Lets ruin a perfectly good stock 61 bonnieville lower and mildly restyle it

Lose the taillights. Hide 'em and pretend they're not there.

 

That's because Bonneville's are way bigger than Catalinas and since there aren't that many Bonnevilles, we are more used to seeing Catalinas. I always thought that the Bonne's, 98 Olds, and Electra's were built on a Cad platform. Is that the case?

 

Looks Fuckin Great Alex !!

 

61 bonneville wagon taillights? probably impossible to find. may not be a direct swap either?

 

Olds 98 and Electra share body structure with Cadillac. Bonnevilles simply have a longer wheelbase and rear deck with more overhang than Catalina/Ventura.

 

What if you tunnel the stock tail light in?
Just a thought.

 

Looks great. I had doubts but, you won me over. Can't wait to see what you do to the taillights.

 

Great work. The owner should be very pleased.

 

thanxs every one
we havnt realy done the body work yet we seaed all the welds then put white primer on it and put it back together for the sit down wheels but when it rolled up from the wheel shop i was vary inpressed i thought the car looked killer . i know what yer saying about a panel job but that was the catalis to being able to do the body mods it was a few years of coxing and him hanging out with us at shows
thanxs
mike aka jamb wow

 

What an improvement looks great

 

Alex, if the owner insists on a panel job, do something subtle like maybe all in white pearl with a different pearl shimmer on only the panels. Ghost (I hate that term) panels, if you will. Outline stripe in just straight white. Underdone not overdone, man. Or solid white with pearl panels. My two cents.

 

Looks KILLER, ALex! I love the photoshop version with the '59 B'ville taillights.

 

Great job all around Alex. Can't wait to see it finished. Makes we want to do something to my Grand Prix.

 

Those wheels look 1000 times better with the muscle car tyres gone.

 

I really like the modified side trim.
I vote for grafting the tail lights into the fin.

 

Subbed for sure!

 

Alex, really digging the clean lines now. Keep up the good work!

 

Looks killer Alex! I say add some subtle panel fades and edge fades on this thing !!

 

Magnificent!!

 

Just found this thread... WOW.. she turned out nice !! Really like what you did !

 

Leave it white.

Or if you must do something, how about some thin, long, gold scallops.

 

realy like these tail lights

 

The tail lights look good as they sit....nice job

 

I was thinking Safari taillights as well. If I recall correctly, the AMT 3-in-1 kits back then included a small chrome grille to fill in the space between the taillights that looked kind of neat - use the Safari lights and then come up with a grille that reflects the front grille design to fill in that big blank space between them.

 

me too...........

 

The "59 Bonneville taillights get my vote (but I may be just a little biased)!

 

B-i-t-c-h-i-n!! Nice work alex!!

 

Not being a kiss ass, but I was thinking the same as the boss, 65 riviera in the bumper. Here's some which have a grille treatment.