The venerable Chevrolet “stovebolt” six-cylinder engine first showed up in 1929. Photo by Jeff Koch. It was the ultimate “sleeper.” No one suspected the car was fast. Only 17 and feeling my oats, I d...
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News The United States may still have been suffering the effects of the Great Depression in 1935, but that challenging economic setting only ...
This 1927 Ford roadster came about because of a free, splash-oiled 216 Chevy. “Waste not, want not” sounds like it probably came from Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack, but it could very we...
1931 Chevrolet Panel Truck delivers bootlegging baking supplies to a St. Louis, Missouri bakery. Image from the writer’s collection. With prohibition, breweries like Anheuser-Busch had to figure out ...
Images courtesy Old Car Manual Project. The first-generation Chevrolet inline six has long lived in the shadow of the Ford flathead V-8 – so much so that many don’t realize that it’s a different crea...