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1963 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Convertible


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Back in my young and dumb days [i'm old now and still not too smart]

I briefly owned a 1963 2+2 convertible. I THINK !

This was around 1970. White body, top and interior. Bucket seats.

No pictures, no paperwork kept, nothing but a memory of the badges on the car.

Over the years I have tried to find out if there actually WAS such a beast, or if I am imagining things.

I haven't found anything.

Was there a 2+2 Grand Prix in 1963 ?

Thanks for any information.

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Supersix is right about 64 being the 1st year for the 2+2, it was basically a trim option for the Catalina. However, the 62 and 63 GPs were available as a convertible, it was discontinued for 64.

So... it's possible for you to have had a 63 GP convertible, but it wouldn't have been a 2+2. You also could have had a 64 Catalina convertible with the 2+2 trim package. The 2+2, in 64 was an interior trim pkg. more than anything, bucket seats and a console. In 65 it was also a performance pkg. with the 421ci engine and a 3 speed floor shift as standard equipment, 4 speed and automatic were optional.

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Supersix is right about 64 being the 1st year for the 2+2, it was basically a trim option for the Catalina. However, the 62 and 63 GPs were available as a convertible, it was discontinued for 64.

So... it's possible for you to have had a 63 GP convertible, but it wouldn't have been a 2+2. You also could have had a 64 Catalina convertible with the 2+2 trim package. The 2+2, in 64 was an interior trim pkg. more than anything, bucket seats and a console. In 65 it was also a performance pkg. with the 421ci engine and a 3 speed floor shift as standard equipment, 4 speed and automatic were optional.

Where is verification of any production '62 or '63 Grand Prix convertibles? Never saw one or read of any regular production cars.

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Supersix is right about 64 being the 1st year for the 2+2, it was basically a trim option for the Catalina. However, the 62 and 63 GPs were available as a convertible, it was discontinued for 64.

So... it's possible for you to have had a 63 GP convertible, but it wouldn't have been a 2+2. You also could have had a 64 Catalina convertible with the 2+2 trim package. The 2+2, in 64 was an interior trim pkg. more than anything, bucket seats and a console. In 65 it was also a performance pkg. with the 421ci engine and a 3 speed floor shift as standard equipment, 4 speed and automatic were optional.

no factory built or offered grand prix convertibles except for one year, 1967, now oldsmobile's starfire starting in 1962, was offered in both a hardtop and a convertible. 30,195 1962 pontiac grand prix's were made, all were two door hardtops, not one convertible 64GP.

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