Chevy's first V8 288c/i

[cffisher]

For those who didn't know Chevy made its first V8 in 1917 If I remember what I read may years ago it was built for racing??? Here's a picture.

[mr 265]

Learn something new everyday !! Thanks:tu

[oldfart]

I've always wondered why GM put V-8s in their other cars but waited until 1955 to put one in the Chevy??:confused0006:

[57shifter]

WoW!! Amazing. I wonder are there any around anywhere?

[morepwr]

:tuI never knew that!

[D.S.]

I bet oldfart owned several of those when he was a youngfart... :D

[belairdave]

For those who didn't know Chevy made its first V8 in 1917 If I remember what I read may years ago it was built for racing??? Here's a picture.

I too read some place that Chevrolet had made a V8 but this is the first picture of one that I have seen... Later, Dave

[paul crawford]

I also heard they were a complete failure and they pushed most of them in the Atlantic Ocean to dispose of them. Guess it wasn't as easy as they thought.:sign0020:

[r66ss]

yes I knew this, but first pic that Ive seen:tu

[carls 56]

thanks for pics and info charlie. :five:

[MikeKy55]

I exchanged e-mails with a fellow named Ken Kaufman in Monrovia CA back about 10 years ago. At that time he had one of the early V8's. He sent me a pdf file with the stats on the engine as well as photos of his. It was a strange animal with exposed push rods. I lost all that info in a crash of one of my early computers. Yes, I do back up everything now. It appears the option added about 500.00 to the cost of the car in 1917 which as you might have guessed it limited sales. I think the engine was offered 1917 thru 1919? But I don't recall exactly. David Hayward over at Chevytalk could enlighten anyone interested.

[MightyMouse57]

If my link works here's a pdf file on it, very interesting to say the least.

http://www.lidreamboats.org/files/Early_V8s_mag_format.pdf