photo courtesy of Jack Comfort, SHS 1957

Jack Comfort, SHS 1957, and his 1956 Pontiac
Elmira, NY

ack sent this to us in color, but the colors didn't make it over the years, and so we decided to post it in black and white. Click here if you would like to see what it looked like before we decolorized it.

Says Jack:

Too bad it is not in color as the color of the car is "Camile Rose" - Pink in any observer's eyes.

It is a 1956 convertable, with a continental kit on the rear. The photo was taken in 1961 after I came home from service in the the army. I'm standing in front of my home on Spaulding Street, across the street from the Lovejoy's, and 3 houses away from Doug Christy's house.

I sold the car in 1962 and used the proceeds to pay for my first year in College.

Driving it on the highway was a problem; with the continental kit lowering the rear, it looked like it was speeding when it was standing still. Police following cars that were speeding, and passing me, would slow down and follow me.

One time I was pulled over outside the Notre Dame school zone and given a speeding ticket. I was not speeding, nor were any of the 4 or 5 cars around me at the time, who were not given tickets. I fought the ticket and won when the cop told the judge that he had not clocked me, as he had been traveling in the opposite direction. He told the judge that he gave me the ticket because it looked like I was speeding .

The car was a lot of fun, but it served its purpose when it paid for college.