Survivor-Quality Flat Top: 1960 Pontiac Bonneville

The Bonneville was born in 1957 as a special model of Pontiac’s full-size (and only) automobiles and carried forward into 1958. In 1959, the nameplate stood for the biggest and most opulent of Pontiac’s products. With a styling update in 1960, the 4-door hardtop (aka Sport Sedan) became known as the “flat top”, a multi-door alternative to the Sport Coupe or “bubbletop”. This 1960 Bonneville looks solid at 61,000 miles, and most of it could be original (except maybe the paint). Located in a dealer’s warehouse in Carmel, Indiana, this bodacious cruiser is available here on eBay for $32,000 OBO.

Four body styles of the Bonneville were offered in 1959-60: 2 and 4-door hardtops, a convertible, and a Safari wagon. At sales of 39,000 units, the “flat top” was the most popular of the body styles. My uncle owned a ’60 Bonneville Sport Sedan that looked like the seller’s car, except that it was blue inside and out. This generation introduced the famous “Wide Track” promotion, where Pontiac’s full-size cars added a couple of inches between the wheels fore and aft that resulted in better handling characteristics.

We’re told the current owner has possessed this Bonney for about two years and has only taken it out for occasional jaunts. It’s said to run as good as it looks, so perhaps this is a turnkey automobile in need of nothing. A 389 cubic inch V8 was the only engine choice, and most buyers went for the Super Hydra-Matic transmission. This Poncho is fully loaded, including factory air conditioning (is the hardware under the hood?) and power windows.

The body and paint seem to be in tip-top shape. As the seller refers to paint as the “original color,” we assume that means it has been resprayed. The two-tone green interior is also said to be original, and it looks like it’s hardly been used. If there’s a nicer 1960 Bonneville out there to be found, we suspect it will take a lot of looking. Thanks for the cool tip, T.J.!