I don't
know how many units of the 1966 Parisienne were sold in Europe, but nowadays they are
extremely rare. I have to see one in real life yet. But for some reason 1966
Catalinas are quite common nowadays in classic car shows over here in
Holland.
Here you see a '66 Catalina hardtop coupe on a photo I've made recently. Note the styling
differences with the Parisienne model that was shown on the previous pages. Main
differences are below the chrome rub strip; the Parisienne had four horizontal chrome bar
ornaments stacked on the fenders behind the front wheels and the profile line on the
bottom half of the sides between the front and rear wheels was slightly different. Also
the chrome rub strip itself was placed much lower on the Parisienne.
This is the
rear view of the same car. A Parisienne would have had the word "PARISIENNE"
written in block letters between the taillights instead of "PONTIAC" like on
this Catalina.
The Catalina range was made up out of a lot of different body styles: 2-door sedan, 4-door
sedan, hardtop coupe, hardtop sedan, convertible coupe, 6 person wagon and even a 9 person
wagon. The hardtop coupe and the 4-door sedan were most popular, each selling about 80,000
units in 1966.
A
special luxury edition of the Catalina was the Ventura like on this recent picture. The
bodywork of the Ventura was similar to that of the Catalina, but it had the Ventura name
on the sides. Inside there was a special upgraded interior with "Morrokide"
upholstery, a Pontiac name for a leather-like kind of vinyl.
And
here is the rear view of this Pontiac Catalina Ventura hardtop coupe. The Catalina with
Ventura trim package is quite a popular car with Dutch American car enthusiasts who like
to import their classic from one of the dry regions of the US. On the first page of this
tour you saw a recent picture a red version of the '66 Ventura hardtop coupe. Almost all
1966 full-size US Pontiacs that are in Europe nowadays are personal or parallel imports
and were never sold by the local official GM-dealers.
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I don't
know how many units of the 1966 Parisienne were sold in Europe, but nowadays they are
extremely rare. I have to see one in real life yet. But for some reason 1966
Catalinas are quite common nowadays in classic car shows over here in
Holland.
This is the
rear view of the same car. A Parisienne would have had the word "PARISIENNE"
written in block letters between the taillights instead of "PONTIAC" like on
this Catalina.
A
special luxury edition of the Catalina was the Ventura like on this recent picture. The
bodywork of the Ventura was similar to that of the Catalina, but it had the Ventura name
on the sides. Inside there was a special upgraded interior with "Morrokide"
upholstery, a Pontiac name for a leather-like kind of vinyl.
And
here is the rear view of this Pontiac Catalina Ventura hardtop coupe. The Catalina with
Ventura trim package is quite a popular car with Dutch American car enthusiasts who like
to import their classic from one of the dry regions of the US. On the first page of this
tour you saw a recent picture a red version of the '66 Ventura hardtop coupe. Almost all
1966 full-size US Pontiacs that are in Europe nowadays are personal or parallel imports
and were never sold by the local official GM-dealers.