Bob Gerometta
@bobgodm.bsky.social
Archivist, historian, writer, currently editor and publisher of over-drive-magazine.com my gig is automotive history.
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Bob Gerometta
@bobgodm.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Our 1955-1971 Corvette Collection Will Knock Your Socks Off! Corvette went from a under-powered “sporty car” to a powerhouse in that time, with perhaps the 1957 “Fuelie” setting the bar for what came after.
See all our Corvette Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
See all our Corvette Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
Holiday Gifts from Over-Drive! Posters, Wall Art, Service Manuals, Downloads – Now is the time to get them! Our store features quality art work and useful downloads. Why not use the Holiday Season to upgrade your library or to decorate? Check Out our Store HERE over-drive-magazine.com/shop/
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Holiday Gifts from Over-Drive! Posters, Wall Art, Service Manuals, Downloads – Now is the time to get them! Our store features quality art work and useful downloads. Why not use the Holiday Season to upgrade your library or to decorate? Check Out our Store HERE over-drive-magazine.com/shop/
“Almighty Malibu!” GTO may have started the muscle car ice cream sundae, but Chevrolet put a cherry on top with the Z16! Check out this test in the July 1965 Motor Trend of the Z16 HERE over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/u...
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Almighty Malibu!” GTO may have started the muscle car ice cream sundae, but Chevrolet put a cherry on top with the Z16! Check out this test in the July 1965 Motor Trend of the Z16 HERE over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/u...
1963 Buick Skylark & Special Fact Sheet is Now Up! For this 1 year the Mid-Size Buick was restyled, and it now emulated the full size car’s look. Despite the restyle, little mechanically was changed. The dash and instrument cluster were redone.
See it HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/12/10/1...
See it HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/12/10/1...
1963 Buick Mid-Size Cars Fact Sheet
For this one year the Mid-Size Buick was restyled, and it now emulated the large car’s look.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
1963 Buick Skylark & Special Fact Sheet is Now Up! For this 1 year the Mid-Size Buick was restyled, and it now emulated the full size car’s look. Despite the restyle, little mechanically was changed. The dash and instrument cluster were redone.
See it HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/12/10/1...
See it HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/12/10/1...
The Horsepower Wars:1949-1956 Revisited
Many know that Oldsmobile and Cadillac stunned the world with the first modern OHV V-8s in 1949. Do you know what that started? Take a look back our article The Horsepower Wars - found HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2024/02/07/t...
Many know that Oldsmobile and Cadillac stunned the world with the first modern OHV V-8s in 1949. Do you know what that started? Take a look back our article The Horsepower Wars - found HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2024/02/07/t...
The Horsepower Wars 1949-1957
Without the Horsepower Wars of the 50s – We might not have had the Muscle Car Wars of the 60s!
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December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Horsepower Wars:1949-1956 Revisited
Many know that Oldsmobile and Cadillac stunned the world with the first modern OHV V-8s in 1949. Do you know what that started? Take a look back our article The Horsepower Wars - found HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2024/02/07/t...
Many know that Oldsmobile and Cadillac stunned the world with the first modern OHV V-8s in 1949. Do you know what that started? Take a look back our article The Horsepower Wars - found HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2024/02/07/t...
1965 at Chrysler. The Last True Letter Series 300!
The big news was that this would be the last year of the Letter Series cars. America was moving to mid-size muscle. It was sad but inevitable. But you can relive the 300L and its sister 1965 Chryslers HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/11/06/1...
The big news was that this would be the last year of the Letter Series cars. America was moving to mid-size muscle. It was sad but inevitable. But you can relive the 300L and its sister 1965 Chryslers HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/11/06/1...
1965 Chrysler Fact Sheet
All 1965 model-year Chryslers were built on an all-new C-body unit body platform. Elwood Engel designed the 1965 Chryslers — slab sides with chrome trim along the top edges of the fenders.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
1965 at Chrysler. The Last True Letter Series 300!
The big news was that this would be the last year of the Letter Series cars. America was moving to mid-size muscle. It was sad but inevitable. But you can relive the 300L and its sister 1965 Chryslers HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/11/06/1...
The big news was that this would be the last year of the Letter Series cars. America was moving to mid-size muscle. It was sad but inevitable. But you can relive the 300L and its sister 1965 Chryslers HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/11/06/1...
A Blast from the Over-Drive Past - The Buick Grand National and GNX versus the 1970 GSX Stage 1 -
Take a peek at our story and its conclusion HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2022/12/14/b...
Take a peek at our story and its conclusion HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2022/12/14/b...
Buick Grand National & GNX – Could They Compete with the 1970 Stage 1?
