The 421 was, and is, a force to be reckoned with. My dad had a '59 Catalina with a 421 and that thing FLEW! IIRC the inventor of that engine was Malcolm McKellar or something like that- he earned a BIG gold star, no doubt!
Can't wait to see the Ventura. Had that trim option in '68 with the 400, 4 bbl automatic. Only wish I ordered the 2+2 option even without the 2+2 badging.
Hell with the gas mileage lol died laughing. Love the sound of this one. Just grabed me a 1963 Bonneville 389ci, wish it was a 4 speed but still a very nice car, plenty of pep. Just needs interior resto, but extreior looks good enough, still turns heads like no other.
Awesome man. I still have my 1966 2+2 from high school (1988) and even though everybody else thought it looked like the bat mobile, I loved that car. Has the 421 tri-power with the automatic tranny. Got the factory manifold gauge, AC, power steering, power brakes, AM/FM radio...and the factory Reverberator! That was the coolest thing on the car. The reverberating radio! Also has the 8 lug wheels. Man, I have got to get off 4th point of contact and restore that thing.
NIce car and nice shoes. I have the same shoes...just wish I had the same car. Great videos. If this video and no pictures and only sound, you could tell it was a Pontiac...they have a sound all of thier own!!!
i used to own one of these -- the original sports sedan. mine was white/black interior, bucket seats, hurst 4 spd, 421ci 4bbl, positrac, and the wheels were the cast-spoke style with the wide lugnut pattern. i bought the car in 1970 when i was 17 from a guy that had "too many cars." 36,000 orig miles on the odo---paid $700.00. unbelievable. boy do i wish i still had this one.
I recently removed a 421 sourced from 65 Catalina years ago from my Goat (developed a rod knock). It was a nice motor. I had stock 67 400 heads on it. Tacked up quick as hell. Also spark knocked unless it had fresh 93 octane in it, but I was recording fuel mileage in the 16 mpg range which is what my minivan gets in town. Not too shabby for a supposed "gas guzzling lead sled". lol Nice car you got there.
Nice running Pontiac. It should easily dip into the 13 second range in the quarter mile. No offense, but was that spark knock I heard a little, or something else? Could have been audio artifacts in the recording or something.
Just hoping to pick one of these up in the UK this week! Really really excited, especially after hearing it roar in your video! :) Will be my first classic car, and left hand drive. Can't wait to get it rolling :D
i remember i posted a comment about my grandfather's 66 catalina. he passed away recently and he left it to me. ill probably post a video soon. needs a tune up but still drives nice. still fun to watch this vid.
@4spdBernie my friends dad who passed away has one all original...His daughter now has it...I had 69 442 4 speed and i had to sell it because i had to move and didn't have room to park it anywhere because i live at a apartment now...had 72 lemans sport automatic before that but when i bought the 442 4 speed i fell in love with it because you can really feel the muscle when you shift the gears on a stick shift...Now a days they are expensive...i got lucky like 10 years ago when i bought mine
@4spdBernie i bought my 72 lemans sport that had a GTO front end for $500 bucks and my 69 442 4 speed for $2400 lol...Now you can't even buy them that cheap anymore lol...Everyone wants one now...
My brother blew the stock 400 duce in my parent's 67 Pontiac Cataline. Dad dropped in a 400 cu HO, w/quadrajet out of a 68 GTO (he tossed in dual exhaust for good measure. As the main driver of this 3 sp auto sleeper(?) from 72'-73', I got pretty used to it. With it's 2.xx rear end it was a pig out of the hole, but at a 40mph roll, the quad's 2nd'rys (buckets) would open up and this 2 ton sedan would SCREAM. I was with Dad once when he had it up to 75 in 1st. I've taken it up to 80...
and easily buried the speedometer in 2nd.As I was imortal back then, some 37 years ago, yes I put it in drive and kept it floored. The tourque of the 400 and highway gearing kept pulling that screamin pig until this imortal started to get nervious when the speedometer started bounce then break, falling to 0mph. I don't know exactly how fast I was going, but I was trying to time the mile markers and I estimated it somewhere around 160-165mph+/-, with a bit of peddle left.
