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is this blue chevette still for sale. Reply Michael. December 26, 2020 at 12:09 PM . I had a red 1984 Chevette CS. The 1.6l engine had 98 HP. There was also an optional diesel engine.
This Chevette’s story begins with a rather unlikely source of performance: Hooker Headers, who originally built it in the US and showcased it in a 1982 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.At first, the ...
The “Rally” option was sort of fun, in a very mild way, with a 1.6-liter engine making 63-ish horsepower instead of the 1.4’s 57 hp. You also get a lower body stripe and a passenger grab ...
The Chevette's demise and now infamous reputation came from Chevy's inability to change the car in any meaningful way. Chevrolet made the car from 1975 to 1987 and changed very little.
V6 Chevette: A Bolt-In That Cuts 15-Second ETs and 27 MPG. ... The exterior was dressed up using Pittsburgh Plate Glass "corporate blue" paint, along with blacked-out grilles and moldings.
For four years, Kevin Arden drove a car most people wouldn’t want to sit in for four seconds.All through college, Arden’s 1970s, light-blue Chevy Chevette was his way to make the 20-minute ...
Our most recent fifth-wheel stats for a production Chevette (13.9 seconds from 0 to 60 mph, 19.1 seconds for the quarter-mile; C/D, November 1979) are laughable in comparison. The 60-degree V-6 is ...
Gertrude J. Monaco, 93, who delivered The Washington Post for 22 years in Prince George's County and who was a tireless volunteer for her church and community, died July 19 of a heart attack at ...
Most Chevettes possessed a 1.6-liter four-cylinders capable of producing 60 horsepower, with the 1977 model hitting 60 mph in 15 seconds.
All U.S.-market Chevettes were hatchbacks, with two or four side doors. However, you could get a sedan version here for the 1981 through 1984 model years if you didn't insist on Chevrolet badges ...
Combined with a 10-inch-converter-equipped TH350 and 30x18 M&H tires, the little Chevette scoots to the tune of 6.18 seconds in the K-mile. But building a race-only car was too easy.