Pontiac Performance 1960-1974: The Era of the Super Duty, HO & Ram Air AMC Paperback • 20

Paperback • 20

Author: Dennis Parks

there was the time before the Miura and the time after the Miura

A 1959 GMC Fleetside pickup truck in metallic gold with black hood and roof

as is always the case with technology

Pontiac Performance 1960-1974: The Era of the Super Duty, HO & Ram Air AMC Paperback • 20In an era before corporate average fuel economy (CAF) requirements and emissions standards, a pioneering General Motors executive was tasked with taking over a dying division and returning it to profitability. In June 1956, Semon E. Bunkie Knudsen became the general manager of the Pontiac Motor Division. He injected the stodgy, boring product line with a large dose of performance. Race on Sunday; sell on Monday was Knudsens philosophy. Although the