1967 Pontiac Catalina

The Pontiac Catalina is a full-size automobile produced by Pontiac from 1950 to 1981. Initially, the name was a trim line on hardtop body styles, first appearing in the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines. In 1959, it became a separate model as the “entry-level” full-size Pontiac.

By 1964, a new age of high performance had dawned in America, marked not so much by a horsepower race as by a sophisticated balance between power, handling, and efficient design. Chrome and tailfins were out, bucket seats, mag-style wheels, center consoles, and floor shifters were in — and just about everybody had them. With the 1964-1967 Pontiac Catalina, Pontiac achieved a combination of power, road-holding, and fine styling superior to any other big Pontiac, and most of the competition’s models besides.

Fitted with a number of options from factory, including; Tinted glass, Air conditioning, Powered steering and brakes, Deluxe Tilt steering wheel, Visor vanity mirror, Cruise control and Deluxe wheel discs. Finished in menacing Black with original specification Red upholstery. Equipped with Chrome alloys. 6200cc V8 engine producing 290hp.

The trunk is finished in a dark maroon with leather dual 8-way power-adjustable front bucket seats. It is equipped with an Alpine AM/FM tuner with CD and MP3 input sound system.

When one considers the gravity of the swath of deceased nameplates left behind by Pontiac—GTO, Trans Am, Star Chief, and Bonneville among them—the Catalina ranks decidedly in the second or third tier, above the Parisienne but surely below the LeMans. But the Cat, in its prime, was perhaps the most appropriately named automobile to wear the arrowhead in the 1960s.