Great video, Bernie. I've got a '65 2+2, 421 Tri-Power 4-speed. Also have a Corvette, but it sits in the garage unused as the Pontiac is so much fun. There's nothing like 4200+ pounds of Poncho rolling up the asphalt, punching through the gears.
For those concerned with gas mileage, I average 16.5 on long highway trips.Of course, the 1/4 mile trips are considerably lower.
If you like Big Pontiac's, check out my site at Pontiac2plus2Registry.
@4spdBernie ...makes me want to buy another one again.......you know whats funny back when you could have brought them for hardly nothing .....such a great car ...pontiac is the best
I love my 66 so much, I sold my 4 door and regretted it so much I bought the first 2 door I could find. this is the best muscle car i have ever driven,I drove and olds, chevy and ford, but the 66 catalina is the car of my dreams. The gas mileage, even @4.30 a gallon is worth it when I can blow the doors off any rice rocket or neveau muscle car on the block
My dad sometimes tells me stories of my grandfather sometimes street racing his Catalina. His had air, the 421, and an automatic. Too bad it didn't become the family car we pass down.
We had a 1966 Catalina Station Wagon while I was growing up... I don't miss 10-11 mpg but other than that I miss the car!! It was beautiful. We sold it in 1980.
I love my old pontiac. I own a 64 Catalina 2+2 421 4speed. Just funny to see the look on People's faces when their civic gets walked by a huge old car.
@catalina1990 I know man! I've got a '71 Mercury Marquis with a 2bbl 429 and people think its a sluggish tank. It may be old but boy its got a power plant.
@4spdBernie I grew up with compression scratch between Tombstone Az and Naco Mexico, home of the dead and inexpensive senorita dates....Sierra Vista Az. A new '64 Malibu 327 4speed and no posi. Compression scratch was required near school, in public, around girls, almost everywhere.
You ride the clutch a lot. Don't need to depress it until ready to shift or stop. I notice your foot keeps it down while you are thinking about stopping. Not good in the long run.
Your car came factory 376hp 461 tq shame you didnt keep it very few made with a 4 speed only 6382 total for the 2+2 that year but even fewer with a 4 speed
Hello, yes, I hear you - but I just can't keep 'em all. The new owner is treating this 2+2 to a full restoration - it's almost done - and he's promised it will be a driver & not a trailer queen.
@4spdBernie Yeah i understand, ive found a 64 2+2 in good shape body wise im thinking of using my 4 door hardtop to finish it but the price has gotta come down a bit first.
Yeah my brakes feel as if they are huge disk brakes, had to use them last night to keep from hitting a deer but my car is really far from stock as far as the engine trans and rearend go. the rest is pretty much as it came in 64
My grandfather had a '64 Catalina with the 389 - that puppy could MOVE when you hit go-pedal and STOP when you touched the brake! I remember that the heater and radio looked identical, the heater had "PONTIAC HEATER" engraved onthe control. Very unusual, great car!!
Awww I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! I drive the same way, and I'm female lol. But no joke, get me behind a Pontiac and watch out. Love your car. Thanks for the video.
Hello, Very good question! Pontiac sales guys were on a roll with tongue-in-cheek pokes at Ferrari - first was "GTO", followed by 2 + 2. Initially in '64 2 + 2 was a trim upgrade but by '66 a separate Pontiac model - when ordering your new '66 Pontiac and you ck'd the 2 + 2 box you got a 421, buckets, console. Quite a package for not a lotta dough.
Nice car but you don't really get a sense of the cars speed or performance unless you film through the windshield; all I could see was the dashboard the whole time. I'd hoped to get a better feel for it...maybe if you lent me the keys for awhile...=D
Sorry, I no longer have keys to hand over - the 2+2 has a new owner in TX treating it to a full restoration. When completed, he'll likely have a spare set...