The 1987 3.8L Turbo Grand National. Was it a match for the 1970 Stage 1?
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December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A Blast from the Over-Drive Past - The Buick Grand National and GNX versus the 1970 GSX Stage 1 -
Take a peek at our story and its conclusion HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2022/12/14/b...
Take a peek at our story and its conclusion HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2022/12/14/b...
1958 Ford Fact Sheet is Available – The all new big-block FE V-8 Arrives! Cubic inches jump to 332 and 352 CID. Dual headlights, along with a grille that matched that of the 1958 Thunderbird were featured. Check Out the 1958 Ford Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/17/1...
1958 Ford Cars Fact Sheet
Dual headlights, along with a grille that matched that of the 1958 Thunderbird were new. Also new was the big-block FE V8s of 332 and 352 CID. and a three-speed “Cruise-O-Matic” automat…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1958 Ford Fact Sheet is Available – The all new big-block FE V-8 Arrives! Cubic inches jump to 332 and 352 CID. Dual headlights, along with a grille that matched that of the 1958 Thunderbird were featured. Check Out the 1958 Ford Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/17/1...
If you’re into muscle cars, you know about Pontiac “Ram Air”. Did you know that their cousin at Oldsmobile offered “Outside Air Induction” as an option as early as 1966? Check Out Option W-30 at our Mid-Size Olds Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you’re into muscle cars, you know about Pontiac “Ram Air”. Did you know that their cousin at Oldsmobile offered “Outside Air Induction” as an option as early as 1966? Check Out Option W-30 at our Mid-Size Olds Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
A Little Known Contest That Shaped the Corvette - The Corvette vs. F-88 Battle Do you know of an event helped shape it? No? Few know that the F-88 came very close to supplanting the Corvette! Check out our article on the Oldsmobile F-88 found HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2023/07/02/t...
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A Little Known Contest That Shaped the Corvette - The Corvette vs. F-88 Battle Do you know of an event helped shape it? No? Few know that the F-88 came very close to supplanting the Corvette! Check out our article on the Oldsmobile F-88 found HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2023/07/02/t...
1957 Dodge Car Facts! Dodge’s New Styling Was An Exciting Change! The new Dodge models were totally restyled from the previous year and were part of the “Forward Look” promoted by Chrysler. You can see all the 1957 Dodge Specs HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/24/1...
1957 Dodge Fact Sheet
The new Dodge models were totally restyled from the previous year. They rode on longer wheelbases and were longer, lower and wider than any previous Dodge. Other changes included the addition of th…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
1957 Dodge Car Facts! Dodge’s New Styling Was An Exciting Change! The new Dodge models were totally restyled from the previous year and were part of the “Forward Look” promoted by Chrysler. You can see all the 1957 Dodge Specs HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/24/1...
Mid-Size Muscle at Over-Drive!
We are fairly sure that there is no other place on the web where the rides of the muscle car era have all their facts, specs, brochures, ads, and road tests in one place. Click this Link over-drive-magazine.com/brand-fact-c... & pick what brand you want to see.
We are fairly sure that there is no other place on the web where the rides of the muscle car era have all their facts, specs, brochures, ads, and road tests in one place. Click this Link over-drive-magazine.com/brand-fact-c... & pick what brand you want to see.
Brand Fact Center
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November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Mid-Size Muscle at Over-Drive!
We are fairly sure that there is no other place on the web where the rides of the muscle car era have all their facts, specs, brochures, ads, and road tests in one place. Click this Link over-drive-magazine.com/brand-fact-c... & pick what brand you want to see.
We are fairly sure that there is no other place on the web where the rides of the muscle car era have all their facts, specs, brochures, ads, and road tests in one place. Click this Link over-drive-magazine.com/brand-fact-c... & pick what brand you want to see.
1954 Ford Fact Sheet – The OHV V-8 Arrives! Power windows, four-way power seats and power brakes were new - along with ball joint front suspension.
See the 1954 Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/06/1...
See the 1954 Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/06/1...
1954 Ford Cars Fact Sheet
The big news was the introduction of a new V-8 engine, with overhead valves. This new engine was rated at 130 horsepower, or nearly 25 percent more than the 1953 L-Head V-8.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
1954 Ford Fact Sheet – The OHV V-8 Arrives! Power windows, four-way power seats and power brakes were new - along with ball joint front suspension.
See the 1954 Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/06/1...
See the 1954 Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/06/1...
Thunderbirds from 1955 to 1960! Our Thunderbird Fact Sheets give more information on these years than anywhere else! Why not take a peek at each Fact Sheet?
