The History of the 1939 Pontiac Sliver Streak own by Roanoke College

The Car was originally owned be the Greenbrier in the West Virginia. It was used to transport guest to and from the train station. Being a Car used in the mountains of W. VA, our ’39 was outfitted with oversized head lights (the headlight are most likely from a Ford Model-T) and a grill guard. The headlights ad grill guard were used to protect the car from the deer.  The car was then sold when the Greenbrier no longer had a need for it. It was then moved to Oliver’s Garage in Mt. Tabor and it reminded untouched until the fall semester 2010 Envi-400 class was looking for a project that would mean the most to them. they soon heard about the car from Dr. Cawley (who is a patron of Oliver’s) and the project begin. The proposed conversion of the car was originally planned to be a 5 year project. So in order to insure the work would be completed, the Fall 2010 Class established RC Electric, a student organization in the campus that is committed to greening the campus’ use of electric. Since July of 2011, the Car has been purchased and now a part of the campus motor pool. The car has also been sandblasted to remove all of the rust. Most recently the car received its first coat of primer. Currently students have been trying rebuilt the engine and full the minor imperfections in the body, in order to paint the car by December at the latest.