Why I Switched from Ford to GM
During the fall of 1954 I was a veteran and a college student at Louisiana Tech University. I worked part-time at a local service station where we serviced all makes of cars and trucks. I had heard lots of talk about the new V-8 engine in the 1955 Chevrolet, but had not seen one. I had owned a 1952 Chevrolet with the standard in-line six engine. It performed reasonably well but it just didn't have the zip I wanted so I traded it for a 1952 Ford with a V-8 engine. One Saturday morning an elderly lady drove her new 1955 Chevrolet in and asked that someone take her home and bring the car back for service (we provided that kind of service regularly back then). I raised the hood as she was talking to the station owner and looked at that small V-8 engine. Frankly, it looked puny to me and I had grave doubts that it could perform well in a standard sized car. I rode with the lady to her home and got behind the wheel. What a surprise! It shocked me to feel that kind of power in a "little old lady" car. I drove back to the station and raised the hood again to look at the engine, still wondering how so much power was developed in such a small engine. Little did I know that a revolution in design had just begun with that 265 cu. in. short stroke engine.
In 1958, I bought my first V-8 Chevrolet. It was a 1956 Bel Air Tudor (two-door) and was good to look at, performed well and got 19 MPG on the highway. I have been a GM owner ever since and not because I was hired by Motors Insurance Corp. (MIC) in 1961, but because I think GM vehicles are good values. My 2003 Montana Van has 99,000 odometer miles and drives as well as when new. My 1998 Oldsmobile had 182,000 odometer miles on it when I bought the Pontiac and it drove as well as when new!
I love my GM vehicles and support MY COUNTRY when I buy American.
C.L. (Bud) Nelson
Retired from Motors Insurance Corp. in 1992
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