A friend bought a 52 Pontiac 2dr hardtop. How can we tell which body style it is?<BR>The body styles were Catalina, Deluxe Catalina & Super Deluxe catalina.Thanks for any info. pictures in link below, C. Lee[URL=http://home.talkcity.com/SparkplugSt/dogst/dog.html

Located under the hood on the right front of the cowl is the body tag. The style No. indicates the model (year) and body style.<P>For 1952 the Pontiacs were a Chieftain series 25, 6-cyl or series 27 8-cyl.<P>With the car being a 1952 of course the first two digits should be 52.<P>The rest breaks down as this:<P>Convertible coupe deluxe..........256DTX<BR>Catalina coupe deluxe.............2537D<BR>Catalina coupe Super deluxe.......2537SD<BR>2-dr. sedan.......................2511<BR>2-dr. sedan deluxe................2511D<BR>4-dr. sedan.......................2569<BR>4-dr. sedan deluxe................2569D<BR>Station Wagon.....................2562<BR>Station wagon deluxe..............2562D<BR>Sedan delivery....................2571<P>Hope that helps.

Thanks, thats just what we wanted to know, C. Lee