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History & Heritage

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

1968 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 — quad-headlamp grille detail
History & Heritage

1968: All-New Body, Split Wheelbase

Mike Sullivan · · 6 min
1971 Chevrolet C10 -- eggcrate grille close-up detail
History & Heritage

The Evolution of C10 Front Grilles, 1960–1987

Robert Halloran · · 7 min
1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Estate wagon — suburban driveway scene
History & Heritage

The Colonnade Chevelle Wagon

Nora Beckett · · 6 min
A squared-off 1970s American full-size pickup with quad headlamps, chrome bumper and bright trim, parked on a tree-lined suburban street in golden-hour light
History & Heritage

How the 1970s Changed Classic Truck Styling

Robert Halloran · · 7 min
1974 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 455 parked on a faded suburban street, malaise-era muscle car
History & Heritage

The Malaise Era: What Came After Muscle

Patrick Walsh · · 5 min
A proud line of candy-painted classic lowriders cruising a sunny palm-lined California boulevard as families and car clubs cheer from the sidewalks, celebrating the post-repeal legal cruise.
History & Heritage

Lowriding Laws and the Cruising Bans

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1987 Square Body C10 -- TBI fuel injection engine bay detail
History & Heritage

Square Body C10 (1973–1987): A Year-by-Year Breakdown

Robert Halloran · · 7 min
Macro close-up of the Rochester fuel injection unit on a 1957 Corvette 283 cubic inch engine showing injector nozzles and period-correct cast iron block
History & Heritage

Corvette 283 Fuelie: how Chevrolet hit one horsepower per cubic inch

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 — golden hour highway shot
History & Heritage

1966: The Restyle Story

Jim Vasquez · · 6 min
1968 Chevelle SS396 engine bay — Turbo-Jet air cleaner
History & Heritage

SS and Turbo-Jet: The Marketing Lore

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
Briggs Cunningham 1960 Corvette racing car in white with blue stripes at the Le Mans circuit with period pit crew in white overalls
History & Heritage

Corvette at Le Mans 1960: the Cunningham team that proved it belonged

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min
A beautifully preserved late-1940s American pickup truck parked outside a period rural gas station at golden hour, warm archival tone
History & Heritage

The Complete History of American Pickup Trucks

Robert Halloran · · 9 min
1973 Cadillac Fleetwood full-size luxury sedan on an estate driveway, the last of the big pre-downsizing American land yachts
History & Heritage

The 1973 Oil Crisis and the Downsizing of American Luxury

David Mercer · · 5 min
1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4 in yellow on an American highway, symbolizing the C4 performance revival from the malaise era
History & Heritage

C4 Corvette Malaise To Muscle

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
Corvette C5-R racing car in yellow Corvette Racing livery at full speed on the Circuit de la Sarthe during the 24 Hours of Le Mans at night
History & Heritage

C5-R Corvette Le Mans dynasty: how Corvette Racing built a class-winning legacy

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
A belly-tank lakester hot rod racing across the white Bonneville Salt Flats under a big sky, distant mountains on the horizon
History & Heritage

Bonneville Speed Week and Land-Speed Hot Rods

Jim Vasquez · · 8 min
1960s GM automotive design studio interior with a mid-engine Corvette concept prototype on a clay model stand surrounded by designers and engineers
History & Heritage

Corvette mid-engine history: Zora Arkus-Duntov's fifty-year campaign

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 — Strato bucket seat cockpit
History & Heritage

Interior Evolution 1968-72: How the Cabin Grew Up

Mike Sullivan · · 7 min