In times of stress, both people and companies are known to take unusual action. Take the 1932 Chevrolet Confederate, offered during the worst year of the Great Depression, and – as Arch Brown relates in his story on the Confederate in SIA # 145, January 1995 – marketed not so much as an entry-level car, rather as a step-down from the Cadillac, with … Indeed, the Confederate convertible profiled for the article almost rivals late 1950s American cars in terms of flash. …

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SIA Flashback – Baby Cadillac: 1932 Chevrolet Cabriolet …