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   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.

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.

   Here are a couple of details I hadn’t posted yet.

   The ‘58 Chevrolet Bel Air taillights were chosen due to their  ‘60’s showrod feel.  The push bars and rear spreader bar/ license plate plate bracket were fabricated from bar stock and an original NOS Hollywood license plate lamp was used to keep that vintage feel.

    The front spreader bar is a Model A brake bar trimmed to fit between the frame rails. It was chosen because it compliments the      “V”ed shape of the grille

     These parts and a few others were dropped off at the chrome shop at Hershey last week.

Thanks for the pictures!  My choice would be that  ‘71 GT-37 !

Yes Frosty, this show is in Macungie, PA in the same park as Das Awkscht Fescht (the previous show pics I posted). WOTSRA is the club that runs the event.

This was their 42nd year. They used to have a year cutoff of 1963, all vehicles had to be modified, and due to space limitations it was pre-registration only. IIRC, the cap was around 1600 cars.  As time went on, the numbers began to decline and they periodically raised the cutoff year to what it is currently,  1986 (I think), and started allowing stock vehicles. 
   Didn’t hear an official car count for this year but it felt like maybe a little more than 1000 cars, still enough to be entertaining for an event only 20 minutes from my house.

   Some pics from this weekend’s show (just the good stuff). 😉

Thanks for posting.  Anxious to see more!

Welcome! Great looking ‘66!

Thanks for the comments guys!

 The show is a 3 day event in Macungie, PA. 
Didn’t go on Friday, but always attend Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday’s car count was over 800 which is down from around 1400 during its heyday.

   Didn’t hear a count for Sunday for the whole event, my guesstimate is somewhere north of 900.  
   Sunday is club day and the Pontiac-Oakland Club had 54 cars in attendance. 
   Frosty, another note on that blue ‘71 LeMans convertible. Along with having the Ram Air option it was also a 4-speed!

  Thanks for your interest and comments Frosty.

   I do remember the Jim Waldron attempt to buy Pontiac and was hoping that he would acquire it and do the things with the brand to make them sporty and relevant that GM would not let them do.

   I for one would like to hear his story on his attempt and also his plans for Pontiac if it had gone through.

   Frosty, these are 2 pictures of the same building today.

   Sometime in the late ‘60’s (I think) the neon sign was removed, the facade was updated, and a porch was added to both sides of the building to display more new cars. Those changes are still what you see today.

   The dealership changed ownership twice since the mid  ‘90’s but they were both dealers from 2 different cities and did not do well in this rural area. The last one closed in the early  2000’s. 
   Since then it has been a motorcycle shop and has housed 2 vintage / antique stores, which is its current state.