[Jerry H.]

The 11k mile 63 GP that I owned years ago had the trunk painted body color (black). I have no idea of the build date but it was a Pontiac built car.

[61-63]

Originally Posted by Jerry H.

The 11k mile 63 GP that I owned years ago had the trunk painted body color (black). I have no idea of the build date but it was a Pontiac built car.

I can't remember the month (January?), but early '63s had body colored firewalls and then they went to black firewalls. I have three '63 Catalinas here at this moment and all three are now or were unrestored cars when I got them and all three have black firewalls and spatter trunks. It may be that some of the cars that had the body color firewalls also had body color trunks? Did your GP also have a body colored firewall?

The interesting thing on the body colored firewalls, at least to me it is interesting, is that all of the high dollar SD restorations you see on late 1962 built '63 Catalina SD cars were done with black firewalls but I don't think they left the factory that way. At least one of the '63 SD Catalinas in McCarthy's book appears to have a body colored firewall but it is a black and white picture so hard to tell exactly.

Minutia minutia munitia.

[Jerry H.]

Originally Posted by 61-63

I can't remember the month (January?), but early '63s had body colored firewalls and then they went to black firewalls. I have three '63 Catalinas here at this moment and all three are now or were unrestored cars when I got them and all three have black firewalls and spatter trunks. It may be that some of the cars that had the body color firewalls also had body color trunks? Did your GP also have a body colored firewall?

The interesting thing on the body colored firewalls, at least to me it is interesting, is that all of the high dollar SD restorations you see on late 1962 built '63 Catalina SD cars were done with black firewalls but I don't think they left the factory that way. At least one of the '63 SD Catalinas in McCarthy's book appears to have a body colored firewall but it is a black and white picture so hard to tell exactly.

Minutia minutia munitia.

It had a black firewall, but it was a black car so I don't think that helps.