Old School Pontiac and TT
Stumbled across this beauty at the local ( small ) car show tonight... The owner has no idea what it is, other than it has an S next to the name “ Alpine “ .. The car is a Pontiac Silver Star.. ...
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rbpru wrote:You had no choice, you bought what was available and made due. Dad had a 61 Oldsmobile that had a 392 V-8 and was the first car he had that had A-C. It was no slouch power wise. Early 50's Chrysler's came out with the Hemi V-8. Ford came out with the Y-block V-8 and GM had the small block V-8. Early 50's Buick and Pontiac had a in line 8 cylinder that was a slow reving high torque motor as well. The Buick motor was even used in some Greyhound buses.
It is funny how you did not worry about max cargo, "P" tires, hitch ratings, horse power etc. You just hitched up and went somewhere.
Of course an 18 ft. Holiday Rambler was a big rig back then and you were not screaming down US route 6 at 65 mph.
My how time have changed; bigger, faster, more convenient but still the same fun factor.
My 55 Dodge truck dad took out the small motor and put in a Red Ram motor 273-V-8 out of a 56 Dodge car. It motivated that truck very well. The truck had one luxury item, a AM tube radio. No A/C, PS,PB and a manual transmission. I learned to drive in that truck.