Our Fact Sheets Contain DOWNLOADABLE Brochures, Print Ads, AMA Spec Sheets, Road Tests, & More! over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
Our Fact Sheets Contain DOWNLOADABLE Brochures, Print Ads, AMA Spec Sheets, Road Tests, & More! over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thunderbirds from 1955 to 1960! Our Thunderbird Fact Sheets give more information on these years than anywhere else! Why not take a peek at each Fact Sheet?
Our Fact Sheets Contain DOWNLOADABLE Brochures, Print Ads, AMA Spec Sheets, Road Tests, & More! over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
Our Fact Sheets Contain DOWNLOADABLE Brochures, Print Ads, AMA Spec Sheets, Road Tests, & More! over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
1957 Plymouth Facts! Bigger Fins & Much More Power!
Big news was the new torsion bar front suspension. BTW – This was the only year that the Poly-Head 318 CID V-8 was a performance engine! You can see all the specs the on the 1957 Plymouth offerings HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/19/1...
Big news was the new torsion bar front suspension. BTW – This was the only year that the Poly-Head 318 CID V-8 was a performance engine! You can see all the specs the on the 1957 Plymouth offerings HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/19/1...
1957 Plymouth Fact Sheet
The 1957 models were restyled; longer, wider, with very large vertical tailfins and a new torsion bar front suspension replacing the previous coil springs. The cars were set on a longer 118 inch wh…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1957 Plymouth Facts! Bigger Fins & Much More Power!
Big news was the new torsion bar front suspension. BTW – This was the only year that the Poly-Head 318 CID V-8 was a performance engine! You can see all the specs the on the 1957 Plymouth offerings HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/19/1...
Big news was the new torsion bar front suspension. BTW – This was the only year that the Poly-Head 318 CID V-8 was a performance engine! You can see all the specs the on the 1957 Plymouth offerings HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/19/1...
Barracuda Bonanza! We Cover Barracuda from 1964 through 1971 – Formula S, Cuda 340, Cuda 440, Hemi, AAR Cuda! See the growth! The crowning achievement, of course, was the Hemi Cuda of 1970! You can access our Fact Sheets on them, year by year – HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Barracuda Bonanza! We Cover Barracuda from 1964 through 1971 – Formula S, Cuda 340, Cuda 440, Hemi, AAR Cuda! See the growth! The crowning achievement, of course, was the Hemi Cuda of 1970! You can access our Fact Sheets on them, year by year – HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
1959 Ford Fact Sheet is Available – The 1959 Ford Galaxie stylists adapted the roof line of the Thunderbird to the body producing a new and formal look.
See It HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/09/1...
See It HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/09/1...
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
1959 Ford Fact Sheet is Available – The 1959 Ford Galaxie stylists adapted the roof line of the Thunderbird to the body producing a new and formal look.
See It HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/09/1...
See It HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/09/1...
Our 1955-1971 Corvette Collection Will Knock Your Socks Off! Corvette went from a under-powered “sporty car” to a powerhouse in that time, with perhaps the 1957 “Fuelie” setting the bar for what came after.
See all our Corvette Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
See all our Corvette Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our 1955-1971 Corvette Collection Will Knock Your Socks Off! Corvette went from a under-powered “sporty car” to a powerhouse in that time, with perhaps the 1957 “Fuelie” setting the bar for what came after.
See all our Corvette Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
See all our Corvette Fact Sheets HERE over-drive-magazine.com/category/fac...
1951 Oldsmobile Fact Sheet – The Super 88 Arrives! Now all Oldsmobiles V-8 powered. The more upscale Super 88 made its debut and 98s lost the Club Coupe model. V-8 HP remained at 135. See the 1951 Oldsmobile Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/24/1...
1951 Oldsmobile Fact Sheet
In 1951, the 88 line moved to the new GM B-body, and with the discontinuation of the straight six-cylinder 76 line, leaving all Oldsmobiles V-8 powered. The Super 88 made its debut and Series 98 lo…
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October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
1951 Oldsmobile Fact Sheet – The Super 88 Arrives! Now all Oldsmobiles V-8 powered. The more upscale Super 88 made its debut and 98s lost the Club Coupe model. V-8 HP remained at 135. See the 1951 Oldsmobile Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/09/24/1...
Rapid Rewind – Chevrolet’s First Big Block, the W-Series 348-409! Nowadays everyone thinks 396-427-454 when they think Chevrolet Big Blocks, but there was another big bad boy well before that - the W-Series 348-409 V-8 HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2022/06/29/c...
