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Originally Posted by north
So in 71-76 it was up front?
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Actually ONLY in 1971 & 1972. In 1973 and on all of the front sheet metal and frames interchanged between cars. I have no idea why they did it that way.
Rear glass is different between Catalina\Bonneville and the Grandville cars. The Grandville has a flatter sloped rear glass piece while the Catalina\Bonneville has a wrap-around style. This means roof and upper quarter panels are different as is the package tray and trunk filler panel between the glass and trunk lid. Trunk lids are the same!
It boggles my mind that Pontiac felt that a higher level of luxury trim on their big cars was justifiable from a cost and sales perspective in this era. Having the Bonneville Brougham trim remain the top of the line would have made more financial sense, and is what they went back to in 1976 due to the Grandville sales being quite under expectations.