning, Dome Lamp,
Tinted Glass, Armrests - Dual Front, Power Steering, Automatic
Transmission, Am/Fm Radio, Luxury Package, Sports Package,
Full-Size Spare Tire, Spare Tire, Bucket Seats
