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1969 Pontiac Catalina Ventura - HANGN

1969 Pontiac Catalina Ventura - HANGN
Can anyone help me with make, model and/or year on this one please?

21/12/13: Settled on 1969 Pontiac Catalina Ventura - thanks guys for all the help.

Indycaver (Norm) has particularly liked this photo

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 Still SomewhatNorth...
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I think it is a full-size 1969 Pontiac. The grille bars are custom though and resemble the fittings on the last full size 1968 Grand Prix. It could be a Bonneville, Catalina or possibly a Safari wagon (estate).
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 autofantasia
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Thanks. I'd forgotten about this what with trying to get more photos onto ipernity. So, everything seems to point towards a 1960s Pontiac. Just need to get Googling now and see what comes up. Thanks again guys for the input.

Much appreciated.

PAUL
10 years ago.
 autofantasia
autofantasia club
Okay guys, found another shot of this one, which I'd not uploaded because of the quality, but I guess it's useful in identifying it ...

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And I've spent ages tying myself in knots looking at Google images and various Pontiac related websites. In the end this is what I've concluded.

Before 1968 they had vertical lights, but in 1968 they went back to horizontal. However, although the 'nose' of the bonnet is narrower at the front point it’s also narrow at back so unlike the mystery car. The 1969 Pontiac wagons also had the narrower 'nose', but this was matched with the raised section of the bonnet being wider at the back and extending either side of the vents. From 1970 the wagons still had the horizontal light set-up, but the lines of the bodywork seemed to alter and certainly the 'nose' became much wider.

So I reckon all things considered it is most likely a 1969 Pontiac. It could be a Bonneville, Executive or Catalina that’s assuming it was made for the US market, or if it were originally a Canadian model then I guess it could be a Safari or even a Grand Parisienne - in fact the latter also had lights hidden behind grille, which I don’t think the US models had apart from the Grand Prix as mentioned by Still.

What do you think guys?

PAUL
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.

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