1956 Pontiac Chieftain Catalina Four-Door Hardtop [2739]

1956 Pontiac Chieftain [2739] in The French Connection, Movie, 1971

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
DynaMike ◊ 2007-04-07 14:18	1956 Pontiac Chieftain Catalina Hardtop Sedan.
segaestevez ◊ 2016-10-26 03:46	In 1956 no Pontiac Chieftain, only Star Chief, 870 and 860, look the brochure for Catalina's 1956 http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/pontiac/1956pon/bilder/3.jpg
segaestevez ◊ 2016-10-26 03:47	For the badge in the door it's a Star Chief
Commander 57 ◊ 2016-10-26 14:43	A 1956 car looked so old in 1971 traffic. By contrast, a 2001 model car blends right in today.
rjluna2 ◊ 2016-10-26 14:47	Yesterday, I saw circa 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera on the road and seems to be out of place in the 2000s/2010s era cars on the road
Commander 57 ◊ 2016-10-26 18:56	Of course, an '89 Olds is now 28 model years old. The Pontiac in the subject photo was only 15 at the time.
MatthewPaanoTorres ◊ 2024-03-23 15:14	If you owned a '50s car in the late 60s and starting on until the mid-late 1970s. I don't know how the punchline occurred, but it said that people who owned cars in the '50s in the late '60s to mid-late '70s usually had thicker skin for their own sons. I bet the person here didn't have any thick skin!