So I was looking for a project and ended up finding a steal that I couldn't pass up. Point is I now have a pretty clean 72 Chevelle that I can't do any work on! So I want to create a little work for myself and swap that 350 turbo automatic for a M21 or M20. Andy advice anyone?
Great cars! Restoration advice? Go easy - a little at a time - don't turn it into huge project - above all, keep it fun! Good luck and keep me updated as you progress.
Out of curiosity, do you always ride the clutch like that? Or is it just cause you are shifting a lot. Well a lot by suburbia standards.... Sweet ride, GM ALL THE WAY
Really nice!!
The 421 was, and is, a force to be reckoned with. My dad had a '59 Catalina with a 421 and that thing FLEW! IIRC the inventor of that engine was Malcolm McKellar or something like that- he earned a BIG gold star, no doubt!
NipkowDisk 22 hours ago
Can't wait to see the Ventura. Had that trim option in '68 with the 400, 4 bbl automatic. Only wish I ordered the 2+2 option even without the 2+2 badging.
maverick4719 1 week ago
Hell with the gas mileage lol died laughing. Love the sound of this one. Just grabed me a 1963 Bonneville 389ci, wish it was a 4 speed but still a very nice car, plenty of pep. Just needs interior resto, but extreior looks good enough, still turns heads like no other.
cotzN00B 2 weeks ago
One of the nicest dashes ever put in an automobile anywhere!!
I hated seeing those in the wrecking yards back in the 80's.
rick34o 3 weeks ago
How's cupcake?
FourQed 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@FourQed She's just fine - thank you for asking - she's waiting for nice weather so we can shoot more muscle boat vids...
4spdBernie 3 weeks ago
Awesome man. I still have my 1966 2+2 from high school (1988) and even though everybody else thought it looked like the bat mobile, I loved that car. Has the 421 tri-power with the automatic tranny. Got the factory manifold gauge, AC, power steering, power brakes, AM/FM radio...and the factory Reverberator! That was the coolest thing on the car. The reverberating radio! Also has the 8 lug wheels. Man, I have got to get off 4th point of contact and restore that thing.
TheSniperGTO 1 month ago
NIce car and nice shoes. I have the same shoes...just wish I had the same car. Great videos. If this video and no pictures and only sound, you could tell it was a Pontiac...they have a sound all of thier own!!!
luvtheoldstuff 1 month ago
@luvtheoldstuff Then you'll enjoy the sounds of a '68 Ventura with 428 4 speed... stay tuned...
4spdBernie 1 month ago
i think the vid shows little of the potential of these cars.the guy should learn how to shift.i wonder what axle ratio this could have had with A/C?
nomiclas 1 month ago
@nomiclas Car is now in Austin, TX. Got a full resto...
4spdBernie 1 month ago
wet spot
galegregory97comcast 1 month ago
nice shoes, shame we didnt see the car ?
bluedoris88 1 month ago
@bluedoris88 I agree. All our newer vids show the cars.
4spdBernie 1 month ago
i used to own one of these -- the original sports sedan. mine was white/black interior, bucket seats, hurst 4 spd, 421ci 4bbl, positrac, and the wheels were the cast-spoke style with the wide lugnut pattern. i bought the car in 1970 when i was 17 from a guy that had "too many cars." 36,000 orig miles on the odo---paid $700.00. unbelievable. boy do i wish i still had this one.
d0gdre8mz 2 months ago
I love old Ponchos.
w9awx1 2 months ago
Lol love it let go threw the neighborhood beraaaaap...chirp.. it's handy when everyone is at work lol good shit bud your my idol nice car I'm
stick93z24 2 months ago
Great car! That's what a V-8 should sound like! I had a '68 catalina 400, 4 barrel back in the day, but it did'nt sound that good.
maverick4719 2 months ago
@maverick4719 It's a healthy one (all stock, too).