Chevrolet’s W-Series V-8 Details
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October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Rapid Rewind – Chevrolet’s First Big Block, the W-Series 348-409! Nowadays everyone thinks 396-427-454 when they think Chevrolet Big Blocks, but there was another big bad boy well before that - the W-Series 348-409 V-8 HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2022/06/29/c...
1955 Ford Cars Fact Sheet is Available! The line received new styling. The Mileage Maker I-6 was increased to 223 CID for 120 HP, and the Y-block V-8 was now available in two sizes: 272 CID & the 292 CID unit with 193 HP. See what the changed from 1954 HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/08/25/1...
1955 Ford Cars Fact Sheet
The line received new styling, though it remained similar to the 1952 Ford underneath. The Y-block V-8 was now available in two sizes at 272 CID and the 292 CID unit from the Thunderbird with 193 H…
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October 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1955 Ford Cars Fact Sheet is Available! The line received new styling. The Mileage Maker I-6 was increased to 223 CID for 120 HP, and the Y-block V-8 was now available in two sizes: 272 CID & the 292 CID unit with 193 HP. See what the changed from 1954 HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/08/25/1...
Chrysler Corporation “B” & “RB” Block Compendium. The specs on Chrysler’s wedge from 1958 - 1970: 1958-1965 “B” & “RB” V-8s over-drive-magazine.com/2023/10/03/1...
1966-1970 “B” & “RB” V-8s over-drive-magazine.com/2024/08/15/1...
Wedge Performance Growth over-drive-magazine.com/2023/12/13/1...
1966-1970 “B” & “RB” V-8s over-drive-magazine.com/2024/08/15/1...
Wedge Performance Growth over-drive-magazine.com/2023/12/13/1...
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Chrysler Corporation “B” & “RB” Block Compendium. The specs on Chrysler’s wedge from 1958 - 1970: 1958-1965 “B” & “RB” V-8s over-drive-magazine.com/2023/10/03/1...
1966-1970 “B” & “RB” V-8s over-drive-magazine.com/2024/08/15/1...
Wedge Performance Growth over-drive-magazine.com/2023/12/13/1...
1966-1970 “B” & “RB” V-8s over-drive-magazine.com/2024/08/15/1...
Wedge Performance Growth over-drive-magazine.com/2023/12/13/1...
1951 Cadillac Fact Sheet - Holding the line! A minor face lift and small trim variations were the only Cadillac styling changes for 1951. The 331 CID V-8, introduced in 1949, was unchanged for 1951 Cadillacs.See the 1951 Cadillac Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/01/1...
October 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
1951 Cadillac Fact Sheet - Holding the line! A minor face lift and small trim variations were the only Cadillac styling changes for 1951. The 331 CID V-8, introduced in 1949, was unchanged for 1951 Cadillacs.See the 1951 Cadillac Fact Sheet HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/10/01/1...
Reposted by Bob Gerometta
It's been awhile since I shared any of my #ClassicCar art so how about a #Corvette for this fine day? 💙❤️
Also one I did because of my love of #Transformers. IFYKYK
Prints: pixels.markonart.com...
#Cars #DigitalArt #Art #Chevy
Also one I did because of my love of #Transformers. IFYKYK
Prints: pixels.markonart.com...
#Cars #DigitalArt #Art #Chevy
October 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's been awhile since I shared any of my #ClassicCar art so how about a #Corvette for this fine day? 💙❤️
Also one I did because of my love of #Transformers. IFYKYK
Prints: pixels.markonart.com...
#Cars #DigitalArt #Art #Chevy
Also one I did because of my love of #Transformers. IFYKYK
Prints: pixels.markonart.com...
#Cars #DigitalArt #Art #Chevy
1961 Plymouth Facts! Weird Styling Turned Off Consumers – But if you wanted power you could have it big time! Plymouth sales dropped down to seventh rank in the industry, from 242,725 to 206,907. Horsepower? V-8s from 230 to 375! See all the specs HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/08/14/1...
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
1961 Plymouth Facts! Weird Styling Turned Off Consumers – But if you wanted power you could have it big time! Plymouth sales dropped down to seventh rank in the industry, from 242,725 to 206,907. Horsepower? V-8s from 230 to 375! See all the specs HERE over-drive-magazine.com/2025/08/14/1...
This week's Rapid Rewind - 1970 Ford Torino Cobra see over-drive-magazine.com/2023/02/05/1...
1970 Ford Fairlane-Torino Fact Sheet
For 1970, Ford moved away from the boxy lines of the previous year to a new body for the 1970 Fairlane-Torino lines.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This week's Rapid Rewind - 1970 Ford Torino Cobra see over-drive-magazine.com/2023/02/05/1...