Vehicle Description
GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this beautiful 1959 Pontiac
Catalina for your consideration. This Pontiac comes in a stunning
black exterior paired with an eye-catching tri-tone blue interior.
This Catalina had a repaint in 2014 and is believed to be all
original steel car. Also, in 2014 the interior was gone through and
redone. This Pontiac has many new parts including all new brakes,
fuel system, and suspension. So if you are looking for a clean low
mile well maintained Catalina this is the one for you! To see over
80 photos of this car, including undercarriage please visit our
website www.grautogallery.com
For 1959, Pontiac dropped the name "Chieftain" and "Super Chief"
models for its entry level model and renamed it "Catalina", while
demoting the former top-line Star Chief to mid-line status
eliminating the two door StarChief Catalina, the only hardtop for
the StarChief was the four door hardtop and expanding the
Bonneville nameplate to a full flagship series that included
sedans, coupes, convertibles and Safari station wagons.
In the lower-priced Catalina line, Pontiac division advertising
placed higher emphasis on the top trimmed two- and four-door
hardtops, convertible and Safari station wagons instead of the
pillared two- and four-door sedan variants despite the fact that
the four-door sedan was the best seller in this line.
The Catalina, though it was the lowest-priced full-sized Pontiac,
was priced and trimmed below the Chevrolet Impala due to GM's
overlapping price structure formula only a step below the Buick
LeSabre and Oldsmobile 88 in trim and appointments but priced about
$100 to $200 less. Catalinas also came standard with more amenities
than Chevrolet models and included a larger and more powerful V8
engine of 389 cubic inches, compared to the Chevy's six-cylinder or
283 and 348 cubic-inch V8s. Pontiacs also benefited from a much
better automatic transmission than their Chevrolet counterparts -
the four-speed Hydra-Matic - versus the Chevy's two-speed
Powerglide.
To see over 80 photos of this car, including under carriage please
visit our website www.grautogallery.com
Gr Auto Gallery, LLC and our sister company, Wheelz Sales and
Leasing Inc. makes every effort to represent each vehicle
accurately and with integrity. We also welcome third party
inspections when necessary. Although we try to do our very best to
be accurate in our description writing we are human and do make
mistakes. Unless otherwise noted, All vehicles are sold AS IS, No
Warranty Expressed or Implied. All sales final.
