[elky] Re: a moment of silence, please

  • From: "Rick Draganowski" <dragan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:23:57 -0700

1937 Pontiac six. I loved that car. My father let me drive it when I was 11.
I had a 1954 Pontiac with the splendid but heavy straight eight. One cylinder was cracked so I puttied it up with epoxy and ran it as a seven cylinder. Still could beat the Chevy sixes.
Some bad history with it though. (Soap opera stuff, woman, men, triangles.. sigh) But it was a excellent car. 

Rick Draganowski
(Soli Deo Gloria)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary McCarthy" <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: [elky] a moment of silence, please



US car maker Pontiac shuts down

(UKPA) – 2 hours ago

Iconic car brand Pontiac has officially gone out of business after an
existence spanning more than 80 years.

The 84-year-old brand had been in decline for years and GM's agreements
with Pontiac dealers have now expired.

Even before GM's bankruptcy, Pontiac's sales had fallen from their peak
of nearly one million in 1968 when the brand's speedier models were
prized for their powerful engines.

At Pontiac's pinnacle, models like the GTO, Trans Am and Catalina 2+2
were packed with horsepower and sported colours like Tiger Gold. Burt
Reynolds and Sally Field fled the law in a Firebird Trans Am which raced
through the 1970s hit movie Smokey and the Bandit.

By 2008, the last full year before GM announced Pontiac's shutdown,
sales were 267,000, less than a third of those sold in 1968.

Formed in 1926, Pontiac made cars for the working class until a sales
slump in the 1950s nearly killed it. GM revived the brand by connecting
it to auto racing.

This year, Pontiac's sales are less than 1% of the 2.2 million cars and
trucks GM is expected to sell. GM built the last Pontiac in May.

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