Sitting outside my local watering hole, Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., was this lovely 1955 Pontiac Sedan. Has Pontiac’s first modern OHV V8, replacing a straight eight, at 287 cu in making about 200 hp. Bought at Johnson Pontiac in Colorado Springs. This Pontiac shared the A-body with  Chevrolets and some Oldsmobiles.

A quick search showed that in 1955, an employee, Monty E. Lasher, according to “the report of Dr. J. L. McDonald: “This man unquestionably had coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction on August 16, 1955. The first symptoms undoubtedly occurred while he was working under a car and pushing a transmission into place on August 12th.” Johnson Pontiac tried to withdraw its admission of responsibility for workman’s compensation when Mr. Lasher’s injuries were more severe than originally thought.