All Models

This was the first year the station wagon was built on the B body rather than the smaller A body which was shared with Chevrolet. The Station wagon was Pontiac’s most expensive offering at $1,250 in the more expensive of...

The Streamliner series came in just two variants for 1941 – 4-door sedan and 2-door coupe. Both used the General Motors B body shared with Buick and Oldsmobile. All Pontiacs were available with an L (side valve) head 6 or...

Made famous in the 1946 film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, voted the most inspirational US film, GMC cabs were produced on GMC truck chassis with bodywork by Yellow Cab, a subsidiary of General Motors. Power was provided by a straight...

On January 1st 1942 Oldsmobile Motor Works officially became Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. The B44 marked the 44th year of Oldsmobile production and the ‘B’ stood for ‘Better Built’, thus the nomenclature did not allude to aircraft production as...

Buick’s lowest priced convertible had to make do with engines carried over from the previous year, unlike its more expensive siblings that had new power units. Specials had a 118 inch wheelbase in what would prove to be a one...

This was the most popular version of Buick’s largest model with nearly 1,500 sales. Unit price was a shade under $2,000 although the sidemounts and rear rack were options that would have raised the cost of ownership of this attractive...

The Phaeton was unique within the 60 line in that Sidemounts and a luggage rack were standard fitments. Less than 450 examples were built at a unit cost of $1,675. Available only in the previously-styled cardboard box

The 1936 Sport Coupe utilized the same basic body as the Business Coupe but could be fitted with either a rumble seat (M-46SR) or an opera seat (M-46S0). Both models cost just over $8,000 and neither made it into 1937’s...

The 1938 Sport Coupe was essentially a Business Coupe with two small opera seats behind the front seat and could be specified with dual side mounts as an option. Less popular than the Business Coupe, just over 5,000 examples were...

Of the four lines offered, the Special series was by far the biggest seller with over 163,000 fining home. Fewer than 10,000 of these were 2-door Plainback sedans, a new variant for 1937. Available only in the previously-styled cardboard box

The 1936 Buicks were the work of Harley Earl and the new look was favourably received. The Special Victoria Coupe M-48 was the second most popular model in the new range with just over 21,000 sales. Available only in the...

The Pheaton sold in limited numbers with only just over 200 sales. Effectively this was the last year for the fastback Phaeton as only three examples with this styling were sold the following year. At just over $1,700 it was...