The
Chevrolet
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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 June 14 2008
Because of the number of pictures on this page it is now in two sections
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55, 56,and 57 Chevrolets |
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| The car was built by Don Pate and
Martha was the main driver. "It Has A Small Block 406 with a 780 CFM Holley. You can see the ET for the day this picture was taken wrote on the front windshield. |
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It's times were:
"60 Ft ET 1.55 sec. 1/8 mile ET 7.36 sec @ 94.69 MPH. 1/4 mile ET 11.47 sec @ 118.79 MPH. Ford 9" Rear end. With a ratio of 4.86 And With a full spool & 31 spline M/E axels Shafts 29.5" X 9" M/T tires. Turbo 350 Transmission and a Continental 4000 stall converter. ( NO Trans Brake) |
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| This car is owned by Martha and Don Pate of Arkansas City KS.
They had the following to say about the car. "It Has A Small Block 406 with a 780 CFM Holley. You can see the ET for the day this picture was taken wrote on the front windshield. It's times were: "60 Ft ET 1.55 sec. 1/8 mile ET 7.36 sec @ 94.69 MPH. 1/4 mile ET 11.47 sec @ 118.79 MPH. Ford 9" Rear end. With a ratio of 4.86 And With a full spool & 31 spline M/E axels Shafts 29.5" X 9" M/T tires. Turbo 350 Transmission and a Continental 4000 stall converter. ( NO Trans Brake) |
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He is offering the car for sale. If you are interested please use this email link |
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