Super sharp car!

When you get right down to it, that is one of the ultimate cars as an example of what Pontiacs are all about. Such a beauty with all the right boxes checked. As for the Hurst shifter, Pontiac began using or offering Hurst shifter kits in 1961. They weren't always in place (e.g. early Grand Prixs) but later came with all floor shifts for many years running. U.S. cars that is, more selective on Canadian-built examples (early 70's floor shift LeMans).

It's hard to think of an early 60s Pontiac that looks better than a 61 Catalina or Bonneville coupe or hardtop, especially one in this color combination, and optioned in this way. So no surprise at the selling price.

I saw a beautiful seafoam green Bonneville ht in Carlisle a few years ago. It was gorgeous inside and out but was too rich for me, as most of the best cars of this 61-64 era have been for the last 20 years. 

bjburnout wrote:

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Prefectca wrote:

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I looked at a 61 Bonneville rag top when I was a teenager in the 70s. It was black with a white top with the same interior as this car but with a bench seat. It was a 421 automatic car and besides being oddball in my mind, I had never seen a US built Pontiac, for the time it was very rotten. Ontario winters were not kind to the car. Today we would call it restorable but back then it was just a rusty old car.

Paul

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 Did you ever ask the guy where he got the 421 for the 61?

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 I thought it was the original engine. The car had some options, power windows and tilt steering. Not being familiar with the US cars but still remember the owner telling me it was a 421. Whether it was swapped or just a dressed up 389 and he was trying to impress a teenager, but the car was a four barrel, no dual carbs or six pack.