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1963 Pontiac Super Duty Swiss Cheese frame

Name: 1963 Pontiac Super Duty Swiss Cheese frame
Brand: Pontiac

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Wide-Track Chassis reference for the 1963 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty 421 1963 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty 421

Why It Matters

Pontiac opened the boxed frame rails and drilled roughly 120 lightening holes for the 14-car lightweight subset. This construction does not describe ordinary Super Duty Catalinas.

Also Known As

1963 Pontiac drilled frame1963 Catalina open-channel lightweight frame

Used On

1 linked car page.

Series 23 two-door sedan (2311)

1963 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty 421

Factory special-order competition program through early 1963

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Source Trail

Automotive History Preservation Society / Over-Drive Magazine 1963 Pontiac Full Size Cars Fact Sheet

Pontiac Motor Division via Automotive History Preservation Society 1963 Pontiac Full-Size AMA Specifications

Pontiac Motor Division via Automotive History Preservation Society 1963 Pontiac Deluxe Brochure

Automotive History Preservation Society / Over-Drive Magazine 1963 Pontiac Models, Prices, and Production

Hemmings Super Duty Substitution - 1963 Pontiac Catalina

Hemmings Swiss Cheese Super Duty - a factory lightweight Pontiac Catalina heads to auction

Mecum Auctions 1963 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty Swiss Cheese

Pontiac Historic Services Pontiac Historic Services Documentation Scope