1966 Pontiac Bonneville For Sale
1966 Pontiac Bonneville
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Who says there are no more find barn finds? This discovery wassitting in a property across from our garage in a car port, and we would never have noticed itunless the renter had not come over and told us about it... It had come with the property and a different former tenant whowas now 14 years out of contact. We applied for and got an abandoned title andpushed it into our yard to clean it up a bit. That process took a year. So allwe really know about it is what we can see.
Engine turns, has compression and has the pictured numbers cast on it [481990] which is a later year. It has evidence of being rebuilt or at least refreshed with new gasket material and parts painted. Wedefinitely recommend tearing it down tosee what further needs cleaning or improving but it does appear an older stalled restoration got this far. The automatic transmission has a rebuild plate on from a transmission shop and is clean so it does not appear to have been run after that. Plate says Assembly: 3E EF 147, Type: AJ
Car steel is solid and MVD confirmed it was always an AZ registered car though it has not been on the road for decades. Thetitle process includes sending letters to a few owners back to see if anyonehas claims. All the letters were not returned therefore we got the title free and clear.
The only rust other than surface rust where theoriginal paint has faded off is in two spots where storm water obviously sat along time without draining – the trunk and left rear quarter.
We tried to take a lot of pics. More are available atthis box folder.
We can help with shipping at your cost if required but prefer local pickup. This car is also being offered in several other venues so we reserve the right to pull down the bay listing if we get confirmed cash from those.
Questions at 602 [524] 0053 - West coast time zone please.
Ok, now just for fun is what I believe to be the \"all true original backstory of this car\" ; )
1966 Pontiac Star Chief Executive. The year the Beatles cameout with \'good day sunshine\' and you were starting to watch COLOR TV! Forladies, plaid, ‘California colors’ and cowboy looks with mini skirts were in style(soon to be replaced by psycadellic prints if you were keeping up). This fit inwell with the 14 paint colors and 5 interior colors available for the finalyear of this series. All those options, but they only made 10,140 of them atthe GM plant.
Stan Clark, the bank clerkwho had just been promoted to branch manager bought this car to elevate hisimage - trading in a tired 49 Mercury that was ‘just an old used car’ by then.
In his new position he could not quite get away with a modGTO but this was similar looker with real class and had many of the sameoptions.It was a new car in the same vein to impress his friends,and a smooth cruiser for the clients and prospective clients he need to meet ortake on site visits.
He was also able to impress his girlfriend. The on again/off again love affair from high school. They were both done shopping the fieldand with this purchase he was looking stable enough to marry.Good thing this cruiser was perfect for romantic getawayslike an Air Conditioned trip to the beach in San Diego or a mountain ride toSedona to cool off in summer.
After a couple years the payments were done and she used itas a second car when he upgraded to a four door Bonneville. Couple more yearsand a few parking lot dings later the star chief became college kid transportfor a neighbors kid (whose parents were also an important client of Stans).
After that the history of this tank is sketchy, but rumor has it the collegekid sold it to a drop out who drove it all over the west coast with a guitarand a tool kit doing odd jobs. His western music morphed to folk and slipped torock and roll. And there was too much fun to be had to be a handyman in oneplace for too long. He got in a little too much debt (and trouble) to stay outon the road so the Pontiac smoked its way home back to Phoenix to be parked inone of dads rental houses for several years, and several years more. His brotherdecided to pull the engine and fix it up \'Hot Roding\' it, but though he traded amotorcycle to a friend to do the motor, the project languished there partiallybuilt and partially apart.
So here you have the option to rekindle what 1966 started. Asolid frame – all 124 inch wheel base of it - and basic mechanicals started,all you need is an interior and a plan. With four engines and four transmissions available that year you can do pretty much anything and keepit standard. Or go restomod and get jiggy with it. But Pontiac really thoughtway ahead back in ’66. I guess thisExecutive originally had a 389 cubic inch V8 – a hallmark of Pontiac’sformidable engine heritage – yet this 389 in 1966 is the economy engine with amere 256 gross horsepower(!). We don’t know what the bro did to it howeverbetween the chrome pan and valve cover upgrades…yours to discover!
