Alike Impala, war, Malibu And Silverado (among many others), the Ventura name began its career as an appellation for a trim level or option package used on another GM model, later becoming a model name. car in its own right. Originally a designation for a Pontiac Catalina two- or four-door hardtopthe name Ventura changed a Pontiac-ized version of the Chevy Nova for 1971. Today gem dumpfound in a Northern California car graveyardProud to bring Catalina And Ventura’s coat of arms.
Actually, Catalina’s name begins as a decorative level for the Chieftain and Star Chief models of the 1950s, just to confuse people. At the time this car was built, Catalans is the cheapest of the four Pontiac models built on the same full-size B-Body platform as the big Chevrolets And Age 88 of the times (the chief star, Bonneville And grand opening above it on the 1964 Pontiac Prestige-O-Meter).
The Catalina 1964 four-door hardtop with the Custom Ventura package offers a lot of money per dollar, with prices starting at $3,063. That’s about $29,821 when converted to inflated 2023 dollars. The main benefit of the Custom Ventura package is that the interior is completely finished in Morrokide upholstery. Morrokide is the name GM applies to Naugahyde faux leather when used in Pontiac vehicles; when used in Buicks, it is called Cordaveenwhile Oldsmobile Naugahyde is called moroccan. Naugahyde takes its name from the town of Naugatuck, Connecticut, where it was invented.
Morrokide of this car has a rough shape. In fact, everything about this car is rotten and contagious.
You know to be careful when a car at a junkyard has a warning about rat droppings written on the glass.
That said, I couldn’t resist checking 8 groove tape which litters inside. This is california hotelEagles’ 1976 hit album.
electric super car Parisa live album recorded since 1979 Breakfast in America tour, also here.
This is Carly Simon’s best songssince 1975.
The tapes were played on this Sparkomatic player, presumably in the glovebox or under the saddle.
Factory radio is AM only and includes frequency markings for emergency frequency of CONELRAD . atomic attack. 1964 was the last year for mandatory CONELRAD radio in the United States.
This car’s dire condition suggests it’s been abandoned for at least a couple of decades in a field or driveway somewhere, but the bumper has a bunch of recent parking permits for Santa Cruz’s busy Westside neighborhood. This car must have been parked on the street and registered, and it may even have driven in this condition.
There are many types of rust on the body caused by salt spray you see on cars in California parked near the Pacific Ocean.
The base engine of the 1964 Catalina was a 389-inch (6.4-liter) Pontiac V8 with 235 hp, but that was only on cars equipped with the base engine. three-speed manual transmission.
This car has three optional speeds Hydraulic automatic transmission, which means the car hits 389 with higher compression and 267 hp; Four-stage manuals are also available (and are rare on full-size Pontiacs).
A 421 cubic inch Pontiac V8 is optional, but I’m pretty sure this is the 389 (you can’t tell them apart at a glance). The players really have the mighty Trophy 421 with three carburetors and 370 hp, mated to a four-speed manual transmission.
The first model year of the famous Pontiac GTO was 1964, and its money-making formula was simple: take the mid-size Pontiac Tempest coupe and put it in the 389 from the big Pontiac. Maybe some NorCal GTO owners will rescue this engine before it arrives crusher.
There’s no way a rough car like this will ever be restored, so the best we can hope for is that some of its parts will be used on other cars.
Only the incredible agility of the full-size Pontiac ’64 will allow you to zip through the toll booth without paying.
