These days, you don’t often see big American 4-door classics on the road. Since most collectors want 2-doors, big classics like this one are often overlooked and underappreciated. This 1970 Pontiac Executive is a full-size 4-door with a 400-cubic-inch V8, automatic transmission, and an asking price of $5,000. The seller says it is driven regularly and has a clean title. It is located in Springfield, Missouri and is listed here as a Barn Finds Classified.
Equipment includes power steering, brakes, and windows, along with air conditioning that is currently uncharged. The seller reports new brakes, replacement HVAC controls, a rebuilt driver’s window motor, and a radiator repair completed in October 2025. The five-digit odometer reads about 3,270 miles, so actual mileage is unknown.
The 400 cui V8 wasn’t the most powerful option in the Executive, but with 265 horsepower and 397 lb-ft of torque, it’s got plenty of grunt to move this big Pontiac down the road. The engine bay could use some tidying, but will get the job done just fine as is.
There is work to plan for. The floor pans need work, and the car reportedly needs starting fluid on the first start of the day; the seller suspects the carburetor bowl is losing fuel overnight. There is also a small exhaust leak. Outside, the green paint has chips, the right front bumper is slightly bent, and a panel near the right headlights has a hole. The car includes replacement headlight panels and a turn signal. The interior appears largely intact, though the driver’s seat has a tear.
This could be a comfortable cruiser for someone willing to address the floors and sort out the cold-start issue. Would you preserve its current look as you make those repairs?
For $5,000 it’s a match for someone. Doesn’t appear to need much. Josh’s 1st sentence says it all. There aren’t many classic boats around anymore. Looks great for 56 years old!
Definitely a cool land yacht. Good price for getting it all ready for normal drivers. Looks like minimal to mid minimal effort involved.
Nice car, but ,I don’t think nice old 4 door sedans are necessarily classics. When did the terms ” classic” and ” old” become the same thing?
Reminds me a bit of my Dad’s ’67 Catalina
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If I needed a daily driver, this would be the one.
it cool but for 5k i feel it should start on its own and run.
I drive it often
Vehicles like this were everywhere back then. I had a 2dr Catalina with this drive train. Plenty of power to move it along just fine.
I like the 4dr Coronet sedan next to it. Must be something about those taillights…
There is a black 2 door (Bonneville maybe?) down the street from me. That has been “bagged” . It’s in really nice shape and it gets driven about once a month. Kind of interesting seeing it seeing the car sitting on its rocker panels when it’s parked.
Beautiful classic car, with some elbow 💪 grease it could be a head turner.
A fine old car.
I drove one of those from North Carolina to Tampa Florida many years ago and it made a nice highway car. In fact the interior was the same color but I cannot remember the exterior color to save me. I do know I enjoyed the drive.
Ugliest car Pontiac ever built. It even beats the Aztec.
This baby is nearly a dead-ringer for the one in which I took H.S. Drivers’ Ed class over the summer; a Bonneville actually…now, what year was that? Oh-my, that IS a long time ago.
Imagine, having to keep practicing parallel-parking that barge, over and over and over.
Anybody know if Bonnevilles in ’70 continued to have a longer wheelbase than Catalina’s?
I took Drivers’ Training in a ’70 Catalina and have always had a soft spot for those old cars
AC needs charging AND a belt. Cool ol Poncho… rare and getting rarer.
My great aunt Gertrude (Gertie) had a burgundy colored 1970 Catalina 4 door with the same hubcaps that I drove . Indeedly a land yacht.