Cool Pontiac stuff!

[31pontiac]

It’s a 1935 Pontiac Frosty, a model they did not offer for sale. According to the hood ornament it is a 6 cylinder. Don’t know how many were built, but it (or they) were probably built for factory use.  I don’t know if they borrowed the rear delivery section of the body from another division, but I think they it was custom built due to the fact that they apparently used the front suicide doors from the 4-door sedan that year.

    I also have a picture of a row of 1935 Pontiac woodie delivery trucks that seem to be specially built for a local butcher I will post sometime soon.

 

[JUSTA6]

Was wondering that as well.  Look close, it appears to have the chief head hood orniment.

[Frosty]

I know what Pontiac made taxi cabs but they were VIN 'd, badged, and sold as a GMC (GM Trucks) in 1930 and 1931 for the Yellow Taxi Cab Company. I suspect this to be something similar. I don't recall a '35 delivery wagon (doesn't mean they didn't make them either).

I'd love to see whatever photos you have of them.

[JUSTA6]

wondering what happened to my post?  We changed pages.  Was answering your other post.

Edited October 29, 2021 by JUSTA6

[31pontiac]

   Here’s the other picture I mentioned previously. Turns out my memory of it was wrong on 2 counts. First, they are 1936 Pontiacs , and second, they are steel bodies, not woodies.  I don’t know anymore about them.

   Since the local Pontiac dealer was only a half a mile away, they may have been ordered as a running chassis with front sheet metal and sent to a specialty truck body builder of which there were several in our general area. I base my theory on the fact that the streamlined design of the ‘36 Pontiac front end clashes with the boxy look from the windshield back. 
    The previous picture of the 1935 delivery has a much more cohesive design, possibly styled by the same person or team front to rear.

     I don’t have any other views or information about either pic.  Maybe someone out there does.

     I know Pontiac dabbled in the delivery truck market off and on in the U S A and Canada from 1927 up to the late ‘50’s, but I don’t think either the  ‘35 or ‘36 examples I posted were ever produced by the factory for public consumption.

[Frosty]

Pontiac did make 1/2-ton and 3/4-ton "trucks" from 1926 1/2 to 1928 in the US. A friend of mine even has an original Pontiac blueprint of one. A 1929 Australian Pontiac with a Holden Body is known to exist as well.  After that, Pontiac stopped building "trucks" as we know it. 

Now, GMC and Pontiac were on opposite sides of the city of Pontiac, so it was easy enough for GMC to have Pontiac build taxi cabs for GMC. So I could envision a reciprocal deal with truck / sedan delivery bodies made by GMC being sent to Pontiac. However, I have never seen a documented case of this....yet.

I think your idea of sending a Pontiac front-end and chassis off to a coach builder is a more likely scenario. Coach builders were still around in 1930s. Heck virtually every Duesenberg was coach built.

[31pontiac]

   Here are photos of my original Pontiac truck  brochure. They also made a “huckster” version with roll up screen sides which was pictured in a separate, but similar brochure.

    I am told by a fellow KSC member that 2 of the metal sided trucks are being restored, 1 in New York and 1 in CA.

[JUSTA6]

Sooo cool, thankz for sharing your info.

[Frosty]

14 hours ago, 31pontiac said:

   Here are photos of my original Pontiac truck  brochure. They also made a “huckster” version with roll up screen sides which was pictured in a separate, but similar brochure.

    I am told by a fellow KSC member that 2 of the metal sided trucks are being restored, 1 in New York and 1 in CA.

Thanks for sharing.

This is good information. Somethings I noticed reading this....

1. The brochure still says Oakland Motor Car Company. GM did away with Oakland in 1931 and left Pontiac. So this implies this vehicle is pre-1931.

2. The picture of the vehicle. Look at the radiator cap. That is the radiator cap from the original 1926 Pontiac Chief of Sixes. This gives me the impression that this is an ad for a 1926 1/2 or 1927 model.

3. The picture shows at the top the two coin emblem - again used on the very early Pontiacs.

 

Here is a known 1927 model DeLuxe Delivery ad. I'd say these are almost a match.

 

Edited November 5, 2021 by Frosty

[31pontiac]

  Although not from Pontiac, thought I would share some original artwork from when our chapter hosted the 1980 POCI Convention in Gettysburg.

Oops! They weren’t for Downingtown, PA !! my bad!

1988, not 1980

[Frosty]

Very cool 31pontiac. I would have like to have gone to the most recent Gettysburg convention. Until COVID hit and I worked all year in 2020, I didn't have the vacation time to spare to go to the convention. This year I've been asked to go out on the Hot Rod Power Tour. I'm actually considering it.

[31pontiac]

  More cool Pontiac stuff!  A selection of Pontiac performance car posters that were available through magazine ads of their era.

[Wrongway]

Man, those are justa cool!

[31pontiac]

Early ‘50s fuse cover I picked up at Hershey last year. I used to see them at flea markets regularly, lately not so much. 

[31pontiac]

  Thought I would share this cool keyfob/ light our chapter gave out today to those attending our annual Christmas party.  Whichever way you say it, Forever Pontiac or Pontiac Forever, the sentiment is the same ! ! !

[Ringo64]

44 minutes ago, 31pontiac said:

  Thought I would share this cool keyfob/ light our chapter gave out today to those attending our annual Christmas party.  Whichever way you say it, Forever Pontiac or Pontiac Forever, the sentiment is the same ! ! !

Going to have to have a talk with our lawyers. Kidding! That’s awesome!