The '65 and very similar '66 Bonnevilles were the best Pontiac ever produced. Chrome on metal everywhere, including the knobs, A/C pushbuttons, radio pushbuttons, and power antenna control. Only a little of the door armrest trim was chrome paint on plastic. Real walnut veneer on the dash and steering wheel trim. Two-tone clear and opaque oversize steering wheel. You got a real beauty, and convert's a good thing as the hardtop tended to rust out around the chrome trim around the back glass.
I attended the 1965 New York Worlds Fair and in the automobile part they had a beautiful 1965 red Pontiac Bonneville on a rotating platform. It was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. I have loved that model ever since that time; I was 10.
Nice one you have great lookng Car don't know too much on this Car I'm a Mopar Man but Pontiacs Have really Great Cars.Check out my Rare 68 Polara 500 Vid.
There's this kid that has a blue, fixed up Bonneville that visits this girl on my block about twice a month. Everytime I can hear when he comes down from the motor rumbling. Totally sweet ride. Just like yours but with a metal-flake blue paint & chrome rims.
What an absolutely gorgeous machine...the long, sleek lines; the eight-lug wheels, those beautiful stacked headlights. Classy, both elegant and sporty, and timeless. And the B O N N E V I L L E name on the rear is longer than a Prius.
Thanks for the great comments everyone. I love to read new ones as they come in! As a service to all you guys and the car I plan on taking a new video soon with audio and higher quality. Thx to all!
I I'm not absolutely certain that the unusual looking fluid dial speedometer was in my friend's 64 Bonneville although . I thought that's where I saw it but it may have been in another car. It wasn't in a customized car either. I just can't remember which car it was I saw it in, it's been many years. I swear I thought it was his 64 Bonneville but it may have been some other car.
1956 Buicks had those. It was actually a colored cylinder that turned as the speed increased. The color went across at an angle green then yellow then red. It looked like it was fluid.
THank you very much, you know your cars!. You described it just as I remember it, just couldn't remember where. That makes me think I saw it when I was real young boy in my grandfather's Buick. That's all he ever bought, big Buicks in the 50s and 60s. He probably had the '56 Buick 3 or 4 years, '57 to '60 or so... and I saw it as a 6 to 10 year old kid. (I was born in '52) That's wild. My memory of that car went way back! Thanks for the answer!
That's a sweet Pontiac, all the more special because it's a convertible. Looks like it has leather interior, very clean. A friend of mine had a '64 Bonneville with leather, a convertible back in about 1970. He used pledge to shine the leather. It was a nice ride. If I remember correctly, it had like a fluid speedometer dial that changed colors as the bar went from left to right as speed increased. Is anyone familar with that kind of speedometer or do I have that mixed up with some other car?
Definitely not how the '65 dash worked. There was an optional "Electro-Cruise" control unit that had an additional yellow line that you dialed in for cruise ctrl but no fluid color changing!
Sounds like a sweet '60s-esque touch though whichever had that!
Yeah, my friend's car was a '64 Bonneville convertible and I thought it was his car that had the unusual cool looking speedometer dial. Looking at another 64 Bonneville on YT I see the regular style speedometer. I'm thinking since maybe his '64 Bonneville was a convertible and had leather interior that it was a top of the line car with lots of options and perhaps that included the fluid style color bar for a speedometer. Anybody out there ever see such a speedometer dial back in the day?
@DougCameraMan I don't know if Pontiac had such an option, but my Dad's '61 Oldsmobile (unknown model) had one. All us kids in the back seat would "ooh" and "aah" that speedo and try to get Dad to make it go further.
@AirCargoHeavy Interesting. I have learned that the color changing speedometer was a feature on some of the late 50's Buicks, perhaps other cars as well; Oldsmobile is a GM car, too, so your recollection is probably right on. GM likely owned a patent on it. It was a pretty cool feature. I would hope that anyone who junks an old Buick with that kind of speedometer dial would pull it from the car and save it for some custom car builder who might like to use it in a custom car.
@monarch1957 Thanks. I thought I saw that cool speedometer dial on my grandfather's late 50s Buick, probably a roadmaster. I was born in late '52 so I was still young at the time. Thanks again. Check out my videos sometime. I have 500+ mostly classic cars.
Yup the ride wonderfully. It's quite a classic ride.. not the type of ride you'd see released today on any car but nevertheless something that is immediately appreciated.
Me and my dad just got my grandmas 1965 pontiac bonneville. She just passed away, but its been sitting in her garage for over 26 years. Tires are dry rotted, but when we aired em up to tow it away they filled perfect. We started it up fine to.
