A Brief History of the Chevrolet
In 1909 William Durant, a successful buggy manufacturer from Flint, Michigan,
asked Louis Chevrolet, a well known race car driver,
to help design a car for introduction to the public.
He had not yet formed a company to manufacture it.
By 1911 The Chevrolet Motor Car Company entered the turbulent automobile market.
Durant invisioned 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.
In 1912 Chevrolet hits the streets of Detroit with the "Classic Six"--a large, 5-passenger touring sedan
with a long list of standard features, including four doors, electric lights and folding top,
plus a windshield and its own tool box. Its 299-cubic-inch,
6-cylinder engine could reach a top speed of 65 miles per hour.
1914 saw the Chevy "bowtie" logo appears for the first time.
Legend maintains that the boetie shape was inspired by a pattern of wallpaper
in a Paris hotel room. In 1908, William Durant reportedly detached a small piece
and kept it in his wallet, waiting for the day he'd put it to use.
The Bowtie became an advertising icon, and is still the marque of today's Chevrolet
Chevy's first challenged to the Ford Model T, in 1915 with the "490' is introduced ($490).
1917 The Chevrolets sales hit 100,000 in 1917 due to the sucess of the 490
Chevy sold it's first truck in1918 and in that year joined GM Corporation.
Chevrolet offered the first radio option in 1924.
1927 was a year that Chev will never forget. Chevrolet outsold Ford by topping
1 million units for the first time. In all but four of the next 55 years,
Chevrolet is the top-selling American nameplate.
1928 CHEVROLET TRUCK (Lillestrøm 12.juni 2004)
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1929 CHEVROLET (Ramnes 28.august 2005)
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1936 Chevrolet 2-door sedan
1946 CHEVROLET FLEETMASTER (Sandefjord 24.oktober 2004)
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1951 CHEVROLET 3803 (Stokke 27.mai 2004)
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1955 CHEVROLET 2103 POWER GLIDE (Ramnes 17.mai 2001?)
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1955 CHEVROLET BEL AIR (Larvik september 2001)
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1955 CHEVROLET BEL AIR (Larvik september 2001)
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1955 CHEVROLET BEL AIR (Larvik september 2001)
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1955 CHEVROLET BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE (Larvik september 2001)
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1956 CHEVROLET 2103 PICK-UP (Horten 13.august 2004)
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1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR (Ramnes 17.mai 2001?)
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1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR (Larvik september 2001)
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1957 CHEVROLET TWO-TEN SPORT SEDAN (Larvik september 2001)
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1957 CHEVROLET TWO-TEN-2119 (Larvik september 2001)
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1958 CHEVROLET DELIVERY (Ramnes 28.august 2005)
1962 CHEVROLET IMPALA (Larvik 8.desember 2004)
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1963 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 12.juni 2006)
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1964 CHEVROLET IMPALA SS (Tønsberg 13.juni 2006)
1964 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE 5369 (Halden 1981-82)
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1965 CHEVROLET CHEVY VAN (Sandefjord)
1965 CHEVROLET IMPALA SS (Larvik 17.september 2006)
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1968 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik september 2001)
1968 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 1.april 2006)
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1968 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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1968 CHEVROLET PICK UP (Horten)
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1969 CHEVROLET C-10 (Larvik 8.desember 2004)
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1969 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE MALIBU (Stokke 12.august 2006)
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1969 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 19.juli 2006)
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1969 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE MALIBU (Horten 9.april 2004)
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1969 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 27.mars 2004)
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1969 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik september 2001)
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1969 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE (Tønsberg 22.februar 2006)
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1969 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE MALIBU (Horten 21.mai 2006)
1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE (Tromsø 1984)
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1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE 300 DELUXE (Tromsø 10.juli 2006)
1970 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik 31.juli 2004)
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1970 CHEVROLET BEL AIR SEDAN (Porsgrunn 28.november 2006)
1970 CHEVROLET CORVETTE CAB350 "MAKO SHARK" (Vear 15.mai 2004)
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1970 CHEVROLET CORVETTE T-TOP (Ramnes)
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1971 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z28 (Horten 1.juni 2004)
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1971 CHEVROLET EL CAMINO (Sandefjord)
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1972 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik september 2001)
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1972 CHEVROLET IMPALA (Horten 7.januar 2005)
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1972 CHEVROLET C10 (Sandefjord 19.juli 2006)
1972 CHEVROLET TOWNMAN (Sandefjord 10.juli 2005)
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1973 CHEVROLET BLAZER (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1973 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY (Tønsberg 13.juli 2006)
1973 CHEVROLET CAPRICE 2DHT (Tønsberg 27.mars 2004)
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1974 CHEVROLET BLAZER (Tønsberg 1983)
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1974 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC (Sandefjord ca.1984-85)
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1974 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO (Tromsø 1984)
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1975 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Sandefjord 20.mai 2004)
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1975 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Oslo 1987)
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1975 CHEVROLET SILVERADO (Tønsberg 14.juni 2006 (LJ15596))
