A fine looking 2+2 with an attractive combination of basic options, exterior color, and interior trim. It's refreshing to see a Pontiac that is equipped with its original wheel covers and has not been converted to 8-lugs.
As an aside, the car's original delivering dealer, Kole Pontiac, Inc., was a long time Pontiac dealer in the Chicago market. Louis C. Kole opened Kole Pontiac in Chicago in 1931. He moved the business to the south suburban Oak Lawn location in 1957. In 1988 Kole Pontiac was sold to Haggerty family interests and it was renamed and operated as Haggerty Pontiac. The former Kole building was demolished and new facilities were built. After General Motors eliminated P.M.D., the business transitioned to Mike Haggerty Buick GMC. This business continues today.
During the mid-1960s, when this 2+2 was ordered and delivered, Kole Pontiac was one of 45 Pontiac retailers serving the greater Chicago metropolitan market; 18 in Chicago and 27 in the suburbs. The outer boundary of this market area extended in a large arc from Waukegan to the north on Lake Michigan, to Antioch near the Wisconsin border, through Elgin to the northwest, Aurora to the west, and Joliet to the southwest. Two additional dealers in Hammond and Gary, Indiana were at the end of the arc as it wrapped up to the shore of Lake Michigan. This market was a good one for P.M.D.
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