The silver streak design perhaps reached its pinnacle on Pontiacs built from the 1930s to the 1950s. The wide band of chrome that ran down the center of the hood gave the classic Pontiac a smooth, distinctive look that evoked speed and modernity, coming to define the brand for decades afterward. It didn’t actually make the car go faster, but it certainly looked like it did. Still, it almost never came to pass. While the original 1926 Pontiac saw
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