Another Classic Beauty

By Jim Hagarty
I was six years old when this 1957 Pontiac Chieftain rolled off the assembly line. It was spotted yesterday in a parking lot in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Pontiacs date all the way back to the 1920s and over the years, became more popular in Canada than in the U.S. and Mexico where they were also sold. The car was doubly named for Indian war chief Pontiac, born in 1720, an a hero in battles with the British in the Great Lakes Region, around Detroit.

pontiac from behind

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.