1969 Pontiac Catalina Revival Update!

ej1_nick talks about the progress after getting this beast running & driven out of its grave along with some walk arounds & interior information

[@TheREALOC1972]

I bought a 69 Catalina convertible earlier this year to make a really good Daily Driver/ Cruise-in Car. It was already running and driving fine, in fact it was currently inspected and tagged. All it needed was cleaned up really good inside and out. So far I've changed all the fluids, repainted the block and heads light blue, painted the intake and valve covers silver and painted the air Cleaner Black. It still needs a paint job, thought about going back with the Vedaro Green but I found an almost full gallon of Pontiac Dark Pewter that Pontiac used on the 87-88 Bonneville for next to nothing. I know I have to blow it apart now but I have to replace the vinyl flooring mat anyway so I had to take take the seats out anyway. I'm thinking of just taking the doors off when I do blow it apart because I've already sprayed the trunk and under the trunk lid and under the hood with truck bed liner. I have a week vacation coming at the end of the month so I will have 9 days to do whatever I decide to do. On an unrelated note If you ever find yourself in North West Arizona/Las Vegas area give me a shout, We'll run up to Vegas for a swap meet/show or if it's the right time we'll pop over to L.A. and you can do a video on the granddaddy of them all, The Pomona Swap Meet.

[@michaelwoolsey3886]

Check up inside the Glove Box......far left corner? There may be a release button that pops the trunk! It was an upgrade that you typically saw in an Executive or Bonneville, but some of the Cats came well-equipped if the owner ordered the options.......

[@IMMORTALDIO]

Excellent

[@36index]

YES!

[@Galogalog]

Sweet!

[@quatecadavisloud3051]

I just got a 69 Pontiac Bonneville 428 coupe

[@dustinthiessen]

Hey man! do you happen to know what width/backspacing those wheels are? I need a new set of wheels for my '70 Catalina, and I wanna cram a 275 in the back, if I can. looks like it fits perfect here

[@sherylblackstone2268]

Awesome!

[@dbeatty2495]

Is it for sale???

[@quatecadavisloud3051]

Got it running

[@randyloud7419]

Got a 1969 pontiac bonneville coupe 428..got it out junk yard got motor turn over ,...new starter ,plugs in wires ,also add new coil in ignition coil,.hei distributor..just added marvel mystery oil see if engine spend faster so it crank up,.any advice

[@nickblackstone5068]

New battery as well? Is it still not wanting to start? I would check all the grounds as well. My battery is relocated to my trunk so the ground goes straight to my frame, it was rusty & wasn’t making a solid connection, grinded the rust off & now we’ve got a good ground again!

[@klo420]

Dude grow the stash back 🤣🧔