4spdBernie 2 months ago
We could use a pic of this car Bernie!!!
gokomets77 2 months ago
@gokomets77 Yeah I know - I'll see what I can do... Good to see you again!
4spdBernie 2 months ago
2 radios?
omgbbqcia911 2 months ago
@omgbbqcia911 Looks like 2 radios - one closest the driver is heater/ac/vent control.
4spdBernie 2 months ago
You're going to snap poor Cupcake's neck!
eddie054 3 months ago
@eddie054 Thanks for your concern, but she's a really sturdy car lady!
4spdBernie 3 months ago
I recently removed a 421 sourced from 65 Catalina years ago from my Goat (developed a rod knock). It was a nice motor. I had stock 67 400 heads on it. Tacked up quick as hell. Also spark knocked unless it had fresh 93 octane in it, but I was recording fuel mileage in the 16 mpg range which is what my minivan gets in town. Not too shabby for a supposed "gas guzzling lead sled". lol Nice car you got there.
jhamilton07 3 months ago
Nice running Pontiac. It should easily dip into the 13 second range in the quarter mile. No offense, but was that spark knock I heard a little, or something else? Could have been audio artifacts in the recording or something.
skunkpunk29 3 months ago
@skunkpunk29 Thank you! No offense taken. Always good to hear from somebody who knows what 'spark knock' is! Probably the 92 octane...
4spdBernie 3 months ago
why does it have 2 radios?
montey1017 4 months ago
@montey1017 Hello, looks like two radios - the other is the hvac controls - a Pontiac exclusive feature!
4spdBernie 4 months ago
@4spdBernie thats actually pretty cool...nice car, thanks for sharing
montey1017 4 months ago
@montey1017 Thank you! It's A LOT OF F-U-N!
4spdBernie 4 months ago
Just hoping to pick one of these up in the UK this week! Really really excited, especially after hearing it roar in your video! :) Will be my first classic car, and left hand drive. Can't wait to get it rolling :D
wesclot 4 months ago
@wesclot CONGRATULATIONS! A couple nice bacon strips, please...
4spdBernie 4 months ago
hot rodding it! love these videos
ghosthuntertango 4 months ago
@ghosthuntertango Happy to oblige!
4spdBernie 4 months ago
Ya holdin on Cupcake
a0799353 5 months ago
Looks like that car might have some torque.
1956MercM260 5 months ago
@1956MercM260 That it does!!
4spdBernie 5 months ago
to hell with the gas mileage!
XFXHITMAN 6 months ago
i remember i posted a comment about my grandfather's 66 catalina. he passed away recently and he left it to me. ill probably post a video soon. needs a tune up but still drives nice. still fun to watch this vid.
Ronsky89 7 months ago 2
@Ronsky89 Get that Cat' runnin'!
4spdBernie 7 months ago
@4spdBernie Awesome car. I was wondering if thefactory air conditioning works. thanks!
itsmegp46 7 months ago
@itsmegp46 No cold a/c.
4spdBernie 7 months ago
@4spdBernie Thanks for the reply. I sure hope you plan on repairing it.
itsmegp46 7 months ago
@itsmegp46 The a/c received a full restoration along with the rest of the car! It now resides in the Austin, TX area...
4spdBernie 7 months ago
PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER VIDEO BUT SHOW THE OUTSIDE AS WELL . PONTIACS ROCK !
ponyyak68 7 months ago
@ponyyak68 OK!! Thank you -
4spdBernie 7 months ago
The HELL w/ the Gas Milage This is to fun!
ponyyak68 7 months ago
@ponyyak68 YES!
4spdBernie 7 months ago
"You're wondering about the gas mileage? To hell with the gas mileage!"
hahahaha
randomenglish 8 months ago
i never knew these came with 4 speed trannys..thats awesome!
savator408 8 months ago
@savator408 They did, but very low production.
