Hello, I am MGA mike and am new to this site. I have a recently acquired 1962 Pontiac Catalina Convertible that was a one owner car. It had sat in a garage for about a year.  I started reviving it a couple of months ago. I am in Ohio so it is not exactly convertible weather this time of year although with some effort  and transmission fluid I was able to make the top go back to the up position. I have extensive experience restoring/rebuilding British cars but not much recent experience working on the old American V eights. I love driving this thing it feels very similar to the cars I drove in my high school days (Oldsmobile.) I am having a tough time getting it to idle decently and it seems to have suffered some mechanical malpractice in various places most significantly in the vacuum advance. I am not sure if some one was try to compensate for unleaded gas issues. I have it in a storage facility for now and when the weather is not too cold I work on it. It is too long and low to make down the incline and flat transition to my more comfortable garage.

What beautiful Catalina you got there! Any plans for it or just going to restore it to drive it?

Thank you Ringo64, I hope to restore it to a good driver quality car. It doesn't lack a great deal as it is.

Great Cat Mike. Welcome bro 

welcome mike... i am sure we can help you with the  that engine issue. there is some super cleaver pontiac guys here, and its very much a bit of a family we  have going on here even though we are all over the planet !!!..........KIWI 

When your ready post some information and pictures and i am sure we and help you  ... oh and have a merry Christmas if we dont hear back from you before the holiday !!! 

It is a super busy time and lots of us dont get the time to relax and enjoy our forum !!

Many thanks Wrongway and 64 kiwi boni. I'm sure I will have many questions as I dive into the Catalina. Currently I'm contemplating finding a new distributor that can be curved to account for the unleaded gas. You guys have a great Christmas as well.

Nice find, welcome to your new obsession...😁  Great bunch around here, sure you'll fit right in.  

Welcome...

Good looking car..

Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me to this forum. There is obviously a deep level of brand knowledge here. I hope to prevail upon you to help me develop a plan to get the Catalina  back to smooth running condition. My dad was a parts man for a Cincinnati Pontiac dealership in the 50s. He drove a 1954 Pontiac Chieftain and wore the ring pictured in the attached photo. 

That is sweeeeeet! I like it