What's New?
March 2010. Modified Home page to de-emphasize Safari and emphasize Pontiac. Redesigned the "Pontiac Garage" page to add headers and add "Contents" at the top of the page -- all to make the page more usable to me and maybe to someone else. Added article on upgrading steering box. Joe Foerster sent me this document in a pdf file ready to publish (YAHOO Joe!). Added 1956 Master Parts Catalog!!!
February 2010, Added 1955 Shop Manual in /55/ShopManual. Linked from "Pontiac Garage" and "Pontiac Info". Document scanned by Joe Foerster.
July 2009. Added Body by Fisher Service News, 1955 #2 to the "Pontiac Garage" page. Added 1955 Accessory Price List to the "Pontiac Info" page. Both these documents were scanned and sent by Harold Cary.
June 2009. Added dual-range service and adjustment manual to the "Pontiac Garage" page. Added Pontiac Service Craftsmans News, Oct 1955, which details the changes in going from the 1955 to the 1956 Pontiac.
February 2009. Removed POCI Western Regional show link. Removed ad for 55 Safari for sale (sold).
October 2008. In the "Pontiac Info" page, added a header for 1958 info and added the 1958 Accessorizer under the heading. This is the beginning of adding 1958 information to the site. Added photos of Pontiacs at recent POCI Western Regional show and put link to it on the home page. In the "Pontiac Garage" page, added header "Projects" at the bottom and added links to two hotrod projects, 57 2-door wagon and 56 Safari Gasser.
July 2008. Added Pontiac Pat's collection of photos linked from the "Pontiac Info" page. Added "1956 Pontiac Owner's Guide" and "1956 Pontiac Facts Book" to "Pontiac Info" page. Revised the "Fastub Indian" article to link to author's web page.
April 2008. Added 1955 price list and 1955 Superior Coach pages, both linked from "Pontiac Info" page. Added Windshield Sun Visor article to "Pontiac Info" page. Added 1956 GM station wagons advertisement, linked from "Pontiac Info" page. Added 1955 Trim and Color Chart, 1955 Pontiac Accessorizer, 1955 Price List and Accessory Codes, and a 1955 Pontiac sales invoice.
March 2008 - added article on Engine Component Interchange and Identification, on "Pontiac Garage" page.
Jan 2008 - updating all web pages to conform to XHTML 1.0 and to use a style sheet for formatting. Making minor updates as I go. Dabbling with Javascript and dynamic HTML.
Dec 2007- added article on Pontiac engine cooling.
Oct 2007 - Added 58 Safari info, linked from "Safari Facts and Information"
May 2007 - Added pictures of Jack White's 57 Transcontinental, nice! Corrected information about the CL Fisher body code in the "Identification Tags" page.
April 2007 - Changed "Car Shows and Pictures" link to "Safari Photos". Added several Safaris to the collection of photos. Added 1957 Sales Brochure in "Pontiac Facts and Information". Added MPC ACCESSORY SECTION for 1956 and 1958, links in "Master Parts Catalog".
March 2007 - Added Master Parts Catalog.
November 2006 - Added "Total Production", "Factory Price", and "Shipping Weight" to each of the year-model pages ('55, '56, '57). Links to these pages are in the "Pontiac Facts and Information" page.
July2006 - Added "Modern Oil Considered Harmful to your Pontiac V8 engine" to the "Pontiac Garage" page.
March 2006 - Added "Body by Fisher Service News" pamphlets on the "Pontiac Garage" page. Added 1956 speed record newspaper "Extra" by Pontiac to "Pontiac Facts and Information" page. Made minor modifications to the home page. Updated "Links" page. Added HEI ignition article by Bill Hanlon. Updated article on dual 4-barrel by Rick Gonser.
February 2006 - Added article from Len Sokol on the batwing air cleaner for the 56 daul 4-barrel. Added "Body by Fisher Service news" 1955.
January 2006 - Updated article on dual 4-barrel by Rick Gonser. Added "Body by Fisher Service News" which provides information on the 1956 Pontiac body
December 2005 - Revised and added to the page on 1956 Dual Quads. Added page on 1957 Tri-power (info from Rick Gonser). Added a Safari liftgate article and a Safari cargo area drawing form a past Safari News.
August 2005 - Modified the page that describes all the Pontiac V-8 engines -- added a table of engines and scanned article about the demise of the Pontiac V-8 in 1981. Added a page that shows the estimated number of surviving 56 Safaris. Added article on manual transmissions by Rick Gonser.
July 2005 - Modified home page to provide a brief description of each link.
June 2005 - Ran out of file space on web server -- moved to new web server host to get more space. Added in "Pontiac Facts and Information", added "56 Pontiac Shop Manual", added information on all years (55,56, 57), modified 56 Pontiac pages. Added Safari article in "Safari Facts and Information". Added links on Home page. Added the Ponti-Yakin page.
May 2005 - Revised page on Pontiac V8 engines. Added page on the 1956 dual quad carburetor option. Added scanned image of "56 Pontiac Accessorizer".
March 2004 - Completely redesigned the site. Made some corrections and added some technical information from old Safari News articles from way back when Bob was editor.
April 4, 2004 - Revised Safari article on the head liner roof bows, added pictures. In the lift gate article, added picture of the lift gate torsion bars. Updated information on 56 Safari upholstery. Added recent pictures of my Safari after paint was stripped (in "About this site" section)
April 8, 2004 - Added color chips for 1956 Pontiac.
June, July, 2004 - Minor revisions, changed home page, added some links, added info and pictures for wire wheel covers. Added this "What's New?" page.