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This 1933 Chevrolet roadster still wears the shape Chevrolet drew during the worst year of the Depression, right down to the folding windshield and cut-down doors. Underneath, almost nothing is original. The 65-horsepower Stovebolt six is gone, replaced by a turbocharged Pontiac V6 and an automatic, along with the brake and suspension work needed to make a ninety-year-old chassis safe at modern speeds. Read on to find out what survived and what did not.
This restored 1949 Ford F1 pickup carries a badge that predates the famous F-100 name by four years, a detail most casual truck fans get wrong. Buyers configuring one in period chose between a flathead six and a flathead V8, the same engine architecture that made Ford’s cars famous. Read on to find out which one this particular truck got.
Chevrolet sold its 1947 Fleetmaster looking almost identical to a prewar design, and buyers starved for new cars snapped it up anyway, driving nearly 265,000 units out the door in a single year. Under the hood sat a dependable inline six nicknamed for the color of its exhaust flame. Read on to find out why a company could get away with selling the same car twice.