1928 Pontiac “New Series Six” 6-28 Sport Landau Four-Door Sedan

Description

OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

The Nethercutt Collection is one of America’s finest Automotive Museums and Collections, a masterpiece comprising over 250 perfectly restored American and European motor cars, along with a vast array of rare mechanical musical instruments and precious antique furniture. 

Maintaining a classic car collection of this size is never easy, and when it reaches the scale of our collection, it becomes increasingly more challenging. Our founder, J.B. Nethercutt said the following at age 91, “The recognition and preservation of beauty has been a major focus of my life. It would suit me well if what people remembered about me was, ‘Where he went, he left beauty behind.’” 

As a result, we have decided to part ways with a small group of cars from the collection and will do so in partnership with our friends at Hagerty Marketplace. Many of the cars we have decided to sell we have owned for in excess of 50 years, or have been in storage, not on display, or represent a tremendous opportunity as a restoration project. They are a compelling mix of pre-war examples that have been thoroughly well-cared for and that will easily find new caretakers who will undoubtedly cherish and use them as intended.  

As we say goodbye to this group of cars, we hope the occasion for their sale will introduce us to new collectors and enthusiasts, and we look forward to hosting you at the Museum and Collection in Sylmar, California, in the coming months, years and decades. 

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In the early 20’s General Motors Corporation encouraged all its divisions to build “companion cars,” so that the giant could literally saturate the market with vehicles. Buick had Marquette; Cadillac, LaSalle; Olds had Viking; and Oakland had Pontiac. It was originally developed by Chevrolet and shared many of its components. Ultimately, it was refined and sold by Oakland. Ironically, while all the other companion cars disappeared, Pontiac became so successful in just six years, it superseded its parent, and the Oakland name was gone forever.   

The Oakland and Pontiac were quite similar in appearance (and mechanically) which no doubt led to the demise of the higher-priced Oakland by 1932. Despite being built in Pontiac, Michigan, the car was actually named after the great Ottawa Indian Chief of the same name. Pontiacs were designed to be a “step-up” car to entice second-time buyers to move up from an inexpensive four-cylinder car to a slightly higher priced six-cylinder model; thus, Pontiac’s clever tag line, “Chief of the Sixes.”    

Pontiac’s 6-28 models became available after January 1928. They offered a long list of new features including four-wheel mechanical brakes; an innovative crossflow radiator; a higher-compression ratio cylinder head, manifolding and carburation improvements; and redesigned bodies.   

Highlights  

• Offered from The Nethercutt Collection  

• Older restoration with original features 

• Great color combination of Cactus Green with brown fenders 

• Ideal candidate for Nickel tours 

• Classic Pontiac Indian head mascot and radiator badge 

 Features  

•  Artillery wood wheels 

• Cowl lamps 

• Chrome bumpers 

• Tan canvas top 

• Crank up windshield 

• Wood steering wheel 

• Mohair seat and door panel upholstery 

• Firestone whitewall tires 

• Landau irons 

• Nickel-plated interior hardware 

Ownership History  

Purchased from Victor Albert, Port Huron, Michigan (14 October 2001).   

From Cameron Richards, Vice President of The Nethercutt Collection: “I find this Pontiac to be very beautiful. The Sport Sedan body with closed rear-quarter panels compliments so well with the Duco paint scheme and a tan top. It makes for a lovely and sporty look. I wish I could keep the hood ornament!” 

Additional Notes   

A Broad Arrow Auctions Specialist is working as an agent on behalf of the owner of this vehicle. Broad Arrow Auctions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hagerty.    

Contact: Donnie Gould    Phone: 954.647.0779     email: dgould@hagerty.com