The Pontiac Club de Mer was an experimental two-door sport roadster that Pontiac built for the 1956 General Motors Motorama. Harley Earl led the idea, with Paul Gillan, then head of the Pontiac studio, also involved, and the name is French for of the sea. Its stainless steel monocoque body borrowed from aircraft, with individual windscreens, concealed headlights, a single dorsal fin and a height of under 39 inches. It carried Pontiac's 287 cubic inch V8 with two four-barrel carburettors, tuned to about 300 horsepower. One car was built and was reportedly scrapped in 1958 under GM's kill order; a quarter-scale model survives and a running replica was later built.
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built by Pontiac for the General Motors Motorama in 1956
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was a purpose-built, experimental car that was built by Pontiac
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to coax power up to a mighty 300 bhp (220 kW)
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built by Pontiac for the General Motors Motorama in 1956
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