The builder of this arresting 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop began with carefully chosen components and mods and finished off with expert execution and attention to detail. Based on an all-steel Oakland California body and a customized Tri-Five Chevy frame with a Progressive front subframe, it uses a rebuilt and fully dressed GM 400/400 HP engine for motive power, and polished-and-coated C4 Corvette independent suspension and self-leveling Air-Ride springing for a great ride. Deep Black paint, a custom interior and trunk complete this wonderful ’55.
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The General Motors Corvette Assembly Plant was packed full of community and state leaders, GM officials, media and supporters of Corvette today in hopes of good news with regards to the future of Corvette and Bowling Green. It was good news indeed as GM North American President Mark Reuss took to the podium and announced their plans to invest $131 million in the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, "This facility is particularly thrilling for me to be at because I've had Corvettes, in fact, Corvette is one of the reasons why I went to work for the company a long time ago," said Reuss.
"It's a thrill for me to be here today in Bowling Green as the bearer of good news at one of our very best facilities building" our most iconic car," Reuss said. "When I say our most iconic car, I really mean America's most iconic car."
Reuss then cut to the chase and made the announcement everyone had been hoping for, "I'm here to announce that GM will invest $131 million in Kentucky to ensure that the next generation Chevrolet Corvette will be produced by this team, in this plant, in Bowling Green - the Home of Corvette.
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When FAST™ made the decision to jump into the performance intake manifold market in early 2002; it took nerve, a lot of “know how” and enormous investments of time, money and engineering talent. However, to the company, the risk was worth it. After all, as the saying goes – build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.
Due to the nature of the electronics business FAST™ has always been on the cutting edge of innovation, so the idea of going into the intake manifold business seemed to fit. And in the end, what resulted from the monumental gamble was a grand slam with the creation of the LSX™ Intake Manifold. This groundbreaking intake took the market by storm and raised the science and technology of intake manifold creation to an unprecedented level.
The new RHS® 14-Degree Single Plane Intake Manifold is engineered specifically to fit RHS® 14-degree cylinder heads with a 5-degree intake face. With a tall profile and long runner design, the new manifold provides the power and strong torque curve throughout the mid RPM range that is required for circle track and drag race applications up to 400c.i. This manifold offers the simplicity of a one-piece design with integral water crossover and a lightweight flange for weight critical applications. Female pipe fittings at all four corners allow external water lines for reverse cooling applications. And, with a 4150 flange the RHS® 14-Degree Single Plane Intake Manifold is easy to install in most popular Small Block Chevy applications.
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Superior Glass Works today introduced their new 1937 Chevy S10 Body Kits that permit the installation of their ’37 Chevy fiberglass bodies on a donor S10 pickup truck frame. The 1937-38 Chevy Cabriolet body is very true to the original, rare, design with a mildly chopped windshield and enhanced with a coupe deck lid or the optional rumble seat. Their 1937-38 Chevy Sedan Delivery body has several modifications including a chopped top and the addition of longer, coupe doors. Both have been very popular for many years, and now have been re-engineered so they can be mounted to a modified 1983-2002 S-10 pickup donor chassis. The original body lines and dimensions are retained, so no compromise was made in the looks of these classic street rods. Ideal for the street rodder who can’t find an original ’37-‘39 Chevy frame for one of these bodies, or one who wants to save a few dollars while putting together a nice driving street rod.
CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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