While GM has a well-deserved reputation for building mechanically ordinary V8 powered, live rear axle body-on-frame cars, they deserve more recognition for their innovative phase in the 1960s, where they really pushed some engineering boundaries to market some cars that should be truly interesting to the automotive enginerds among you. That’s how Chevrolet ended up with a rear-engine, flat-6 powered compact, and Pontiac sold a compact car powered by a straight 4 or aluminum V8 running through a torque shaft to a rear transaxle. Unfortunately, these haven’t survived in the same numbers as their full-size siblings, in spite of handsome styling and technological advancement – they’re probably in some purgatory between the big cars and 4-cylinder European imports, destined to be ignored by both American and European car fans. Check out this 1962 Pontiac Tempest convertible for sale for $3500 in Portland, OR.
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