4spdBernie 8 months ago
@4spdBernie my friends dad who passed away has one all original...His daughter now has it...I had 69 442 4 speed and i had to sell it because i had to move and didn't have room to park it anywhere because i live at a apartment now...had 72 lemans sport automatic before that but when i bought the 442 4 speed i fell in love with it because you can really feel the muscle when you shift the gears on a stick shift...Now a days they are expensive...i got lucky like 10 years ago when i bought mine
savator408 8 months ago
@4spdBernie i bought my 72 lemans sport that had a GTO front end for $500 bucks and my 69 442 4 speed for $2400 lol...Now you can't even buy them that cheap anymore lol...Everyone wants one now...
savator408 8 months ago
Too many of these old cars don't get taken out and driven hard anymore ..... great video!
RulerOfEverything 8 months ago
@RulerOfEverything Thank you! We agree - gotta drive 'em - don't hide 'em.
4spdBernie 8 months ago
why is there 2 radios?
Mr420fighter 8 months ago
@Mr420fighter Hello, Looks like two radios but one is the heater/vent controls.
4spdBernie 8 months ago
Your my new hero....lol Thanks for getting on it... made me SMILE.... sounds great. :)
jsc9306 8 months ago
@jsc9306 Hello! You're welcome. Happy to oblige. Now that it's stopped raining more vids in the works - stay tuned...
4spdBernie 8 months ago
Cup Kakes is scared to death DadyO!
TRASUPO 8 months ago
@TRASUPO Not any more! Now SHE'S the driver!
4spdBernie 8 months ago
Part 1
My brother blew the stock 400 duce in my parent's 67 Pontiac Cataline. Dad dropped in a 400 cu HO, w/quadrajet out of a 68 GTO (he tossed in dual exhaust for good measure. As the main driver of this 3 sp auto sleeper(?) from 72'-73', I got pretty used to it. With it's 2.xx rear end it was a pig out of the hole, but at a 40mph roll, the quad's 2nd'rys (buckets) would open up and this 2 ton sedan would SCREAM. I was with Dad once when he had it up to 75 in 1st. I've taken it up to 80...
AHGlasher 8 months ago
PART 2
and easily buried the speedometer in 2nd.As I was imortal back then, some 37 years ago, yes I put it in drive and kept it floored. The tourque of the 400 and highway gearing kept pulling that screamin pig until this imortal started to get nervious when the speedometer started bounce then break, falling to 0mph. I don't know exactly how fast I was going, but I was trying to time the mile markers and I estimated it somewhere around 160-165mph+/-, with a bit of peddle left.
AHGlasher 8 months ago
is that two raido
scottyrevolution 8 months ago
@scottyrevolution Hello, Looks like two radios but one is the heater/vent controls. Pontiac!
4spdBernie 8 months ago
You are riding the clutch. Keep your foot off it if you are not shifting. Otherwise it will wear out in short time.
tisabmw 9 months ago
@tisabmw Thanks for the note!
4spdBernie 9 months ago
We like Cup Cake! True Car Girl!!
carsbyjeff 9 months ago
Love the horizonal speedometer. Those rock! I once considered a car just like this, but it was so far gone with rust I passed on it.
PotatoGunsRule 9 months ago
@PotatoGunsRule Thanks for the note - keep looking for that dream Pontiac! You only live once...
4spdBernie 9 months ago
Great video, Bernie. I've got a '65 2+2, 421 Tri-Power 4-speed. Also have a Corvette, but it sits in the garage unused as the Pontiac is so much fun. There's nothing like 4200+ pounds of Poncho rolling up the asphalt, punching through the gears.
For those concerned with gas mileage, I average 16.5 on long highway trips.Of course, the 1/4 mile trips are considerably lower.
If you like Big Pontiac's, check out my site at Pontiac2plus2Registry.
