The
Chevrolet
From 1946 to 1958
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pickup trucks from the first one to the present day. I thought what a nice idea. I thought that I might try something similar with some of the car pictures I have collected. I have been collecting pictures of Studebakers, Packards Nash, Hudson and Jeeps for some time now and I first wrote a web page on this page on the Studebaker. Then one on Jeeps and Packard followed. Then came one Nash and Hudson. I have since added a page on old Pickup Trucks , Hudson. Essex and Terrplanes of Australia , Volkswagen Kaiser and Henry J and then with the help of one of my visitors have written one on the Crosley. All my previous pages had been on orphaned cars but now I thought I would try one a bit different. So here is my effort on the Chevrolet These pictures came for a number
of sources including web
I would like to invite any one that
has a favorite Chevrolet picture or a Web Page
John MacDonald |
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A Brief History of the Chevrolet
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| The first Chevrolet drawings
were made by M. Etienne Planche on 15 March 1911 at a garage premises at
number 707, later 3939 Grand River Avenue, Detroit. It appears that the
small second story space above the garage was used for new engine design
and construction only. The prototypal Chevrolets were in fact produced
in what would today be called a "pilot plant" in the 1145, West Grand Boulevard
Plant that was used between August 1911 and August 1913.
By November 3, 1911 The Chevrolet Motor Car Company entered the turbulent automobile market. Durant envisioned his new company as an inexpensive competitor to the Ford Model T. He chose to name the company after its designer, Louis Chevrolet, because he liked the sound of the name and because Chevrolet was a prominent name in motor sports. The Chevrolet family was poor and Louis was given only a basic education before he left home. He was not capable to be a designer/drawer, but got a great deal of technical experience, first in the wine and bicycle business in Europe, and then with several car dealers in New York after arrival in 1900. After joining the racing car business, chasing Barney Oldfield and others with success he was engaged by Durant first to the Buick racing team No. 1 with his brother, and later as a consultant adviser for the new car Durant had in mind. Finally in 1934, GM put Louis Chevrolet on their payroll as a mechanic in one of the factories. Illness forced him to retire in 1938. However the Louis' car: The Classic Six was far too expensive (USD 2100,-) to compete with the T-Ford, so Durant had to skip the big, expensive car and go for small, simple ones as the Little Four. As before, Louis disagreed. He "lost" his name to the car, but left with $10,000 and 100 shares in the Chevrolet Motor Car Company, and started working with another racing enthusiast, Albert Champion, on his racing career again. The production of Chevrolet type
C Six was so delayed that it became a 1913 model. From April 1912 until
end of the year the Little Motor Company (owned by Chevrolet Motor Co.)
produced 2999 Little Four's. All had "Little" as the emblem on the radiator
(not Chevrolet). Regrettably there is still the published misnomer that
Chevrolet built 2999 Classic Sixes as 1912 models as its first year of
production. The first Chevrolet Six was ready for the dealers 2nd
Jan. 1913, and was delivered to the first consumer 13th March. During July
and August of 1914, all the remaining parts were used up and the Type C
Classic production ended at Flint. Advertisements in August 1913 announced
that the Little cars were now to be called "Chevrolets". Its 299 cubic
inch, 6 cylinder engine could reach a top speed of 65 miles per hour.
Chevy's first challenged to the
Ford Model T, in 1915 with the "490' is introduced ($490).
Chevy sold it's first truck in
1918 and in that year joined GM Corporation.
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This page was last updated Aug 8 2009
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This car is owned by Don Pate of Arkansas City Kansas. Click here to view the rebuilding of this car. |
This car is owned by Don Pate of Arkansas City Kansas. Click here to view the rebuilding of this car. |
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Lemon Tree Passage,NSW., Australia. This has been a 4 year restoration from a total rustbucket. As you can see in profile, Australian cars have a different tail to USA models. There are a lot of other minor differences as well such as inside door handles and window winders. They are not interchangeable between Australian cars and USA cars. |
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Final Assembly Line |
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by George Pachernegg of Germany. It is part of a deck of cards which he had when he was quite young and still has today |
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to a page of their own Please use the link below to view them |
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To continue your tour use the
links below
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From 1963 to 1970 |
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John's Old Car and Truck Pictures |
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Where we live and what we do |
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The Early Harley-Davidson Motorcycles |
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The Model T Ford |
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The Model A Ford |
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Don
Pate's 1947 Chevy Aero Sedan
View the rebuilding of this car from the bullet holes to the trophy winning |
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The
Chevy Tri-Five
55, 56,and 57 Chevrolets |
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The Corvair 1960 to 1969 |
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The
Chevrolet Corvette
From 1963 to 1970 |
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The Ford Mustang |
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The Early American Sporty Cars |
The Cars Dreams are made of |
Those
Old Classic Convertibles
Cadillac, Duesenberg, Cords and many more |
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Have
a
look and see how a
Jeep can get really stuck |
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The
Oshkosh
The Truck of Trucks |
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The
Divco Truck
America's Milk Truck |
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Historic Aircraft Pictures |
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The 1952 cars of The World |
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The Old Cars of the Netherlands |
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1937
Chrysler Convertible
with a Swiss Tusher Body |
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1925
British Humber 8/18 Chummy
This page shows the complete frame off rebuild |
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The Studebaker |
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The Cars of the Chrysler Corporation |
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The Packard |
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The
Nash, Hudson and
American Motors Cars |
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The
Hudson, Essex, and Terraplanes
that were found in Australia |
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Anthony
Hazelaar's Model T
Trucks and Cars Models |
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Those Wonderful Pickup Trucks |
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The
Volkswagen from 1932 to
the End of the Beetle |
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Yhe Kaiser and the Frazer |
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The Henry J |
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The Stanley Steamer |
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The
cars of IKA Argentina
Kaiser's Jeeps and American Motors that were built in Argentina in the 1950's and 60's and 70's |
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The Jeep from 1940 to the present |
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The
Ford Motor Company
from 1908 to 1969 |
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The Oldsmobile |
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The Pontiac |
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The Cadillac |
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Wouldn't you Really Rather have a Buick |
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The Chrysler Airflow |
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The Tucker '48' |
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The Amphicar |
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Eric
Gordon's Kaiser Rebuild
There are many pictures showing the details of this rebuild |
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Eric
Gordon's 1954 Kaiser
Convertible Convertion |
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"Coming
Home"
The story of Eric Gordon finding and bringing his Kaiser Convertible Home after searching for it for 20 years |
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Eric
Gordon's First Kaiser
A 1951 Deluxe which comes to a startling end |
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WW II Jeeps |
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View
some of John' Evan's
Auto Artwork |
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That Cute Little Crosley |
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The Chevrolet Club of Norway |
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For those who would like to look at cars that are a little more modern, try Donnie Jones' Classy Cars |
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A
website featuring many articles on many different cars
If you can't find it anywhere else, try here |
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The Steam Locomotives of the CNR |
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Another fun page involving a Jeep |
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Tour the 64 remaining Covered Bridges of New Brunswick |
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The Covered Bridges that once dotted Nova Scotia. |
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If
any one is interested in Microsoft's Flight Simulator I have written some
scenery files for Summerville. Maitland, Windsor and Hantsport.
Summerville now has an Airport |
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Poetry and Tunes by Donald Jones |
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Donald
Jones' page
on Canadian Heros |
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Hits on this page
Total hits on all the car pages