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HILMA BENSON Pontiac, Mich...
...first place, and in hopes of bigger sales, was actually outproducing Chevrolet. In the first two months Ford turned out 286,923 cars, up nearly 48,000 from last year, and some 10,000 ahead of Chevy. Overall, G.M.'s production was 10% under last year. Except for Pontiac and Cadillac, all of its divisions had trimmed production sharply, and G.M. was producing only 47% of the nation's cars v. 53% last year. Automen pointed out that production did not necessarily match sales, and the fact that Ford was outproducing Chevy did not necessarily mean...
...Class Six, 305 to 350 cu. in., provided the big surprise. The Pontiac. the "old maid's delight" to last year's speed buffs, turned out to be 1957's fire-eater. With three dual carburetors, the 317-h.p., 347-cu. in. Pontiac engines won the first three places, at a top speed of 131.747 m.p.h., even though the fastest was disqualified from the flying mile on a technicality. Far back were the Plymouth Furys and Ford Fairlanes. In acceleration the Pontiacs ran first and second, the fastest reaching a record 85.308 m.p.h...
Before the last trial was timed, enough statistics were logged for an imaginative adman to make even the also-rans sound like world-beaters. But Chevrolet and Pontiac had easily been the week's winners, and the Chevrolet-makers could claim to have reached an automotive milestone: the first U.S. stock auto engine that can put out one horsepower for each cubic inch of displacement without benefit of a supercharger...
...Glass Courthouse. In Pontiac, Mich., 13 days after he was sworn in as probation officer for traffic offenders, Leo F. Coyle resigned, following the disclosure that in 1956, after he received one ticket for faulty headlights, one for running a red light and three for speeding, his license had been suspended...