The beautiful Pontiac convertible caused me to look up its history in Wikipedia. Pontiac named the engine (not the car) the Silver Streak 8. It was a smooth, quiet in-line “flat head” engine design and Pontiac used it for 22 years, starting in the fall of 1932. In 1955 it was replaced with a modern (overhead valve, etc.) V8 and Pontiac changed their image to “performance.”
The beautiful Pontiac convertible caused me to look up its history in Wikipedia. Pontiac named the engine (not the car) the Silver Streak 8. It was a smooth, quiet in-line “flat head” engine design and Pontiac used it for 22 years, starting in the fall of 1932. In 1955 it was replaced with a modern (overhead valve, etc.) V8 and Pontiac changed their image to “performance.”