A blend of big-car swagger and muscle car energy infused Pon-tiac during the Sixties. The division knew how to project that not only in the cars it made but in the advertising it commissioned, too. "Pontiacs come as fine as youti want, or as fierce," contended the only ad for the 1964 Catalina 2+2 that featured the iconic artwork of Arthur Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman. It showed a convertible parked on a beach at dusk. "Ease yourself into that cushy bucket seat," cooed the text. "Grasp the custom steering wheel firmly Lay a hand on the console-mounted shifter. Then leave. Abruptly. Our standard Trophy V-8 in a Catalina 2+2 puts out 283 hp coupled to a four-speed gearbox, 267 hp with three-speed Hydra-Matic."
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