(Updated) Looks to me like they’re both writing him up. To satisfy the need for even more power than the 155 hp 256 Chevy V8, in 1956 Chevrolet also used the 322 cubic inch Nailhead Buick V8 on the 9000 and 10000 series trucks, and this looks like one of those.So we have all the GM car divisions engines represented here except for Cadillac.
Quite the collection: 2 Pontiac Wagons, a Chevrolet, an Oldsmobile flat top and [I think] a Corvair; all 1960s.
I’d love to have any of them, especially one of the wagons.
All those different roof styles are an interesting contrast. I had not remembered that four doors came with either the fastback or the flat top styles. Maybe that was brand specific.
GM offered the same rooflines on all five of its (non Corvair) car lines in 1959-60. The flat top was the 4 door hardtop, though there was one more 4 door hardtop design available for Cadillac and Buick; that one was called the “six window”, and it featured a more conventional shape.
4 door Corvairs mimicked the flat top of the full size cars, but had conventional B pillars and framed glass.
Same thought as RLPlaut, above – this is an interesting assortment. I think one of those Pontiac wagons would be my choice today.
Suggested caption: “Hey lookat us – six speeding tickets in one stop! We can knock off for today.”
I think they’re issuing Chevy Citations.
And one for 88 in a 35? 🙂
Ba dump bump! Crash! Lol. Perfect.
This is a fun photo. From what I can read on the door this was taken in Quebec so those are Canadian Pontiacs. Although there isn’t a lot of snow, there are icicles so it must be fairly cold but the officers are not dressed for winter.
I think the young fella in the front is doing the writeup, the one at the door is reading the paperwork.
Neither are dressed for the obviously cold Quebec winter weather.
Did GM have a factory in Quebec in those days? I remember them building Camarobirds there more recently.
The former GM Sainte-Thérèse Plant (also referred sometimes as the Boisbriand plant) opened later, around 1966 and closed in 2002. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Thérèse_Assembly
I’m kind of wondering about the aerodynamics of a 60 Chevy when going backwards. The fins won’t help much, but the roofline is the best of this bunch going in reverse.
I must be right, since they did put it at the front, and they are getting a ticket…
The other thing I’m thinking of is how all these cars likely died a salty, rusty death within 10 years, being in Quebec.
The truck has 10 stud wheels, so it it might be one of the heavier ‘Nailhead’ powered versions.
I think you’re right. I didn’t look closely enough. I’m updating the text.
Note how the Chevy in the front position on top was reversed into position, while a Corvair was placed in the rear of that row. I am thinking that the late ‘50s, growth in rear overhangs on the full-sized cars overwhelmed the capacity of those car carrying trailers to go three-in-a-row up top, full-sized and facing forward.
The way the people loading those trailers jigsaw in the cars, both back then and today, is fascinating. Fitting them in is not a task that rewards or tolerates “squeezing them in until something bumps”.
With all the snow and salt, those cars were shipped COD. Corrosion On Delivery. I can almost hear the rust at work.
I had a 60 Pontiac flattop like the Olds. All the literature said it tipped the scales about 4400 pounds. Even with the lighter Corvair, that adds up to around 22000 pounds. And on two single axles on the tractor trailer. Maybe they’re nicking him for overweight!