Images from the Cohort by Hyperpack.
Related CC reading:
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Ventura II – GM’s Deadly Sin #3 — Badge Engineering Begins In Earnest
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1971 Pontiac Ventura II — 4-Doors And One Mighty Duck
– Posted on March 31, 2024
The hood ornament and flat black X body is presumably a tribute to the Nova in Deathproof
Hold Tight! (Just watched it, the other week: awesome!).
Exactly what I was thinking, you beat me to the punch!
Ultra rare!! Remember few , if any, “4 door, Ventura’s” before the “75” model year. Wow.
Great hood ornament! Charge!!!
I went on a trip to Jamaica in the mid 1990’s and rented a motorcycle to travel the island. I could not believe how many 4 door Venturas and Omegas there were. When I asked a local that was working on one, he told me that Avis sold off all their rental cars years ago. They were bought and used as taxis for the most part.
San Monique chose Novas for their police fleet.
We all know that Pontiac could have done so much better. It’s like they just quit trying.
I still wonder why GM messed with the 4-door sedan’s roofline for 1973-4. This version is so much closer to “right” unlike the revision with its’ curved-to-upright rear door window that kills any tension in the design and looks too much like the superceded 1968-72 A body post sedan.
Both could’ve done with more glass and a slimmer C-post but that would come in ’75 thanks to a Hofmeister kink.
Sweet ! .
The mascot reminds me of the “Sea Bees” mascot, all it needs is the Sailor’s cap .
Unlike most I like these cars, clearly they were tarted up Chevy Novas but Novas were a car built to a price poit and did just fine .
-Nate