History & Heritage

The stories, timelines, and turning points that shaped American classic cars.

A classic Chevrolet Corvette on exhibit at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky, where Zora Arkus-Duntov's ashes are interred by his own request
History & Heritage

Zora Duntov buried at the Corvette Museum: why it matters

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min
1969 Corvette big block drag racing with front wheels lifting off the NHRA track at launch with tire smoke billowing from the rear
History & Heritage

Corvette drag racing in the big-block era

Wayne Coburn · · 6 min
1930s Duesenberg Model J coachbuilt classic displayed on a concours auction lawn
History & Heritage

Luxury Car Nameplates That Vanished Entirely

David Mercer · · 6 min
1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic — swivel bucket seat interior
History & Heritage

The Swivel Bucket Seats That Defined Colonnade Comfort

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 — new car showroom floor
History & Heritage

1970: The Year GM Lifted the Displacement Cap

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1965 Chevrolet C10 Stepside -- stepped bed fenders in truck yard
History & Heritage

Stepside vs Fleetside: C10 Bed Production Numbers and History

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1961 Lincoln Continental with both rear-hinged suicide doors open showing the pillarless center opening
History & Heritage

Suicide Doors vs Conventional: The Continental's Design Icon Status

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1929 Bentley Speed Six and the Bentley Boys in the Le Mans paddock
History & Heritage

Before the Merger: Bentley's Independent Racing Heritage and the Le Mans “Bentley Boys”

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
A stripped early Ford roadster hot rod with an exposed flathead V8 at a 1940s-50s dry-lakes gathering, warm archival tone
History & Heritage

The History of the American Hot Rod

Jim Vasquez · · 12 min
1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS — trunk lid emblem close-up
History & Heritage

Why the SS Badge Disappeared After 1973

Dan Reeves · · 5 min
An early-1920s American factory pickup truck with an open cab and wooden bed, parked on a dirt street in sepia-toned period photography
History & Heritage

The First Factory-Built American Pickup

Robert Halloran · · 8 min
1969 Chevrolet Corvette C3 in Fathom Green at a classic car show, gleaming in concours condition under show lights
History & Heritage

C3 Corvette Rising Collectible

David Mercer · · 10 min
1956 Chevrolet Corvette in Venetian Red with contrasting color side coves parked on a scenic California coastal road at golden hour
History & Heritage

The 1956 Corvette redesign: how Chevrolet finally got it right

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1972 Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible with the top down parked beside an elegant hotel portico
History & Heritage

Drophead and Convertible Variants Compared Across the Two Marques

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Close-up of a 1955 Chevrolet Corvette 265 cubic inch small-block V8 engine bay showing chrome air cleaner, polished valve covers, and period-correct carburetor
History & Heritage

How the V8 saved the 1955 Corvette

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1968 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 Sport Coupe - car show field
History & Heritage

1968: The SS396's Last Year as Its Own Series

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole standing beside a 1955 Corvette with the hood open showing the new small-block V8 in a 1950s GM design studio setting
History & Heritage

Ed Cole and the small-block V8 that saved the Corvette

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna — urethane nose debut at dealership
History & Heritage

Chevelle Laguna 1973-74: A New Nose on the Colonnade

Dan Reeves · · 6 min