'Bonneville' - Maker?

[Pupp]

On my regular commute into work, I regularly see a gorgeous looking subtly rodded black and chrome/polished coupe that has no makers' badging on it that I've noticed but does have the word 'Bonneville' across the tail. Googling indicates that could be a Pontiac model/designation but any images I've seen are not the same motor. Roof line on this seems much 'squarer'.

Don't wanna post up exactly where the car usually is, but I have seen it at the Ashby Folville gathering... anyone hazard a guess what else it might be?

[Trooper2]

Here is a web page that has photos of some different Pontiac's from 1960 to 1970:

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Pontiac/Pontiac1...


Here is a 1962 Bonneville



a 1963



and a 1964



I tried to find photos of the models that have the most square roof lines.

Edited by Trooper2 on Friday 21st September 16:02

[LuS1fer]

Bonneville is a Pontiac name but Bonneville also refers to the salt flats which it's named after and anything hot-roddish may simply be a nod to the Bonneville salt flat racers.

[Pupp]

Cheers... it is very much of the style of the 60 - 62 models shown on that site (great link BTW) but somehow different. I guess the bodywork could have been cleaned up/smoothed out significantly but I think the trunk area behind the cabin is loads longer on 'mine' too. I'll take the camera in to work next week and bag a snap to post up. Sweet looking motor, whatever.

[Pupp]

'tis a 62 Pontiac... got talking to the owner tonight. Apparently a one year only model and quite different to others in the line. Personal import; can't knock it

[LoudPedal]

I was 20, and my second car was a black '66 Bonneville 389ci 4-door coupe' (no b-pillar) with Brougham interior, black vinyl top and electric everything. Paid $450 for it in '77. Looked like a really big GTO. We'd pile 10 kids in that car and head out on the town. It could fit an additional 4 in the trunk comfortably, to sneak 'em into the drive-in theatre. It was so wide, I could lay on either front or rear seat without touching the doors. The ass-end was SO long! When changing the rear tires, you had to raise that nasty bumper jack all the way to the top click (chest height) to get the tire off the road. 3 tons of car raised to the top of a 4 ft tall stick. Incredibly precarious, especially if stopped with a flat on the side of the interstate! I just loved that car. Had to blow the horn twice when pulling out of the drive. (Maritime regulations)