John Broughton didn’t know if he’d ever get around to buying an old car to play with. He’d never had a hobby car in his previous 73 years, but he always hoped that “someday” would come and he’d find the right car at the right time.
This spring, all the planets seemed to align perfectly and Broughton knew, without a doubt, from the moment he laid eyes on his 1957 Pontiac Chieftain that he had found the car he’d been waiting for.
“I had a ’57 Pontiac four-door before I went into the Army, and I had another one when I got out, so I was interested in getting another one,” said Broughton, a longtime resident of Illinois who now makes his home in Prescott Valley, Ariz. “Well, it turns out there was one for sale right here in town. I went and looked at it and, boy, I’m glad I did!”
Broughton found out about the car from a friend at his health club, but when he inquired about the car, the seller’s wife told him it was a 1975 Pontiac — not a ’57. “I had no interest in a ’75 Pontiac, but I got on my scooter and went over there just for the heck of it,” he said. “I could not believe my eyes when I pulled up and saw it was a ’57 Chieftain that looked like it had just pulled out of the factory. It was just beautiful, and it looked brand new. I couldn’t pass it up.”
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