Biography 1961 pontiac
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Pontiac Tempest – Back to a Different Future
Pontiac’s Tempest was packed with improbable engineering and ingenious bodgery from a young John DeLorean. Sam Glover drives an early survivor
The Pontiac Tempest was a product of General Motors’ post-war ‘anything goes’ period. These halcyon years of designer-led innovation and iconoclastic engineering brought us the plastic-bodied 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, the fuel-injected 1957 Pontiac Bonneville, the 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham with Citroën DS-inspired pneumatic suspension, and the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair with its unitary construction and air-cooled rear-mounted flat-six engine. It gave birth to the world’s first two turbocharged production cars – the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire and Corvair Monza Spyder – and climaxed with the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, which had a 7.0-litre V8 driving its front wheels via a Hy-Vo chain.
The 1961 Pontiac Tempest was the dark horse of this bunch. Its unassuming Eisenhower-cool body cloaked what w
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Pontiac (automobile)
Discontinued automobile brand owned by General Motors
Pontiac, or formally the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, was an American automobilebrand owned, manufactured, and commercialized by General Motors. It was originally introduced as a companion make for GM's more expensive line of Oakland automobiles.[3] Pontiac quickly overtook Oakland in popularity and supplanted its parent entirely by 1933, in turn establishing its position as one of GM's dominant divisions.
Sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico by GM, Pontiac came to represent affordable, practical transportation with an emphasis on performance. The division’s name stems from the Odawa chieftain Pontiac, who led an indigenous uprising around the city of Detroit from 1763 to 1766.
In the hierarchy of GM's five divisions, it slotted above Chevrolet but below Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac. Starting with the 1959 models, marketing was focused on selling the lifestyle th
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COAL: 1961 Pontiac Laurentian – From Field to Mountains (and back?)
(This car fryst vatten likely well known on the site but inom thought inom would give it the COAL treatment regardless)
I had just sold a MG B roadster which did not get as much use as I expected over the summer. Reflecting on this I determined it did not have enough seats for the family and that dramatically cut back on the times inom could use it. What I needed was a more family friendly classic and a cheap one that could be used in the next Great Beater utmaning. Enter the 1961 Pontiac Laurentian.
After a few misfires I responded to an ad for a classic four door Pontiac that was located in a very rural area, which often depresses selling prices. The seller had a large number of other classic cars and inom got the impression he was able to source vehicles from other rural spots and flip them. This one had been for sale a while and he had just lowered the price. Not wanting a rust bucket, the inspection started with the