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In 1906 Chevrolet joined The Autocar Company, which was a significant innovator in automobiles and trucks and remains the oldest operating vehicle brand in the US. https://books.google.com/books?id=QeBAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=%22louis+chevrolet%22+%22autocar+company%22&source=bl&ots=JmgHhTGS32&sig=QBF2oUdkk3C-qYnSSWa-HB1E6qk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBGoVChMIoub0yMjtxwIVg1CSCh2BOwJD#v=onepage&q=%22louis%20chevrolet%22%20%22autocar%20company%22&f=false Is this the "Philadelphia" company referred to? The article should mention Autocar.
Louis Chevrolet's car did not become known as his at first Roberto
I believe that Paul Harvey's Rest Of The Story is the source for the following: Louis Chevrolet designed a new engine and the company he created was sold to General Motors. But because of bad business dealings, Louis lost everything he had and during the Great Depression, he worked as an ordinary mechanic - on Chevrolets, the car based on his design. Jessemckay 01:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Many of Chevrolet's documents and correspondence were stored at a sister's house in New Jersey, which was destroyed by fire in 1934. What few documents and letters remained were in the hands of relatives living in Europe. See http://www.surface.ch/LOUIS-CHEVROLET/36communes-e.htm. — Quicksilver T @ 02:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Is the mentioned "Philadelphia company developing a then-revolutionary front-wheel-drive racing car" the "Christie Direct Action Motor Car Co.? This is the only FWD racer of that period I know, but they were built either in NYC or New Jersey. -- Chief tin cloud ( talk) 19:26, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
The picture labeled as a circa 1900 Buick appears in other entries ( Frontenac Motor Corporation) as a 1914 Frontenac. -- Sergisr ( talk) 15:14, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
This article has substantial disagreements with the article McLaughlin automobile, for example whether the cars built in Canada were Chevrolets or Buicks. J S Ayer ( talk) 17:02, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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@ Indyguy: Regarding your revert here, the MoS is clear on date policy as it relates to strong ties (see MOS:DATETIES). Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss national and didn't even become a US citizen (which still wouldn't be the only deciding factor, but would become something to consider), so the article would have strong ties to Switzerland, which is already established policy (see Tim Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds, John Oliver, Jim Jefferies, etc.). The fact that he founded companies in the US is another matter, and those companies would, of course, have strong ties to the US and, therefore, use MDY dates accordingly. I'm surprised this is even up for debate. Getsnoopy ( talk) 21:14, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
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In 1906 Chevrolet joined The Autocar Company, which was a significant innovator in automobiles and trucks and remains the oldest operating vehicle brand in the US. https://books.google.com/books?id=QeBAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=%22louis+chevrolet%22+%22autocar+company%22&source=bl&ots=JmgHhTGS32&sig=QBF2oUdkk3C-qYnSSWa-HB1E6qk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBGoVChMIoub0yMjtxwIVg1CSCh2BOwJD#v=onepage&q=%22louis%20chevrolet%22%20%22autocar%20company%22&f=false Is this the "Philadelphia" company referred to? The article should mention Autocar.
Louis Chevrolet's car did not become known as his at first Roberto
I believe that Paul Harvey's Rest Of The Story is the source for the following: Louis Chevrolet designed a new engine and the company he created was sold to General Motors. But because of bad business dealings, Louis lost everything he had and during the Great Depression, he worked as an ordinary mechanic - on Chevrolets, the car based on his design. Jessemckay 01:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Many of Chevrolet's documents and correspondence were stored at a sister's house in New Jersey, which was destroyed by fire in 1934. What few documents and letters remained were in the hands of relatives living in Europe. See http://www.surface.ch/LOUIS-CHEVROLET/36communes-e.htm. — Quicksilver T @ 02:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Is the mentioned "Philadelphia company developing a then-revolutionary front-wheel-drive racing car" the "Christie Direct Action Motor Car Co.? This is the only FWD racer of that period I know, but they were built either in NYC or New Jersey. -- Chief tin cloud ( talk) 19:26, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
The picture labeled as a circa 1900 Buick appears in other entries ( Frontenac Motor Corporation) as a 1914 Frontenac. -- Sergisr ( talk) 15:14, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
This article has substantial disagreements with the article McLaughlin automobile, for example whether the cars built in Canada were Chevrolets or Buicks. J S Ayer ( talk) 17:02, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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@ Indyguy: Regarding your revert here, the MoS is clear on date policy as it relates to strong ties (see MOS:DATETIES). Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss national and didn't even become a US citizen (which still wouldn't be the only deciding factor, but would become something to consider), so the article would have strong ties to Switzerland, which is already established policy (see Tim Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds, John Oliver, Jim Jefferies, etc.). The fact that he founded companies in the US is another matter, and those companies would, of course, have strong ties to the US and, therefore, use MDY dates accordingly. I'm surprised this is even up for debate. Getsnoopy ( talk) 21:14, 24 August 2021 (UTC)