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Special Interest Vehicles
1905 to 1910
Early Photographs
1905 - New York City
Unidentified early automobile (FIAT?)
Louis Chevrolet leaning on car
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
October 1905 - Long Island, New York
Vanderbilt Cup Race
Suzanne & Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1909 - Flint, Michigan
Buick Model 10
Suzanne Chevrolet with her boy Charles
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
Spring 1909 - Northern Indiana
Buick Model 10
Louis, Suzanne, & Charles Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Spring 1909 - Northern Indiana
Buick Model 10
Suzanne Chevrolet with her boy Charles
(Fort Wayne Daily News)
Circa 1909/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Buick Race Car - Right Hand Drive
Louis Chevrolet on Pit Road at Indy
(Detroit Public Library)
1914 to 1916
Personal Automobiles
May 1914 - Flint to Indy Road Trip
Buick Model B37
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
May 1914 - Flint to Indy Road Trip
Buick Model B37
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Walter Miller Collection)
May 1914 - Flint to Indy Road Trip
Buick Model B37
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
1914 - Detroit, Michigan
Chevrolet Baby Grand Automobile
Driver - Suzanne Chevrolet
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
July 1915 - Detroit, Michigan
Buick Automobile
Louis & Gaston Chevrolet with family
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
Spring 1916 - Flint, Michigan
Paterson Six Automobile
Suzanne & Louis Chevrolet
(Flint Daily Journal)
1917 Match Race Tour
with Barney Oldfield
October 1917 - Birmingham, Alabama
Chevrolet 490 Automobile
Sterling Edwards & Louis Chevrolet
(Walter Miller Collection)
October 1917 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Chevrolet 490 Automobile
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(New Orleans Daily States)
November 1917 - El Paso, Texas
Maxwell Automobile
Louis Chevrolet and Barney Oldfield
(El Paso Morning Times)
November 1917 - El Paso, Texas
Maxwell Automobile
Barney at the wheel, Louis in the back
(El Paso Morning Times)
November 1917 - El Paso, Texas
Louis Chevrolet inspects Maxwell Truck
at the Buquor dealership in El Paso
(El Paso Herald)
November 1917 - Phoenix, Arizona
Packard Twin Six Automobile
Barney Oldfield & Louis Chevrolet
(Arizona Replublican)
1922 Wills St. Claire
Wills St. Claire Logo
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(WillsAutoMuseum.org)
1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Wills St. Claire Automobile
Louie with Mr. & Mrs. Jules Goux
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Wills St. Claire Radiator Mascot
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(WillsAutoMuseum.org)
1924 Indianapolis 500
1924 Lincoln Model L Engine
Gasoline Alley Museum - Calgary
(TheLifeMechanical.com)
May 1924 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Lincoln Model L Phaeton
Mr. Warnock with Louis & Arthur
(Dick Wallen Collection)
1925 Biscayne Bay, Florida
Purdy Speed Boat Regatta
March 1925 - Miami Beach, FLA
Purdy Boat Co. - Biscayne Baby
Louis at the wheel of #4 Hialeah
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
March 1925 - Miami Beach, FLA
6-Cylinder Scripps Engine
being installed in Biscayne Baby
(Motor Boating)
March 1925 - Miami Beach, FLA
Biscayne Baby kicking up a rooster tail,
Louis at the wheel of #4 Hialeah
(Mystic Seaport Museum)
March 1925 - Miami Beach, FLA
Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regatta
Louis at the official weigh in
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
March 1925 - Miami Beach, FLA
Biscayne Baby kicking up a rooster tail,
Louis at the wheel of #4 Hialeah
(Motor Boating)
March 1925 - Miami Beach, FLA
Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regatta
Louis with a stellar group of drivers
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1925 Charles Chevrolet
Selling Chevy Cars
August 1925 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chevrolet Automobile
Charles & Alfred Chevrolet
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
August 1925 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chevrolet car at Chevrolet Residence
26 West 36th Street - Indy
(Chevrolet Family Collection)
August 1925 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Charles Chevrolet
Lands a job with a local Chevy Dealer
(Indianapolis Star)
1926 Chrysler Imperial 80
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car
May 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chrysler Imperial 80
Pace Car Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chrysler Imperial 80
Pace Car Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chrysler Imperial 80
Pace Car Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1926 Peerless
Model Six-80
June 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Peerless Model Six-80
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Wayne State University)
June 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Peerless Model Six-80
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Star)
June 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Peerless Model Six-80
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Star)
1929 Marmon Roosevelt
June 1929 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Marmon Roosevelt durability test, car
runs continuously for 7 days 5 hours
(Indianapolis Times)
June 1929 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Marmon has oil added to the crankcase
while the car is moving down the track
(Indianapolis Times)
June 1929 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Marmon Roosevelt is re-fueled while
in motion, the car never stops
(Indianapolis Times)
June 1929 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Louis Chevrolet and AAA officials
supervise test run from control tower
(Indianapolis Times)
June 1929 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Louis Chevrolet representing AAA
inspects brake assembly of the Marmon
(Indianapolis Star)
1930 Buick
5-Passenger Sedan
Fall 1929 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Buick 5-Passenger Sedan
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Kettering University Archives)
1934 & 1935
Automobile Show Circuit
June 1934 - Buffalo, New York
Louis Chevrolet makes an appearance
at the auto show
(Buffalo Times)
June 1934 - Rochester, New York
1905 Cadillac Model E
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Rochester Evening Journal)
June 1934 - Rochester, New York
Early Curved Dash Oldsmobile
Louis Chevrolet and Cleova Doring
(Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)
March 14, 1935 - Detroit, Michigan
Louis worked as a Chevy salesman, and is seen here showing a car to a client
(Kem Robertson Collection)
April 1935 - Detroit Michigan
1935 V-8 Cadillac
Louis Chevrolet enjoying the auto show
(Detroit Free Press)
1934 Sunoco Motor Oil
5,000 Mile Endurance Test
November 1934 - Philadelphia, PA
Louis Chevrolet & AAA Representatives
begins 5,000 mile Sunoco Oil Test
(Sunoco Flyer)
November 1934 - Washington, DC
Louie drove a Chevrolet Master Six
for the 5,000 mile Oil Test
(Sunoco Flyer)
November 1934 - Florida
Louie with the Chevrolet Master Six
enjoying the Florida sunshine
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Roosevelt Speedway - Long Island, NY
October 1936 - Long Island, New York
1909 Buick Automobile
Louis and Mr. Kreindler (Owner 21 Club)
(Kettering University)
October 1936 - Long Island, New York
Roosevelt Speedway Old Timers Race,
Louis and Mr. Kreindler (Owner 21 Club)
(Free Library of Philadelphia)
October 1936 - Long Island, New York
1914 Mercer Raceabout
Louis Chevrolet and Ralph DePalma
(ebay Auction)
October 1936 - Long Island, New York
1914 Mercer Raceabout
Louis Chevrolet and Ralph DePalma
(ebay Auction)
October 1936 - Long Island, New York
Louis Chevrolet enjoying the festivities,
brass era autos in background
(ebay Auction)
October 1936 - Long Island, New York
Ralph Mulford & Louis Chevrolet
take a spin in a 1914 Stutz
(The Henry Ford)
1940 Flint Motor Festival
July 1940 - Flint, Michigan
Restored 1910 Buick Bug
Charles Chayne and A.E. De Waters
(Detroit Free Press)
July 1940 - Flint, Michigan
Restored 1910 Buick Bug
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
July 1940 - Flint, Michigan
Restored 1910 Buick Bug
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Kettering University)