If you have a 2+2, you're invited to register it.
jgand546 9 months ago
Gas mileage? It would be awful. Acceleration? Quick.
dapsapsrp 9 months ago
And are those uh, factory floor mats there? lol A 4 spd 421 and she's asking questions about floor mats.
buixrule 9 months ago
@buixrule Believe me, Cupcake is tuned into big motors - the cardboard floor mats is an inside joke we've been sharing when and where we can.
4spdBernie 9 months ago
@4spdBernie Cool, Nice car man.
buixrule 9 months ago
let me drive that baby
689321546 9 months ago
@689321546 It's in TX - fully restored and mean as ever...
4spdBernie 9 months ago
@4spdBernie ...makes me want to buy another one again.......you know whats funny back when you could have brought them for hardly nothing .....such a great car ...pontiac is the best
689321546 9 months ago
Scare the old ladys and chirldren HAHAHAHAHA
izzynutz2000 10 months ago
@izzynutz2000 Stay tuned...
4spdBernie 10 months ago
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The1deffence 10 months ago
@The1deffence Hello, I will try that in my next vid but it'll be a hot dog and then apple pie in our '59 Chevrolet.
Stay tuned...
4spdBernie 10 months ago
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The1deffence 10 months ago
Was this a tri power 2+2?
DuNZCruiser 10 months ago
@DuNZCruiser Hello, No - just one carb - a stock single Carter 4 barrel.
4spdBernie 10 months ago
I love my 66 so much, I sold my 4 door and regretted it so much I bought the first 2 door I could find. this is the best muscle car i have ever driven,I drove and olds, chevy and ford, but the 66 catalina is the car of my dreams. The gas mileage, even @4.30 a gallon is worth it when I can blow the doors off any rice rocket or neveau muscle car on the block
hamachiavery 10 months ago
To hell with the gas mileage! LOL! That's great, I agree.
cockyhemi 11 months ago
Woopsy! lol awsome car
ishallkil 11 months ago
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this1is2lame3 11 months ago 14
My dad sometimes tells me stories of my grandfather sometimes street racing his Catalina. His had air, the 421, and an automatic. Too bad it didn't become the family car we pass down.
indestructableforce 11 months ago
We had a 1966 Catalina Station Wagon while I was growing up... I don't miss 10-11 mpg but other than that I miss the car!! It was beautiful. We sold it in 1980.
CAC62 11 months ago
To all the hamster wheel driven imports out there...This is 2 tons of PONTIAC THUNDER baby !!!
goatman2448 1 year ago
421, 4 speed, Pontiac, WOW ! Great Video ! Looking at your videos, you get to drive a lot of cool cars !
JusticeYouWant2010 1 year ago
sweet! grew up in a 66 2+2 black and F A S T
ste893 1 year ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! TO HELL WITH GAS MILAGE!!!!!
herbienbrian2 1 year ago
I love my old pontiac. I own a 64 Catalina 2+2 421 4speed. Just funny to see the look on People's faces when their civic gets walked by a huge old car.
catalina1990 1 year ago 9
Hello and thanks for the note! Priceless!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
@catalina1990 haha....word...:-)....
catphish454 1 year ago
@catalina1990 I know man! I've got a '71 Mercury Marquis with a 2bbl 429 and people think its a sluggish tank. It may be old but boy its got a power plant.
Thomasmen523 7 months ago
Compression Scratch!!
IExposeMormonism 1 year ago
Yes it was! Good ear!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
@4spdBernie I grew up with compression scratch between Tombstone Az and Naco Mexico, home of the dead and inexpensive senorita dates....Sierra Vista Az. A new '64 Malibu 327 4speed and no posi. Compression scratch was required near school, in public, around girls, almost everywhere.
IExposeMormonism 1 year ago
I tried to respond with a text update on my flooded Catalina, but I think just the video got uploaded. She's alive. Next spring, body work!
hmattyj 1 year ago
how many miles to the gallon??
miles? HAHAHAHAHA!!!
gunny426plymouth 1 year ago
to hell with the gas mileage !!!!!! i so agree
mrbill672 1 year ago
Hello! Looks like 2 radios but one is the heater/aircond controls.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
You have two radios?
