1968 pontiac Catalina Wagon

not mine
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/4300415910.html

 

Love the body lines on these cars, nice looking wagon.

 

A few issues as any old car, but this one looks honest

 

Back in 1992 I was helping a friend buy a cheap car and found a Catalina wagon that looked exactly like this one, it ran great and smooth, just a little tattered, all for the sum of $500. I couldn't talk my friend into this, she ended up with a 1980 Rx7 Mazda for $1400!

I've always liked the 1967-68 Ponchos.
Pete

 

I guarantee that Poncho aged better than those early RX7s did. Took a while for Mazda to perfect that carbureted rotary engine...in fact I'm not sure they ever did.

 

I grew up in the back seat of a car just like that and this my passion for wagons was born.

I want it.

Too bad it is on teh other side of the country!!!

 

Marty - Thing is, with most any Southern California car, you are just about guaranteed to have a solid body and frame on it. Even the bottoms of the doors and dog legs should be solid. Sure, there are some exceptions, I'd say on something this age, your chance of having to do any rust repair is around 15%. You may have to do some scraping, etc, to remove scale / old undercoating, but things underneath are most always pretty solid.

 

Agreed!

Anyone on here out in the OC that can look the car over?

 

Actually, this one's located in San Dimas, which is at the far eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley, in L.A. County, not too far from the L.A. County Fairgrounds in Pomona. About 20 miles north of the Orange County border.

I know we've got some guys that should be near this one. If I was anywhere down there, I would do it.

 

Nice looking Pontiac for the asking price, I think that is the 1st time I have seen a 400 Pontiac engine referred to as a "small Block" just a pet peeve of mine, as all Pontiac engines from 1955 to 1979 (with the exeption of the 77-81 301 and 265 short deck versions) are the same external size.

I usually see them described as a "Big Block"

 

Thanks Marshall!!!!

 

Thanks Marshall!!!!