And it has those WAY COOL 8-lug wheels! I was always intrigued by them, and if there's ever a must-have option on a mid-60s Pontiac, it would be those wheels!
now thats a car !!!! what beautiful piece of machinery god bless
quinn407 3 months ago
The '65 and very similar '66 Bonnevilles were the best Pontiac ever produced. Chrome on metal everywhere, including the knobs, A/C pushbuttons, radio pushbuttons, and power antenna control. Only a little of the door armrest trim was chrome paint on plastic. Real walnut veneer on the dash and steering wheel trim. Two-tone clear and opaque oversize steering wheel. You got a real beauty, and convert's a good thing as the hardtop tended to rust out around the chrome trim around the back glass.
JeffJasperVO 7 months ago
I attended the 1965 New York Worlds Fair and in the automobile part they had a beautiful 1965 red Pontiac Bonneville on a rotating platform. It was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. I have loved that model ever since that time; I was 10.
Archivesman1 9 months ago
Nice one you have great lookng Car don't know too much on this Car I'm a Mopar Man but Pontiacs Have really Great Cars.Check out my Rare 68 Polara 500 Vid.
1968DodgePolara 10 months ago
There's this kid that has a blue, fixed up Bonneville that visits this girl on my block about twice a month. Everytime I can hear when he comes down from the motor rumbling. Totally sweet ride. Just like yours but with a metal-flake blue paint & chrome rims.
p4horror 1 year ago
This stunning vehicle needs to be in a magazine -- a classy one, like Hemmings Muscle Machines or Classic Cars.
Ready to sell?
Yeah, I thought so. I wouldn't either.
AirCargoHeavy 1 year ago
Very well put AirCargoHeavy!
19mike65 1 year ago
Sell me this car. Do it now.
What an absolutely gorgeous machine...the long, sleek lines; the eight-lug wheels, those beautiful stacked headlights. Classy, both elegant and sporty, and timeless. And the B O N N E V I L L E name on the rear is longer than a Prius.
Pontiac made the best!
AirCargoHeavy 1 year ago
Thanks for the great comments everyone. I love to read new ones as they come in! As a service to all you guys and the car I plan on taking a new video soon with audio and higher quality. Thx to all!
19mike65 1 year ago
that's really a sweet bonneville.. i myself have a '86, but that one is just epic.
cRaZyAnT123 1 year ago
WHAT A CAR!!!!!!! Beautiful.
JET997u 1 year ago
I owned one while living in California in '74 / '75, mine had white leather, power everything.
Paid $ 400.00 for it, $ 10.00 for a full tank of gas, tax $ 15.00 a year.
Came from Holland, had the time of my life overthere.
ronfb1946 1 year ago
I I'm not absolutely certain that the unusual looking fluid dial speedometer was in my friend's 64 Bonneville although . I thought that's where I saw it but it may have been in another car. It wasn't in a customized car either. I just can't remember which car it was I saw it in, it's been many years. I swear I thought it was his 64 Bonneville but it may have been some other car.
DougCameraMan 2 years ago
1956 Buicks had those. It was actually a colored cylinder that turned as the speed increased. The color went across at an angle green then yellow then red. It looked like it was fluid.
rickterfied 2 years ago
THank you very much, you know your cars!. You described it just as I remember it, just couldn't remember where. That makes me think I saw it when I was real young boy in my grandfather's Buick. That's all he ever bought, big Buicks in the 50s and 60s. He probably had the '56 Buick 3 or 4 years, '57 to '60 or so... and I saw it as a 6 to 10 year old kid. (I was born in '52) That's wild. My memory of that car went way back! Thanks for the answer!
DougCameraMan 2 years ago
That's a sweet Pontiac, all the more special because it's a convertible. Looks like it has leather interior, very clean. A friend of mine had a '64 Bonneville with leather, a convertible back in about 1970. He used pledge to shine the leather. It was a nice ride. If I remember correctly, it had like a fluid speedometer dial that changed colors as the bar went from left to right as speed increased. Is anyone familar with that kind of speedometer or do I have that mixed up with some other car?
DougCameraMan 2 years ago
Definitely not how the '65 dash worked. There was an optional "Electro-Cruise" control unit that had an additional yellow line that you dialed in for cruise ctrl but no fluid color changing!
Sounds like a sweet '60s-esque touch though whichever had that!
