See the USA in Your Chevrolet….
Who sang those words in that commercial from the late 50’s early 60’s. was that Doris Day?… Nope, not Doris Day, but close. I got it!..I got it!!…Dinah Shore!.. You got it! I knew it was some hot strawberry blonde from back in the day that had something to do with Burt reynolds..wikipedia didn’t have …
Turbocharged V6
I read something about GM producing a Turbocharged V6 pumping out something on the order of 400hp in the future. Similar (but better, obviously Wink) to Ford’s EcoBoost engines. I can honestly say I’d be more than interested in a Camaro, or sport-sedan with this kind of engine. Anybody hear something similar, or know anything …
Corvairs – only in Canada you say? pity…
Canadian Corvair owners like to celebrate the fact that about 50,000 Vair’s were built at the GM assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario from 1960 to 1966. Canadian built cars can usually be found in more countries than the US made cars because GM Canada supplied all the cars destined for European consumers.
Some Camaro History
For those of you who have not seen this before, a few thoughts from the Fbodfather, I have been privileged to work on or with the Chevrolet Camaro for many years. As a teenager growing up in a family-owned dealership, I clearly remember our dealership getting its first Camaro delivered prior to public announcement – …
Toronto FBody Motorsports AutoX Event #1 – June 8th
Location: Brampton Powerade Centre (MAP HERE) Time details: 8:30-9:30am Registration 10:00-10:30 Drivers meeting and walk through 10:30 First car 12:00-1:00 Lunch 4:00 Approximate finish of the last car. Cost: $30 for members, $35 for non-members. If you have never done autox, then come for a cruise and go for a few drive-alongs. Then maybe at …
Toronto FBody Motorsports AutoX Event #1 – June 8thRead More
Niagara Cruise Nights
Below is a ist of Cruise nights for the Niagara Area. Feel free to add you own. Scotties Cruise – Sunday Night – Plaza – Mcleod & Drummond Rd. Pen Centre Cruise – Thursday Night starting May 29th. NE Corner of parking lot. Seaway Mall, Welland – Friday night behind Harvey’s / Swiss Chalet Mapleview …
Henry Leland
GMnextAs head of Cadillac Motor, Henry Leland demanded the highest standards of precision and quality in all his products. He established the Cadillac School of Applied Mechanics, the industry’s first school to train machinists, technicians and toolmakers, to ensure those standards would be a common value throughout his organization.Celebrating 100 years of GM
Twin Cam Vega
The Cosworth Twin Cam Vega was a limited edition Chevrolet Vega hatchback introduced to the public at the Chicago Automobile Show in February 1975. The heart of the vehicle was the special sixteen valve DOHC cylinder head assembly developed with the assistance of Cosworth of England. The entire engine assembly was some sixty pounds lighter …
Chevrolet Beginnings
After leaving GM in 1910, Billy Durant started another new car company in cooperation with the most famous of his former Buick race car drivers, Louis Chevrolet, who had emigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland. With Louis giving his name to the brand and Billy in charge of management and product development, the first Chevrolet …
Cadillac Beginings
Back in 1902, when Henry Leland took charge of a struggling young company that had been started by Henry Ford and re-named it Cadillac, few people foresaw what the Cadillac name would come to stand for. Acquired by General Motors in 1909, Cadillac immediately became GM’s premier brand.
Sponsors
