An El Camino, Pontiac style – the 1959 “El Catalina” prototype – Kurt Ernst @Hemmings

Read Kurt Ernst’s article about the Pontiac El Catalina prototype going across the block at Mecum in January 2019  here

HIGHLIGHTS

• El Catalina prototype produced by Pontiac for testing, show and consideration for a new El Camino style model for 1960 Pontiac regular production
• POCI National 1st Jr. Gold at Bowling Green, Kentucky July 2007 with a score of 400/400
• Concours Award at POCI Nationals July 2011 with a score of 400/400
• AACA National 1st Junior at Santa Rosa, California August 2011
• AACA National Senior at Oakbrook, Illinois September 2011
• AACA Grand National 1st at Moline, Illinois June 2013
• AACA Grand National Senior at Lebanon, Tennessee June 2014
• Concours of the Americas Otto Rosenbusch Memorial Award-Spirit of the Automobilist July 2014
• 389/300 HP V-8 engine
• 4-speed Super Hydra-Matic automatic transmission
• Power steering, brakes and seat
• Air conditioning
• Sportable AM radio
• Tissue dispenser

The car was restored in 2011 and has a really interesting history, the Mecum listing is here