However, Chief Pontiac's run as Pontiac's car mascot ended in 1954, and the following year brought hood ornaments that looked like a large passenger jet (as shown above on the 1956 Star Chief).

This 1952 Pontiac Chieftain got a new lease on life, as documented in the following in-depth video. Interestingly, the Chieftain sports a Cummins engine swap.

Our feature 1958 Pontiac Chieftain has been the subject of a frame-off restoration. It scored 696 points out of a possible 700 at the 2022 Pontiac convention.

Pontiac offered the Chieftain model alongside the Streamliner from 1949 to 1951 and finally discontinued it in 1958. The Pontiac Chieftain offered some variations over its three-generation ...

There it was, a '55 Pontiac Chieftain two-door sedan, just like the old days. I really didn't want another project at the time, but this car was talking to me. It was saying, "Come on, Mike, buy me.

Randy is all laughter as he cruises down the road at 40 mph in his brand-new, old-school 1953 Pontiac Chieftain that he bought for $3,800 plus taxes. " This thing is a tank, and I am absolutely in ...

Arguably, Pontiac's golden era was the '50s. Here are the cars this General Motors brand made in 1954 and what size engines they had under the hood.

The long hood hides good news. This Chieftain still relies on the original 287-cubic-inch (4.7-liter) V8 engine. Known as the Strato Streak, the powerplant was one of the main highlights of 1955.

In the November 2008 issue of High Performance Pontiac, we explained how a '79-'81 Bird hood decal sourced from Phoenix Graphix (www.phoenixgraphix.com) could be trimmed to fit on a '98-'02 Trans Am.