Pontiac on Fire

pontiac convertible

By Jim Hagarty
I am not sure what this is but it’s parked outside my house at I write and I can’t find the owner to ask about it. A Google search suggests it’s a 1970 Pontiac Parisienne. Kind of funny that Pontiac got away with the “horse’s halter” on the front grille, a feature that made the 1958 Ford Edsel a laughing stock. This is a cool car, 350 hp engine. Convertible. Interior unchanged from its origins.

rear of pontiac

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.