1975 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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1975 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik september 2001)
1975 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 1.april 2006)
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1976 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Horten 14.oktober 2004)
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1976 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC (Tønsberg 9.april 2006)
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1977 CHEVROLET EL CAMINO (Horten 18.desember 2004)
1978 CHEVROLET BLAZER (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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1978 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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1978 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Tønsberg 13.august 2005)
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1978 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC (Tromsø 1985)
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1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
1978 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN CC 209 (Horten 9.april 2004)
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1978 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC (Horten 17.desember 2005)
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1979 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1979 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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1979 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik september 2001)
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1979 CHEVROLET MALIBU (Tønsberg 27.mars 2004)
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1979 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Tønsberg 14.juni 2006)
1979 CHEVROLET MALIBU (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO SS (Horten 4.oktober 2004)
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1980 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1980 CHEVROLET CHEVY VAN 20 (Vear 19.april 2004)
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1980 CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC (Tønsberg 1.juni 2004)
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1980 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP (Sandefjord 20.februar 2006)
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1981 CHEVROLET EL CAMINO PICKUP (Sandefjord 27.mai 2004)
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1981 CHEVROLET PICK UP (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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1981 CHEVROLET CAPRICE CLASSIC (Porsgrunn 6.juni 2006)
1982 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Tromsø 1983)
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1982 CHEVROLET CG 21305 (Sverige ca.1982)
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1982 CHEVROLET VAN G10 (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1983 CHEVROLET BEAUVILLE (Tromsø)
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1984 CHEVROLET BEAUVILLE (Repvåg, Finnmark 1989)
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1984 CHEVROLET CAPRICE PICK-UP (Tønsberg 16.oktober 2006)
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1985 CHEVROLET BEAUVILLE DIESEL 6.2 (Horten 3.desember 2004)
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1985 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 13.juni 2006)
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1985 CHEVROLET BEAUVILLE DIESEL 6.2 (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1986 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN (Tønsberg 15.mai 2004)
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1986 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN (Trondheim 1987)
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1986 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Sandefjord 24.oktober 2004)
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1987 CHEVROLET CAPRICE WAGON (Horten 21.desember 2004)
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1987 CHEVROLET EL CAMINO SS (Tønsberg)
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1987 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN SILVERADO (Sandefjord 2.juni 2005)
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1988 CHEVROLET CAVALIER (Horten 4.november 2004)
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1988 CHEVROLET S10 BLAZER II (Tønsberg 19.mars 2006)
1988 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1988 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN V20 4X4 (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1988 CHEVROLET ASTRO EXTREME (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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1988 CHEVROLET ASTRO (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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Stereoanlegget i 1988 Chevrolet Astro Extreme!
1989 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Horten 13.mai 2004)
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1990 CHEVROLET C-30 (Sandefjord 29.mai 2005)
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1991 CHEVROLET VAN (Larvik 16.april 2006)
1992 CHEVROLET CHEVY VAN G30 STARCRAFT (Tønsberg 30.desember 2004)
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1993 CHEVROLET CAMARO (Tønsberg 24.februar 2006)
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1993 CHEVROLET BERETTA (Tønsberg 1.september 2006)
1995 CHEVROLET SURBURBAN (Tønsberg 24.juni 2005)
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1995 CHEVROLET G30 CHEVY VAN SUPER (Nærbø 27.juli 2005)
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1995 CHEVROLET BLAZER 4X4 (Sandefjord 2.mars 2006)
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1997 CHEVROLET RESCUELINE 200 (Tønsberg 23.juni 2004)
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1997 CHEVROLET STARCRAFT GT SERIES (Tønsberg 30.desember 2004)
1998 CHEVROLET G30 STARCRAFT (Larvik 17.september 2006)
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1998 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tønsberg 13.april 2006)
1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT 1500 (Horten 5.mai 2004)
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2003 CHEVROLET AVELANCHE (Tønsberg 15.mai 2004)
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2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 EXT C (Tønsberg 12.juni 2005)
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2006 CHEVROLET NUBIRA (Sandefjord 7.juni 2006)
CHEVROLET (Lillestrøm 12.juni 2004)
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CHEVROLET (Lillestrøm 12.juni 2004)
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1970 CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Larvik 31.juli 2004)
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CHEVROLET CORVETTE (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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CHEVROLET HIGHWAY PATROL (Ramnes)
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CHEVROLET BEL AIR (Tromsø ca.1988-89)
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