six cylinder

With the introduction of the first six cylinder engine in 1929 the horn bracket location was between the two-hole base carburetor on the intake manifold. The location was changed with the re-designed 216 cubic inch six cylinder in 1937. The attaching point actually was a two hole cast vertically in to the intake manifold during production. There was no longer...

With the introduction of the new 1955 GMC Blue Chip trucks. (Chevrolet used the name “Task Force.”) The GMC Truck Division made their statement with changes that were different in many ways than their Chevy competitor. Much of the sheet metal was identical to Chevrolet but there was just enough changes that allowed them to be a market and stand...

The first year of the Chevrolet pickup with a Hydramatic transmission was 1954.  Though it did not find a large percentage of buyers, this truck did open the door for an increasing number of this transmission in the coming years. When sitting in the 1954 Chevrolet truck cab with this new option, some changes are immediately noted. To operate the...