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1955 canadian pontiac brochure


http://www.pontiacpulse.ca/static/pdfs/1955_divisional_sm.pdf

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I love it, shows the 265 small block painted green! 1958 was the first year for Chevy orange in a Pontiac. 

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Although the brochure is showing the 265 as green all the original 1955 265 engine's I have seen where grey. The 261 engine's are a lighter green than in the brochure. The artists have sure made the
Canadan Pontiac look a lot longer than they are actually are.

Al



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I also noticed the brochure shows the Laurentian with a full wheel disc with a red centre. Only very early production 55's had a disc with the red centre. There must have been either a problem with the disc itself or the supplier as Pontiac changed to an "After Job" and went with a white centre. These full wheel discs are very difficult to find in either colour as they have a tendency to come off the wheel and get lost on the side of the road. I am always on the lookout for these full wheel discs if anybody happens to come across them.

Al

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Taylor55 wrote:

Although the brochure is showing the 265 as green all the original 1955 265 engine's I have seen where grey. The 261 engine's are a lighter green than in the brochure. The artists have sure made the
Canadan Pontiac look a lot longer than they are actually are.

Al



Hey Al, I've seen a 56 and 57 in green on the small block, is that right for originality? I do recall dad's 261 in his 61 was a lighter more aqua shade.



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I beginning to think GM must of used both colours. I have only seen grey 55  265's but there probably were some green ones too although I have never seen one as most of the cars I have seen were 261's and most of the 265's were redone and painted Chevy orange. I sure would like to see someone join here with an original untouched 265   55-57  Pontiac. Hopefully sooner than later.

Al

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loved seeing the brochure! - thanks for pointing it out.

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Any one have any idea how the Sedan Delivery was promoted?

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The sedan delivery was sold through the GMC truck division. It was marketed more as a truck than a car . I have photocopies of the 55 and 56GMC Pontiac Sedan deliveriy brochures. These are very hard items to find. Do you have one?

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That's why I'm loyal to GMC, that Pontiac truck lineage. Probably not the place for this but the GMC Sprint would have been easy to make look like a Pontiac too.

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No, but would like to see it.

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Hey Al,  I have the original untouched 265 out of my 1956 Laurentian.  Never thought about what colour it is.  I'll check and post a picture. 

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Yippee, can't wait to get colour verification.

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73SC wrote:

Taylor55 wrote:

Although the brochure is showing the 265 as green all the original 1955 265 engine's I have seen where grey. The 261 engine's are a lighter green than in the brochure. The artists have sure made the
Canadan Pontiac look a lot longer than they are actually are.

Al



Hey Al, I've seen a 56 and 57 in green on the small block, is that right for originality? I do recall dad's 261 in his 61 was a lighter more aqua shade.

My 56 6-cyl. 261 original color (now mostly faded away or chipped off):

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what would you call it, sort of bluish green?

Dave

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