The
Chevrolet
From 1959 to 1965
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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 efford 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
| 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
| The 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 2 Door Sedan shown below is owned by
Brian Hepburn from South Africa.
Brian had the following to say about this car. "I was trying to find a chevy impala, that I thought Dan Gurney had raced. Anyway's it turned out to be Jr Johnson, who did time for running moonshine for his Dad, now we know where he got his driving skills from. We located a 59 biscayne over the Internet " E-bay" and had it shipped over here. It eventually got here "bout the 10th Nov , stripped it down and built up a 400 cu in motor (got 566 hp on the dyno) Bolted on a Muncie box got stronger sideshafts, had it painted and managed to debut it on Feb the 2nd. And much to my delight put it on pole and got a 1st and 2nd in a 2 heat race for pre '66 saloons. Gave the Ford guys a big wake up call." |
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| This picture was posted on alt.binaries.pictures.autos
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This 1960 Chevrolet Impalla 2 Door Hardtop
is owned
by Shiree Invercargill from New Zealand The first picture was taken at the Bottom of the World Bluff, New Zealand |
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| This picture was submitted by David B. Stang of Columbus Ohio
This car was owned by his family in 1960 |
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Rare 300hp 327 4spd manual shift |
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This car is owned by Johann Grobler, South Africa |
The car was assembled in 1965 at the General Motors South Africa
plant in Port Elizabeth from a CKD package ex Oshawa Canada. This particular
Malibu is unique in having a factory painted white(Ivory) top on a red
body. This was a "special" and I found it 43 years later standing under
a Pine tree in Meyerton near Vereeniging. Recognizing the car, I
bought it for R3000 and spent about R35,000 to bring it back to life.
Indications are that this is possibly the last surviving South African
assembled RHD 1965 Malibu Chevelle. This makes the vehicle extremely
rare! What is very special, is that in 1965 I was a Specifications
Clerk working in Product Engineering at General Motors South Africa, the
same time the Malibu was built!
The engine started again with a set of new plugs, points and oil filter and ran smoothly with still the old oil in it! I have replace the oil now that the engine has settled down. The engine is running smoothly with oil pressure at about 35 pounds and after 2,500 miles of driving shows no sign of overheating or engine problems. The car stood for 25 years! Kept it as original as possible with the L6 engine. I've now had the priviledge of bringing it back to life and showing the public Chevrolet's "Beautiful in-betweener". All the trim, with exception of the side mirrors, side-vent window clips and wheelcovers are still original. The clips and wheelcovers were donated by Canadian Poncho. The car was sold with no optional extras! This Malibu is "Priceless"!!!! I have no intention of selling it and might donate it to a Car Museum for display after I and my wife have enjoyed driving it! |
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1966 to 1970 |
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