06-14-2026, 07:23 AM
As far as I know, this is the only information available regarding Pontiac production numbers.
I have heard that more detailed information was lost in a storage building fire sometime in the early 1960s, but I have not been able to find any corroborating evidence to support that claim.
No newspaper articles, GM documents, fire reports, or archival records have surfaced to confirm such an event. From what I've been able to find, the fire story appears to have originated within Pontiac hobbyist circles and has been repeated by several respected Pontiac historians and technical advisors since the mid-2000s, but no one has provided a source or primary evidence to support the claim.
That does not necessarily mean the story is false some of these individuals were active in the hobby long before the internet and may have heard it from sources closer to Pontiac itself. However, given the amount of time that has passed, one would expect some form of contemporary documentation or primary source evidence to have surfaced if the event could be verified.
Someone else may chime in someday with evidence that proves otherwise, and I would certainly welcome it. But until a primary source surfaces, I would treat the fire story as hearsay rather than established fact.
I think it is more likely that the detailed information was either purged over the years or simply was never retained in the first place.
I have heard that more detailed information was lost in a storage building fire sometime in the early 1960s, but I have not been able to find any corroborating evidence to support that claim.
No newspaper articles, GM documents, fire reports, or archival records have surfaced to confirm such an event. From what I've been able to find, the fire story appears to have originated within Pontiac hobbyist circles and has been repeated by several respected Pontiac historians and technical advisors since the mid-2000s, but no one has provided a source or primary evidence to support the claim.
That does not necessarily mean the story is false some of these individuals were active in the hobby long before the internet and may have heard it from sources closer to Pontiac itself. However, given the amount of time that has passed, one would expect some form of contemporary documentation or primary source evidence to have surfaced if the event could be verified.
Someone else may chime in someday with evidence that proves otherwise, and I would certainly welcome it. But until a primary source surfaces, I would treat the fire story as hearsay rather than established fact.
I think it is more likely that the detailed information was either purged over the years or simply was never retained in the first place.
Dave