O. L. T.

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I took some pics of my Streamliner recently and wanted to share since we all need a little kulture in our life.

Sorry about the first pic, I forgot to push my hood hinges down.

O. L. T.

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Hartawan

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I like the mood of the pics

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I'm trying not to screw it up by over-restoring it. The age is what makes this car, but I keep finding things to screw with.

Classified

Beautiful find! I love the style of old cars like that. Each one was very distinct. I have a 49' Lincoln that I'm considering restoring... this gives me inspiration to do so.

iasc300

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very nice- i like the tone of the pictures as well-

cliffud

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very nice car man.

it should almost come with an instruction booklet...

"to be driven only when wearing simply a black or white t-shirt and very worn jeans...

and no flip flops."

DaveGS4

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Great pictures (considering moving this to photography forum!), very cool car!!

mmarshall

One thing to keep in mind if you restore it and actually drive it: If you keep the stock carburator and don't convert it to fuel injection, pull and inspect the the spark plugs regularly. One of the weaknesses of the old Pontiac/Buick straight-8's was that the engine block (and intake manifold) was so long that, even with a good carburator, the fuel mixture varied quite a bit from the rich, close-in cylinders to the lean, faraway ones....which, of course, often meant deposits on the near plugs and prematurely burnt-up electrodes on the far ones. One of the reasons the straight-8 design was dropped was that the engineers, with the technology of the time, never really got that problem solved.

Sup2jzgte

Those pictures are absolutely amazing, I love the 1st and 2nd ones the most. What year is it?

GFerg

In love with that car. Very nice.

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MMarshall, not a daily so won't bother me a bit.


That's a 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Eight Streamliner Deluxe. It's a rare version. You can search the internet for 1950 Pontiac Chieftain and you'll see pics that have a flat rear end on them. The Streamliner has the rounded Mafia rear end (room for the bodies). You'll also come across several descriptions in the pics you find and most all of them say "inline 6 or straight 6". This one is the deluxe inline eight (or straight 8, or "flathead" eight). Combined, the straight eight and the streamliner body in deluxe trim is a very rare car.

I got very lucky when I found it.

This is a regular Chieftain, which as you can see (if this image hotlinks) is a completely different car compared to my Streamliner Chieftain flathead 8.

Mine is a bit gangsta.






Thanks for the compliments.

TRD_Power

Very nice, OLT. I've always been a huge fan of the flat black gangster rigs with the white walls. My dad's got a '70 Chevelle SS that we show often and it's a blast. Nothing like driving a classic out on a nice day

trukn1

OLT,, I love the ride. I have a 52 Chieftan myself which is in need of restore and I have just had sitting. I too have the straight 8 and push button start. Looks like you runing 3 on the tree. Good luck with that in getting used to it. Was hard for me when I first drove one. Keep us informed with updates.

chrisyano

Nice ride. A real classic beauty and great pics too.

Question:
Is the the car seen in Cobra? Not the one Stallone is driving, but the guy who lives on his street that is always taking up two stalls? The guy who gets his T-shirt ripped off his chest LOL.