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Bluerauder
04-14-2006, 05:47 PM
Aside from the hood ornament, what one feature on the '50-'56 Pontiacs allowed you to know it wasn't a Chevy from a long distance away?
dwasson
04-14-2006, 05:55 PM
The big puking chicken decal on the hood.
Bluerauder
04-14-2006, 06:04 PM
The big puking chicken decal on the hood.
Nah, the chicken came much later. :D
BlackHole
04-14-2006, 06:38 PM
The grill???????????
Redster
04-14-2006, 07:36 PM
longitudinal crome pieces similar to racing stripes.
jgc61sr2002
04-14-2006, 08:05 PM
Yes it is the chrome molding on the center of the hood. Approx 6 " wide.
wsmylie
04-14-2006, 09:01 PM
Believe I have seen them occasionally called "Strato Streaks" or something like that in some old magazine ads for Pontiacs in the fifites.:D
Bluerauder
04-15-2006, 05:22 AM
longitudinal crome pieces similar to racing stripes.


Yes it is the chrome molding on the center of the hood. Approx 6 " wide.
Ding, ding, ding ..... we have two winners. Correct. Pontiacs had the twin chrome strips that ran the length of the hood. But I don't recall any being as wide as 6 inches .... closer to about 3-4 inches, I think. Some even had them on the trunk as well. :up: