Andrew Cuomo came to Watkins Glen International and took his 1975 Corvette around the track during the NASCAR weekend. He left with quite an impression. Saturday, Cuomo returned to announce a new ad campaign for New York tourism called “The …
1975 Corvette, sounded as great as it looked http://t.co/5lRMT1DQa4
Continuing with Baseball, Hot Dog, Apple Pie, Chevrolet and 4th of July theme….
Last post we touched on a rare Chevy but they made some great car in 1975…ok….maybe…not ‘great’, but there are some collectibles I think are over looked. (Keep in mind that I think just about any 2 door Chevy can be ‘all that’!!!)
Check these out.
How about the Malibu for ’75? It came in the S and Landau versions and with a total of 258,909 units built, there a good bet you can find used parts.
1975 Malibu….the hood wasn’t an option!!!
The Nova was on the decline design-wise, but you could get it in a V8 and a Super Sport version. There were 273,014 Nova’s built-in two door and (hiss…boo) 4 door configurations. Of that total 138,879 were six cylinders and 134,103 were V8’s. Within the V8’s 9,087 were Super Sport!!
Nova SS (Hatch back? Yup!)
There was a the Impala/Bel Air/Caprice platform. No I am serious!!!! The two door version are under rated and can be monsters in the right hands (the Bel Air only came in 4dr and wagon sub models). The Impala had the Landau, Custom Coupe and Sports Coupe with a total production of 176,376. The Caprice had Custom, Landau and the Convertible with 103,944 units coming off the assembly line. That totaled included 8,349 Convertibles.
75 Caprice Caprice Convertible
Saving (arguably) the best two platforms for last the Chevelle series (which included the Malibu, the Malibu Classic, the Classic Estate [station wagon] and the Laguna) and the Camaro. The Camaro was still longish and sleek and the Chevelle etc was….well Monte Carlo like!!! Both came in 6 and 8 cylinder and had a few two door configurations. The Malibu and Malibu Classic and the Laguna Type S-3 having two door cars for the Chevelle and of course that’s all there was for the Camaro. The Malibu units totaled out at 63,530 (21,804 – 6 cylinders/41,726 – V8s) with the Malibu Classic production at 131,455 (3,844 – 6’s and 127,611 – 8’s) and the Laguna Types S-3 (think NASCAR) 6,714.
NASCAR Laguna
75 Laguna
The Camaro came in the base model and the LT. There was the Rally Sport package which sources agree were about 7,000 produced. There is some issue with the total number of Camaro produced with number ranging from 141,629 to over 145K. But with other numbers like 145,755 had power steering and 29,359 with 6 cylinders and 116,430 with V-8s (totally 1445,789) We do know that there were 4,160 car built for exports.
1975 Camaro RS
Thanks for reading.
Tim
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Here’s a little 4TH of July twist for They Made How Many?
What’s more American then a Chevrolet?
Check it out:
This was a 1975 commercial and yes I know that other American cars (but feel free to remind me!!!! ) but this is just so American!!!!
You can see the a Vega, a Caprice, a Monza, a Nova and few other Chevy’s in the commercial.
Total American car manufacturing show that Chevy was #1 in car production with 1,755,773 units. Chevy was followed closely by Ford with 1,569,608, then a distant 3rd was Oldsmobile with 631,795 (Roughly 1 million less than Ford!!).
Out of the 1.7 million cars that Chevy produced there were some highlights. Take for instance the famous 1975 Cosworth Vega two door hatchback with a total of 2,061 cars produced.
Number-wise that was a very low production, but did you know the rarest car Chevy produced that year was the unfamous 1975 Vega Panel Express. Total production was 1,525!!!
The Electronic Gamblers’s Race came down to a final between the dragster of Mary Roach from Saint John, N.B., and the 1974 Chevy Vega of Rick Nowlan from Moncton, N.B., with Roach emerging victorious. The Junior Dragster class ran two divisions, and …
Collier, a detective with the Benton Police Department, captured his first national win in Baytown, Texas, in his 1972 Chevy Vega and is now sitting in the top 10 nationally in points. “You have hundreds of racers and you have people out there who’ve …
Let me know if you own when of these and drop us a note at: AGCarRestoration@cox.net
I have always loved the look of the huge panel/delivery trucks or sedans of the 30’s and 40’s. The rounded fenders and either separate or incorporate headlights combined with the tall solid panel sides gave them a great look.
The terms panel/delivery were used on trucks as well as stations wagons (sedans) like Ford’s 1938 and 1939 panel/delivery trucks with the oval grille and I include even the windowed Chevy Suburban, Carryall in the late 50’s.
My favorite!! 1938 Ford delivery Van
The 1938 Ford panel trucks were newly designed for that year. This included the oval grille and car like fenders. You had your choice of V8’s either 60 or 85 hp versions. It include cool options like oil bath air cleaner, oil filter and an available hot water heater…yeah in the truck!!!
’41 Chevy Sedan Delivery. Another Favorite.
The ’41 Chevy Sedan Delivery was a new design for that year as well. It also incorporated the passenger car features and a six cylinder engine that gave you more horse power (90) then the Fords V8s. Chevy engineers solved a lot of issue with this model such as a new carb design to prevent the sudden stop stalling issues, newly designed water pump and a larger radiator to help with over-heating issues. It also sported hydraulic breaks, synchomesh trans, double-acting shocks, independent front suspension and vacuum-assisted gearshift.
I mentioned the Chevy Suburban/Carryall which are great looking with a lot of windows.
’59Chevy Apache CarryAll
1957 Carryall
These were basically for transporting people. It was introduced in 1935 and in 1957 it had a lot of upgrades for example – hidden stairs and a new V8 – Chevy’s working 283 or the Trademaster 265. It had power brakes, power steering, Hyda-matic with overdrive and electric wipers. You had the option of rear panel doors or wagon tailgate!!!
I love this trucks!!! But restoration is costly and I have a real problem with visualizing what can be done with, for instance, cargo space for the ’41 Chevy. More seats? Paneling and shag carpet? (I group in the 60’s and 70’s van era!!!)
Got a good idea for the cargo space? Drop me your ideas in a comment for email me at AGCarRestoration@cox.net.
It was saved by a former factory worker who got permission to remove it in 2012 shortly before the tunnels were due to be filled in – making it the last ever Mini to leave Longbridge. After not getting any sunlight for three decades, this 1275 GT needs lots of love in order to return to its former glory.
Big changes are afoot at Holden. After General Motors opted to shut down its only plants Down Under, its Australian subsidiary is shifting from a manufacturer to an importer of automobiles. The question on everyone’s mind, then, has been whether Detroit would keep its Australian nameplates in place, or replace them with global ones.
The word on the yellow-brick roads of Oz has been shifting back and forth, but the latest indicates that GM will kill the Commodore name when the replacement for the current model arrives. Holden’s only proprietary model, the rear-drive Commodore sedan, wagon and ute are set to be replaced by a front-drive model to be brought in from either Asia or Europe. And while Holden execs have been pleading their case, it now appears that – because the car will be so fundamentally different from the one it replaces – GM will push the same nameplate it applies to the vehicle in other markets rather than try to port over the Commodore name, killing it alongside the Falcon that Ford is discontinuing as well.
THE new Holden Commodore has been recalled for the second time in two months because the windscreen wipers might not work. Holden is recalling 27,074 cars built from 27 February 2013 to 31 August 2013 because faulty windscreen wipers may become …
Holden Commodore: 2648 — up 60.8 per cent. Hyundai i30: 2553 — up 1.6 per cent. Ford Ranger: 2317 — up 35 per cent. Volkswagen Golf: 2301 — up 46.1 per cent. Mitsubishi Triton: 2254 — down 13.5 per cent. Mazda CX-5: 1715 — down 3.5 per cent.
Remember the Volvo P1800? Well, you want the S version because it was built in Sweden instead of Scotland, along with many of the Chrysler-Rootes Group cars.ranwhenparked has more:
The Chrysler-Rootes plant in Linwood, Scotland was pretty terrible. It was constructed specifically to build the Hillman Imp (full disclosure, I actually kind of like that car, my dad’s British expatriate friend had one for decades).
Chrysler wanted to build the car at their existing factory in Ryton, but oh no no, the UK government had other ideas. With Scotland’s shipbuilding industry essentially dead (partly, OK, heavily due to government policy), the idea was to replace it with car production. So, Chrysler was denied the necessary permits to expand the Ryton plant, but was given generous subsidies to build a new factory in Linwood and really needed to build the car somewhere, so they went with it.