19mike65 2 years ago
Yeah, my friend's car was a '64 Bonneville convertible and I thought it was his car that had the unusual cool looking speedometer dial. Looking at another 64 Bonneville on YT I see the regular style speedometer. I'm thinking since maybe his '64 Bonneville was a convertible and had leather interior that it was a top of the line car with lots of options and perhaps that included the fluid style color bar for a speedometer. Anybody out there ever see such a speedometer dial back in the day?
DougCameraMan 2 years ago
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rickterfied 2 years ago
@DougCameraMan I don't know if Pontiac had such an option, but my Dad's '61 Oldsmobile (unknown model) had one. All us kids in the back seat would "ooh" and "aah" that speedo and try to get Dad to make it go further.
AirCargoHeavy 1 year ago
@AirCargoHeavy Interesting. I have learned that the color changing speedometer was a feature on some of the late 50's Buicks, perhaps other cars as well; Oldsmobile is a GM car, too, so your recollection is probably right on. GM likely owned a patent on it. It was a pretty cool feature. I would hope that anyone who junks an old Buick with that kind of speedometer dial would pull it from the car and save it for some custom car builder who might like to use it in a custom car.
DougCameraMan 1 year ago
@DougCameraMan Oldsmobile from 59-62 had that type of Speedo and Buick from 56-61.
monarch1957 1 year ago
@monarch1957 Thanks. I thought I saw that cool speedometer dial on my grandfather's late 50s Buick, probably a roadmaster. I was born in late '52 so I was still young at the time. Thanks again. Check out my videos sometime. I have 500+ mostly classic cars.
DougCameraMan 1 year ago
Gorgeous Car!!! Wish I had it...Enjoy!!!
pipeguy1958 2 years ago
My mom has a '65 Bonnie convertible as well. Three speed and a 389, black interior, and painted electric blue. Rides like no other. :D
WesBarton 2 years ago
man i wish i had that car brings back memories
codedag 3 years ago
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man that's a beautiful car
dmb1995ta 3 years ago
Thank you! It means a lot to me when people compliment the old girl :-)
19mike65 3 years ago
I saw one of these the other day outside a sushi restaurant.
Kevinesque 3 years ago
Awesome, whereabouts? I'm glad there's more of us classic car owners who appreciate some of the finer delicacies!
19mike65 3 years ago
Coquitlam BC, last Saturday, it was white though.
Kevinesque 3 years ago
Sweet car
jerrys96lt4 3 years ago
Yup the ride wonderfully. It's quite a classic ride.. not the type of ride you'd see released today on any car but nevertheless something that is immediately appreciated.
19mike65 3 years ago
My family also has a 65 Bonneville but it is the four door. Sure don't make cars like the use to do they. I will try and get a vid post of it soon.
kcam04 3 years ago
Awesome! I look forward to the video of it.
19mike65 3 years ago
My '65 Catalina 2-door hardtop has the 8-lug wheels, also.
MIKEPREAMP 3 years ago
I have recently seen a 1965 Bonneville convertible with a 4 speed on the floor, unsure what the engine is but they are sweet cars.
Doobie1975 3 years ago
nice car check out my gp, i got some 8 lugs in my dads garage
tropicjester12 3 years ago
Me and my dad just got my grandmas 1965 pontiac bonneville. She just passed away, but its been sitting in her garage for over 26 years. Tires are dry rotted, but when we aired em up to tow it away they filled perfect. We started it up fine to.
austinbryant2005 3 years ago
oh my god, fuck yes!
ChewySatisfaction 3 years ago 5
One of the best-looking cars of all time. I
have a '65 Catalina with Ventura trim option.
Pontiacs this year really looked nicer than their Chevy, Olds and Buick counterparts. I am getting vanity license plate: "NOT A 283"
MIKEPREAMP 4 years ago 4
Beautiful convertible!!!
sexysagi 4 years ago 3
And it has those WAY COOL 8-lug wheels! I was always intrigued by them, and if there's ever a must-have option on a mid-60s Pontiac, it would be those wheels!
LinnSondek 4 years ago 2
great Bonneville. Those were the days.
MNBluestater 4 years ago 2
LONG WALK AROUND!!!!!
dickcheese663 4 years ago
Man, what a beautiful machine! They don't make 'em like that anymore. Big Pontiacs rule!
AirCargoHeavy 4 years ago 3
Pontiac Power. Feel the style of 66. Nice
monacobob 4 years ago 2
NICE IAM WORKING ON MY 66 CATALINA
riko617 4 years ago
Sorry about lack of sound, my camera doesn't support it. Consider it a Silent Film.
19mike65 4 years ago