1955 Pontiac Chieftain Sedan

1955 Pontiac Chieftain in In the Heat of the Night, Movie, 1967

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-22 20:55	Chevrolet I guess?
car nerd ◊ 2007-05-22 21:20	Mais non, c'est une 1955 Pontiac.
DynaMike ◊ 2007-05-22 23:31	Bien sur (silver streaks are well recognizable). It is a Chieftain Sedan (Star Chiefs had a different grille/bumper), though I don't know if it is a 860 or 870 Chieftain.
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-23 00:34	Je suis très nul pour reconnaitre les américaines
garco ◊ 2007-05-23 00:44	I have also given up identifying American cars sixcyl...
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-23 00:48	Never mind, garco, fortunately, there are quite a lot of good experts on the site for them ... -- Last edit: 2007-05-23 00:48:37
DynaMike ◊ 2007-05-23 09:39	Some people (like me) are just lucky to have a lot of books with pictures. Then it's just a question of comparing, not of being an expert But even then, it's asy to make mistakes, so I'm glad that real experts can help.
jazzfi ◊ 2012-01-21 18:41	1955 Chieftain and Star Chief grilles are identical, some star chiefs ordered the extra "grill guard" but this was available for all models, only star chiefs had the side moulding stars emblems so this is definitely a chieftain, all 55's came with the v8 287 ci, this is either the 860 or 870..