“This is a 1940 Pontiac 2 door sedan
all original, un restored with 27,000 miles.
It is a 40-2511 with a flat head six.
Only thing I added was chrome smoothie rims and radial tires.
I am the second owner, the original owner drove it until 1995
putting on about 500 miles a year.
It runs and drives great.
Just a classic unrestored survivor !!”
“I purchased my 1940 silver streak 2 door sedan in 2007 in Indiana from E-Bay. It was partially customized, with caddy taillights and filled rear fender seams. The original headlights had been removed and fenders smoothed over. The previous owner had done some nice body work,
but never bothered to do anything about the rusted under carriage.
I have taken the body off and sand blasted the entire frame, and underbody. Replaced the front floorboards and trunk floor. The car has a 1978 Chevy Nova front clip. My son and I have installed a 1966 326 V-8 from a GTO, and a 400 transmission. It has a 1967 Camaro gas tank.
We have a lot of work to do yet, but is coming along well.”
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“1940 Pontiac Silver Streak 4dr sedan has a 350 Chevy W/ 350 Turbo-auto trans.
Camaro clip front end and Chevy S-10 rear. Power disc brakes and cool A/C.
A great Sunday street rod !”
1940 Pontiac Silver Steak Deluxe Six. 36,000 original miles.
Unrestored.
“1940 2527b business coupe special series six. This car is an old hot rod from the 50s. It had a Bonneville v8, automatic and Bonnie rear end. I rerodded it with Chevy 350-350 turbo, Camaro front and z28 rear end. It had been off the road parked on a farm used for hay storage since 1962.”
“This is my 1941 Pontiac Custom Torpedo eight. The model number is 2919.”
E-mail Owner, Kurt: kurt.hontis@telenet.be
1941 Pontiac Deluxe 2527 Coupe
“230,000 mi. on 2nd owner car. Uses a '51 straight 8 and Carter WCFB.
Next changes are Isky cam, bigger valves and flathead Cad pistons = 200 hp
T10 four speed trans for the slow acceleration before 50 mph.”
1941 Torpedo Custom 8 Coupe
Flathead 8 with a 3 speed
Pontiac production was suspended
during the years 1943, 1944, and 1945
due to World War II.
“Pontiac's war effort officially began on March 6, 1941 – nine months before Pearl Harbor and nearly eleven months before automobile production was halted. On that date, Pontiac Motor Division received approval to begin preparations for quantity production of the complex Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon for the United States Navy. . . . . ”
“When Pontiac production resumed in the latter months of 1945 the biggest problem was finding enough material to satisfy the public's pent up desire for anything that moved. This problem was soon further complicated by the months long U.A.W. strike at General Motors.”
» “The model line was very close to that offered in 1942 . . . ”
Source: PONTIAC: The Complete History 1926-1979
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"The first postwar Pontiac was built Sept. 13, 1945. The full model line was back in production by June 10, 1946. Calendar year production was 131,538 cars. . . .”
“The early postwar Pontiacs sometimes had the words ‘Silver Streak’ on the hoods, but the proper model names are Streamliner and Torpedo. Silver Streak is not an official model name.”
Source: standard catalog of PONTIAC 1926-2002 2nd edition
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