History CHEVROLET's name???????????????

There was a Henry Ford, a William Harley, Arthur Davidson and a Joe Isuzu. Was there a "Steve Chevrolet"? And where did the other makers get their names?

 

Joe Isuzu.. that's funny.

Isuzu was named for a river in 1934

 

Louis Chevrolet. And he had a brother too. Louis was a race car driver for ford before starting his own line.

 

Lois and Joe Isusu isn't real. But I'm sure you were joking...right?

 

Louis Chevrolet was a genius.....what happened?

 

There were 3

Loius, Gaston and...ummm....not gonna look it up.

Thier cars were called Frontenacs. Gaston won indy in 1921 or so in a Frontenac

 

Dodge Brothers

Preston Tucker

Carl Benz

Ferdinand Porsche (spelled different I think)

Charles Dureya

I think Cadillac and Pontiac were named after Indian tribes in the Michigan area. Funny side not. The Cadillac was originally formed as a result of the ousting of old Henry from his first company. The Henry Ford Automobile or auto car company by Henry Leland and the other financial backers. That is why the very first Caddys and Fords look identical. Later on old Leland got bootedvand started the Lincoln Motor Company. Ford never forgave Leland and when he started having financial troubles old Henry swooped in and boughtbit out from under him. So this is roughly how Ford ended up with Lincoln. Of course named unceremoniously after the old president Abe.

 

Government intervention

 

Don't forget jim Oldsmobile.

 

Im gonna try and do my best on this without looking it all up again

Durant had 3 guys build prototypes to compete with Henry. Of the 3 the one Chevrolet built was huge and expensive. Durant didnt want that. He chose the cheaper car and applied the Chevrolet name to it which pissed off Louis who split from the partnership and sold his stocks.

He never fully recovered and at the time of his death, was a simple machinist at the very plant that now carried his name.

Gaston on the other hand, died on the boards at possibly the Hollywood track.

 

he was on TV it must be true??

 

Was Lois the wife of Louis Chevrolet?

I dont know the first names of the Dodge brothers, Mr Tucker's either, there were many, and i cant remember any of their first names...

Mr. Olds?
Daimler?
Benz?
Frontenac?
Studebaker?
Packard?
I dont think there's a Mr. Mercury or Mr. Lincoln...same for Plymouth maybe but i think there was a Mr. Chrysler..
Cadillac? Sounds French, so i'm sure a Canuk will claim him....
Buick?

Fat lot of help i am, eh?

-rick

 

Ransom E. Olds.. who left the company and founded REO. I like wikipedia

 

Olds = Robert Elias Olds

Also responsible for the REO of Speedwagon fame....No, not the band!

EDIT: Speedstitch bettered and beat me....Ransom, not Robert!

 

Louis, Ooops!

 

Louis, Arthur, and Gaston.

 

Louis Chevrolet and brothers Arthur and Gaston

Chevrolet builds speed parts for Ford 1916

Very good web page on The Chevrolet and Ford 1916 RACE CAR

http://www.modelt.ca/speed-fs.html

 

Chevrolet brothers built bicycles in Europe before coming to America. The bikes too were called Frontenacs.

Damn I hope I am right.

 

Daimler Benz, Mercedes was his daughter
Mercury = Greek mythology
Plymouth = Plymouth Rock, Mass.

All I've got!

 

the probe!

 

Didnt Louis Chevrolet work on the assembly line before he passed?

 

I think if you do a little research you will find that many of the early automobiles were named for their creators.Too many to mention here but some of the more popular were (Ransom Eli Olds)as in Olds Mobile;Alexander Winton;Walter P. Chrysler;William Crapo Durant and so on.

One that did not was the Mercedes automobile.The creation of Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz was named for the daughter of Emil Jellenek(sp?);the largest Daimler and Benz dealer at the time.

 

REO and Oldsmobile was Ransom Eli Olds


Which is kind funny as Jerome Increase Case - Case tractors and for a very short time Case Automobiles

Studebaker - clement and John Studebaker started as blacksmiths making wagons in Indiana

Kaiser - Frazer - Henry Kaiser and Joseph Frazer

 

I was under the impression that it was Durant that was in Francce and saw the /==IIII==/ on the wallpaper and tore a piece off and stuck it in his wallet for future use.

Damn, again I hope I am right.

 

what year was the first overhead valve Chevrolet V8?

 

Some of youse guys ride the short bus?

 

Why ya say that Jim?

 

Walter P. Chrysler
Horace Dodge
Aston-Martin (Lionel Martin, founder of the company)
Lincoln (named after the President)
Pontiac (Indian Chief in the early 1700s)
Cadillac (Potawotomi Indian Chief, early 1800s)
Hernando DeSoto (Spanish explorer)
Joseph Hudson (named for the Hudson department store founder (now Dayton-Hudson))
Studebaker (named after five brothers that started a wagon company in South Bend, IN in 1855)

Lots more. And I do not need google.

 

Found this also.
History of Louis Chevrolet

http://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/History_of_Louis_Chevrolet

 

The chevron was indeed taken from wallpaper in France, but I don't remember by who.

J.P. Morgan = International Harvester Co.

Let's not forget Edsel, lol.