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Pontiac photo retrospective: Every year from 1948 to 1971

By Rain Noe - February 23, 2009

in Object Culture

It's official, the American auto brand Pontiac is basically dead as a doornail. But we want to remember that there were many decades when Pontiac produced some truly beautiful designs.

In commemoration of the once-proud brand, here's a photo retrospective of Pontiac cars starting from the 1940s, through their golden years of the '50s/'60s, and up to the '70s, which is approximately when they started to suck. Hit the jump to see tons-o'-pics.

1948 Torpedo Coupe

1949 Silver Streak

1950 Silver Streak

1951 Chieftain Convertible

1952 Chieftain Convertible

1953 Chieftain

1954 Catalina

1955 Star Chief

1956 Safari

1957 Super Chief

1958 Bonneville

1958 Strato Chief

1959 Star Chief Vista

1960 Bonneville

1961 Bonneville

1962 Bonneville

1963 Gran Prix

1964 GTO

1965 Star Chief

1966 Catalina

1966 GTO

1967 Firebird Sport Coupe

1967 Gran Prix Convertible

1968 Firebird Convertible

1969 GTO Judge

1970 Firebird Formula 400

1971 GTO

[photo credits: classic pontiacs, tuning fever, pbase, i-offer, wikimedia, memory lane classic cars, velocidad maxima, cadillacs 4u, my nassau sun, automotive chronicles, vintage dream cars, classics today, serious wheels]

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Robert

14 years ago

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That '65 Star Chief and the '66 Catalina just look absolutely fantastic - I've always loved stacked headlight designs.
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13enS

15 years ago

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That's not a '64 goat shown above! '64's have horizontal headlights. '65's was when they went vertical; that's what you're showing.

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