Thinker669 1 year ago
Nothing like getting the best sounding 4 mile per gallon Pontiac out there. You rock.
dmx011 1 year ago
Thanks - but YOU rock - YOU relate to the sound of a great motor!!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
That is a huge ass engine.
ElectroGhandi 1 year ago
That it is! Wait 'til Cupcake and I do a Pontiac Ventura 428 4 spd vid...
4spdBernie 1 year ago
weekend at bernie's LOL a good time is guaranteed to all!!!
378904 1 year ago
WEEKEND??? Make that EVERYDAY!! Thanks for the note.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
This guys is livin' the live!
lkiller123 1 year ago
We're only here one time! Gotta do what we wanna do.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
What about the gas milage? Hell with the gas milage, its too much fun. hahaha. Awesome vid
pontiacpanic79 1 year ago
You ride the clutch a lot. Don't need to depress it until ready to shift or stop. I notice your foot keeps it down while you are thinking about stopping. Not good in the long run.
lillpappa1 1 year ago
Hello and thanks for the note. I think it must be the camera angle. No clutch ridin' here, but dbl clutchin' yes - guilty as charged.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
yeah the hell with the gas mileage!!
EvilPaul24 1 year ago
my guess its a 421 TRI-POWER
g20s10silveradoman 1 year ago
Good guess! 421 but a 4bbl.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
I had the GTO version... 3x2/4spd/4.33 posi...I can relate
bluesfanm60 1 year ago
Damn!!!! I miss these real cars!
lrh1963 1 year ago
Eric, I'm itching for more videos
starchief59 1 year ago
Hi Rob! Soon....very soon... Ck out the '64 Cyclone vid - be sure to turn up da volume.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Your car came factory 376hp 461 tq shame you didnt keep it very few made with a 4 speed only 6382 total for the 2+2 that year but even fewer with a 4 speed
38Hillbilly 1 year ago
Hello, yes, I hear you - but I just can't keep 'em all. The new owner is treating this 2+2 to a full restoration - it's almost done - and he's promised it will be a driver & not a trailer queen.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
@4spdBernie Yeah i understand, ive found a 64 2+2 in good shape body wise im thinking of using my 4 door hardtop to finish it but the price has gotta come down a bit first.
38Hillbilly 1 year ago
Yeah my brakes feel as if they are huge disk brakes, had to use them last night to keep from hitting a deer but my car is really far from stock as far as the engine trans and rearend go. the rest is pretty much as it came in 64
38Hillbilly 1 year ago
My grandfather had a '64 Catalina with the 389 - that puppy could MOVE when you hit go-pedal and STOP when you touched the brake! I remember that the heater and radio looked identical, the heater had "PONTIAC HEATER" engraved onthe control. Very unusual, great car!!
gojoe283 1 year ago
Hello and thanks for the note! These old Pontiacs (as you well remember) do M-O-V-E!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Hey check out my 1964 bonneville video. Love the car btw
38Hillbilly 1 year ago
Will do -
4spdBernie 1 year ago
miss my 66 catalina :)
riko617 1 year ago
Awww I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! I drive the same way, and I'm female lol. But no joke, get me behind a Pontiac and watch out. Love your car. Thanks for the video.
Montana102009 1 year ago
Hey, you're wlecome. Thanks for the note!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Gas mileage was irrelevant being priced at 35¢ per gallon.
Jeff82556 1 year ago
nice sound she is very fast
thx for the video.
dirkkan 1 year ago
You are very welcome! Thank you for the note.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Hope you bought an automatic. You're a terrible 4 speed driver
moparnutjim 1 year ago
Hi Jim! You must own a tranny & u-joint shop & towing service. Thanks for the comment!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Nice!!!!
