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History & Heritage

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

A mid-1950s American half-ton pickup at a classic car show with its hood open, revealing an early overhead-valve V8 engine
History & Heritage

When Did Pickups Get V8 Engines?

Mike Sullivan · · 7 min
1961 Chevrolet C10 -- wraparound windshield front three-quarter
History & Heritage

First-Generation C10 (1960-1966): What Changed Year to Year

Robert Halloran · · 6 min
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS396 — quiet suburban road
History & Heritage

1969 Chevelle and Malibu: The Quiet Refinement Year

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1992 Chevrolet Corvette LT1 engine bay showing the new-generation small-block V8 with reverse-cooling system
History & Heritage

C4 Corvette Lt1 Engine 1992

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
Zora Arkus-Duntov era portrait atmosphere — a 1950s GM engineer with an early Corvette in a vintage engineering office setting
History & Heritage

Zora Arkus-Duntov: Father of the Corvette

Patrick Walsh · · 13 min
1976 Chevrolet C10 Scottsdale -- two-tone paint side profile
History & Heritage

Factory Two-Tone Paint Schemes on Classic C10s

Robert Halloran · · 7 min
1985 Chevrolet Corvette L98 V8 engine with Tuned Port Injection runner intake manifold in the engine bay
History & Heritage

C4 Corvette Tuned Port Injection

Wayne Coburn · · 9 min
1970 Chevelle SS454 and Pontiac GTO — car show comparison
History & Heritage

SS vs the Muscle Car Rivals

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1969 Chevrolet Corvette C3 race car with L88 engine competing in SCCA A-Production racing on a road course corner
History & Heritage

Corvette in the SCCA: the Trans-Am era and what it left behind

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1975 Chevrolet Laguna Type S-3 — NASCAR superspeedway action
History & Heritage

Laguna Type S-3, 1974-1976

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Close-up detail of the 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray front fender badge showing the single-word chrome Stingray emblem with dramatic side lighting
History & Heritage

1969 Corvette Stingray: why the name became one word

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
1956 Continental Mark II hardtop coupe showing clean restrained styling and the subtle spare-tire trunk hump
History & Heritage

Eldorado vs Continental Mark II: The Personal Luxury Coupe Duel

Sarah Whitfield · · 5 min
A lineup of vintage American pickup trucks from the 1940s through the 1980s parked side by side on a showground, showing the evolution of the pickup across the decades.
History & Heritage

American Pickup Trucks by Decade: A Timeline

Robert Halloran · · 8 min
1966 Pontiac GTO hardtop in a studio three-quarter beauty shot
History & Heritage

Pony Cars vs Muscle Cars: The Real Distinction

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1955 Cadillac Fleetwood in custom pink finish parked before a stately Southern mansion
History & Heritage

Famous Owners of Classic Luxury Cars Through History

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Five 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport lightweight racing coupes lined up at a race circuit, the entire production run of Zora Arkus-Duntov's Le Mans challenger
History & Heritage

The five Grand Sport Corvettes Zora built before GM said stop

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
Silver 1969 Oldsmobile 442 intermediate hardtop in full side profile
History & Heritage

Intermediate vs Full-Size: The Muscle Car Divide

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
Factory paint color swatch display showing 1963-1967 C2 Corvette exterior colors including Riverside Red, Nassau Blue, Glen Green, Tuxedo Black, and Ermine White with factory paint code labels
History & Heritage

C2 Corvette colors by year

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min