So the history and meaning behind the Chief Pontiac logo and hood ornament were important to the automaker. Chief Pontiac, also known as Obwandiyag, lived from around 1720 until 1769 and was ...

Many of the most desirable classic cars from General Motors' now-defunct Pontiac Motor Division were ... siege of Fort Detroit in 1763 -- as a hood ornament that lit up when the car's headlights ...

Combined with the design language of the supersonic hood emblem, the headlight and grille surrounds added to the “Jet Age” styling. The Pontiac Chieftain was powered by the 287 cubic-inch ...

One of the most noteworthy aspects is the Cummins diesel powerplant under the hood. Apparently, the Pontiac Chieftain was purchased with the diesel engine already installed. After popping the hood ...

For decades, hood ornaments identified the beginning ... There's the ethereal "Silver Streak" ornament from a 1939 Pontiac that, she said, looks "Batman-esque and implies a sense of power" and ...

There is a lot of really nice iron in the shops and garages of Ventura, Oxnard, and Camarillo, including this 1955 Pontiac Chieftain belonging ... disappears under the hood and under the car.

the Pontiac Chieftain is one of the coolest cars GM built in the 1950s in my book. There's just something about Pontiac silver streaks running across the hood. Fortunately enough, some people ...

but let's just say that I have a thing for Pontiac's "silver streak" trim design from the era. Thanks to the five chrome strips running across the center of the hood and trunk lid, the Chieftain ...

I now had $200 burning a hole in my pocket and my dad had a friend who was selling his car, a '55 Pontiac ... C stuff when the hood is up for display. I enjoy driving my '55 Chieftain to shows ...

But, with changing times and increasing safety regulations, the age of the hood ornament is just about dead and gone – these sculptures removed for aerodynamic efficiency to increase fuel ...

The two production models were issued in nine variants for 1954: a Deluxe and Custom Catalina version of the Star Chief, plus seven different Chieftain ... the Chieftains. Pontiac didn't introduce ...