All their suppliers were still located in England, Linwood was basically in the middle of a vast no-man’s land for the auto industry, which led to high transportation costs and frequent parts shortages. The local workforce was inexperienced in car assembly, which led to poor quality and low productivity (the rush to get production going was also to blame, as it shortened training time). Turnover was high and labor problems were rampant – there were over two dozen strikes in one year alone. The factory operated deep in the red throughout its existence and was ultimately closed in the mid ’70s after only 13 years in operation.
Well, you want the S version because it was built in Sweden instead of Scotland, along with many of the Chrysler-Rootes Group cars. ranwhenparked has more: The Chrysler-Rootes plant in Linwood, Scotland was pretty terrible. It was constructed …
A UNIQUE exhibition dedicated to the Centennial of Maserati was inaugurated in Modena this week.
Maserati 100 – A Century of Pure Italian Luxury Sports Cars retraces the story of the Italian car manufacturer through an exhibition featuring some of the Trident marque’s most significant road and racing cars and to learn about the individuals who shaped its history.
Maserati is celebrating 100 years and although it was started in the Italian city of Bologna but eventually moved to Modena in the 1930’s where it’s headquarters still operates. The area is called “La Terra dei Motori” or Motor Valley and host not only Maserati, but Ferrai, Lamborghini, Dallara and Pagani as well as Ducati, Malaguti and Bimota motorcycle manufacturers. We are headed to the Modena area Oct 2015!!!!
Let’s get right to the glory and the tragic historical events of this weeks Auto Factoids.
June 10, 1927 the Graham brothers purchased Paige-Detroit Motor Co. These guys started out producing glass and then moved into making conversion kits to turn Model T Fords in to truck. They decided they wanted to produce their own trucks and made a deal with Dodge for the engines and selling their trucks though Dodge. In 1927 they decided they wanted to go into the car business and make the historic purchase of Paige-Detroit Motor for what was $4 million dollars. Renamed Graham-Page, they produced 6 and 8 cylinder cars using their own bodies (after buying Wayne Body Company) and light trucks. Truck production ceases when Dodge threatened to enforce the non-compete clause of the original agreement. Of note was the 8 cylinder engine they developed nicknamed the “Blue Streak”. It soon became the name for the car. Graham brothers produced cars up until 1940 and only used their factory during WWII for various war effort production. By 1946 they were producing cars again and farm equipment under Kaiser-Frazer name. They eventually transferred all the rights to Kaiser-Frazer and their production facilities were sold to Chrysler.
Love this 1927 Panel Truck
Model 827 Circa 1929
Survivor!!!!
Oh YES…THEY DID A BUS!!!
June 10, 1951 Jaguar has it’s first Le Mans win and 4 years later and one day, the worse racing tragedy in organized racing history – 81 spectators were killed in the Le Mans crash on June 11, 1955.
June 12 1954 – Packard offers new cars with tubeless tires – major milestone!!!
June 12, 1975 – Chrysler Imperial is no longer produced. If you recall Imperial started out as it’s own brand and then purchased by Chrysler the name was retired for a period of time and then brought back in the 1970’s.
If you thought last week was light…this week is weak!! Buick became a corporation back in 1903 back on May 19. It eventually became a major General Motors brand.
Light week this week. 5/14/1969 – Last Corvair build. If you know only a little about automotive history or maybe politics or the consumer safety revolution of the 60′s and 70′s you’ll know the name Ralph Nader. With a little …
Auto Factoids are back!!!! Lets just get started. Happy Birthday (Sept. 8, 1903) Preston Tucker – nice cars!!! On Sept 9th 1935 Studebaker put the first car on a Pennsylvania RR rail car headed to NYC but the final destination was London. (Actually there were 163 cars in that shipment.) These are …
Auto Factoids are back!!!! Lets just get started. Happy Birthday (Sept. 8, 1903) Preston Tucker – nice cars!!! On Sept 9th 1935 Studebaker put the first car on a Pennsylvania RR rail car headed to NYC but the final destination was London. (Actually there were 163 cars in that shipment.) These are …
ve us this thing:
first internal-combustion engine to efficiently burn fuel directly in a piston chamber.
The sinkhole that swallowed up eight Corvettes earlier this year has been something of a mixed blessing for the Bowling Green, Ky., National Corvette Museum. On the one hand, those rare (if not uniformly invaluable) Corvettes were damaged, or outright …
