In order to give the Pontiac Catalina more power, the Super Duty 421 received Mickey Thompson 13.0:1 compression pistons, a McKellar cam, reworked heads with lightweight valves, a heavy-duty crank ...

This Super-Duty Catalina Was Driven To Two Major Championships By Gay Pontiac . . . And It Looks Like It Rocky RotellaWriterSep 01, 2009 See All 16 Photos ...

It does have traces of "405 HP " decals on the front fenders, though. Speaking of which, the seller says this Catalina is actually a vintage race car and not just a clone that sits pretty.

Introduced in 1950 as a trim line reserved for hardtops only on the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines, the Catalina became a separate model as the entry-level full-size Pontiac in 1959.

The 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 was among them, and while it shared Pontiac's most potent powertrains — along with the Bonneville — they were rarely, if ever, viewed as sports cars.

Pontiac took 14 of its standard 421 Catalina Super Duty cars (the smallest platform from its full-size model line) and began stripping them down. It started by removing every option not absolutely ...

Powering the 24-foot-long Catalina is a 400-cubic-inch Pontiac V8 with a four-barrel carburetor, which allegedly makes around 370 horsepower. The big V8 was used in the Stageway Catalinas to ...

SMITHVILLE — Over the past quarter century, Ralph McConnell has driven his vintage Pontiac convertible about 63,000 miles. He parks the 1968 Catalina in his basement garage, the top down from ...

The 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 was among them, and while it shared Pontiac's most potent powertrains — along with the Bonneville — they were rarely, if ever, viewed as sports cars.