ThePaulgregg 1 year ago
Thank you, It was a very fun car. SHOULD NOT HAVE SOLD IT!!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Is that a Super T 10? Does it have a noticeable gear whine?
soylentcereal 1 year ago
Just a little in 2nd. Sounded great combined with the carb secondaries wide open!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Who cares about gas mileage when you have awesome machines like these, Not like their daily drivers. How much HP and TQ does it have?
abram7117 1 year ago
I never dynoed it; all stock.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
What a beauty! I've always loved the Catalina's dash!
rockergirl83 1 year ago
Thanks for the note. Yes, a very SA-WEEEET dash design.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
what did the 2 + 2 stand for.
varigdc10 1 year ago
Hello, Very good question! Pontiac sales guys were on a roll with tongue-in-cheek pokes at Ferrari - first was "GTO", followed by 2 + 2. Initially in '64 2 + 2 was a trim upgrade but by '66 a separate Pontiac model - when ordering your new '66 Pontiac and you ck'd the 2 + 2 box you got a 421, buckets, console. Quite a package for not a lotta dough.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
nice car, love those 2 + 2's back in the day i had a all white with red buckets,421 tri power , 8 lug's & red lines.
lugnut49 1 year ago
Hello, Thank you. White on red! SA-WEEEET!! Maybe it's time you looked for that car...
4spdBernie 1 year ago
My dad had one of these, but with the automatic trans. Boy I wish he'd kept it - it was a big, powerful fun car.
KC0TLV 1 year ago
Your Dad knew what power REALLY was!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
two radios??? awsome cars you were lucky id never sell t
citydriver 1 year ago
Just 1 radio. Heater & a/c control styled to look like a radio!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Nice car but you don't really get a sense of the cars speed or performance unless you film through the windshield; all I could see was the dashboard the whole time. I'd hoped to get a better feel for it...maybe if you lent me the keys for awhile...=D
piper4seeformerly 1 year ago
Sorry, I no longer have keys to hand over - the 2+2 has a new owner in TX treating it to a full restoration. When completed, he'll likely have a spare set...
4spdBernie 1 year ago
i like how the air conditioning controller looks just like the radio lol
shadowknight99999 1 year ago
God, I love the sound of Muscle cars!
SteelCity1981 1 year ago
Turn the A/C on !!!!!!
2oona 1 year ago 2
sick car man i love full sized gm cars. exspecially pontiac. pontiac rules.
shadowknight99999 1 year ago 8
Pontiac rules. Agreed!!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
So I was looking for a project and ended up finding a steal that I couldn't pass up. Point is I now have a pretty clean 72 Chevelle that I can't do any work on! So I want to create a little work for myself and swap that 350 turbo automatic for a M21 or M20. Andy advice anyone?
soylentcereal 1 year ago
HAhaha Nice, I got a 1967 Pontiac Bonneville!, Automatic, and everything stock im going to start RestorinG!, And suggestions!?
dfisher1993 1 year ago
Great cars! Restoration advice? Go easy - a little at a time - don't turn it into huge project - above all, keep it fun! Good luck and keep me updated as you progress.
4spdBernie 1 year ago
@4spdBernie YEahh no problem, If you'd like, you can send me your email. And i can email you a pic of the Bonneville (:
dfisher1993 1 year ago
great video, its not often a younger pontiac enthusiast like my self gets to see a 60's 2+2 jamming gears, thanks.
bigbadbronco86 1 year ago 2
more gas mileage = less fun
mattador2792 1 year ago
You got that righ!!
4spdBernie 1 year ago
Out of curiosity, do you always ride the clutch like that? Or is it just cause you are shifting a lot. Well a lot by suburbia standards.... Sweet ride, GM ALL THE WAY
nikblal 1 year ago
Hello,
Not riding the clutch; yes shifting alot due to heavy traffic. Thank you. Pontiac was once a cornerstone of GM...
4spdBernie 1 year ago