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Arthur Chevrolet (April 25, 1884 – April 16, 1946) was an American racing driver and automobile manufacturer. Biography. Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Arthur was the middle brother of Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), founder of the Chevrolet car company; and Gaston Chevrolet (1892–1920).
Nov 13, 2009 · On April 16, 1946, Arthur Chevrolet, an auto racer and the brother of Chevrolet auto namesake Louis Chevrolet, dies by suicide in Slidell, Louisiana. Louis Chevrolet was born in Switzerland...
Jul 1, 2017 · Historian John Case tells the story of Arthur Chevrolet, a race car driver and auto manufacturer, who is buried at Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery on Canulette Road near Slidell.
Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 [3] as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
On November 3, 1911, Chevrolet co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company with his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant, and investment partners William Little (maker of the Little automobile) and Dr. Edwin R. Campbell, son-in-law of Durant and friend of Samuel McLaughlin of the McLaughlin Car Company of Canada Ltd. The company was ...
Arthur Chevrolet. Brother of Louis Chevrolet and Two-Time Veteran of the Indy 500. Nationality: Switzerland later United States. Born: April 25, 1884 La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchatel, Switzerland. Died: April 16, 1946 St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. From Findagrave.com.
Arthur Chevrolet. Art competed in the very first Indy 500. Like his older brother Louie, he had a creative mind, and held a number of U.S. Patents. In the 1920's his Model T based "Fronty" Ford race cars dominated dirt track racing throughout the U.S.
