Nissan has partnered with 1991 Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard, the creator of the most famous in-game Heisman pose, in a search for the greatest off-field Heisman pose. They’re asking fans to submit a photo of the most creative or funniest Heisman pose for a chance to win a trip to the Allstate BCS Championship Game, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl, or Discover Orange Bowl. Fans can enter the Innovate the Heisman Pose contest on Nissan’s Facebook page today through Wednesday, December 14.
Desmond Howard and Nissan will choose one grand prize winner who will win an all-expenses paid trip for two to the 2012 Allstate BCS Championship Game in New Orleans on January 9th, as well as three runners up who will win trips for two to the Fiesta Bowl (2nd place), Sugar Bowl (3rd place), or Orange Bowl (4th Place). You can watch Desmond’s video challenge to fans below!
Chevrolet captured the spirit of 20th Century America, with its “work hard, play hard” ethic. Perhaps no Chevrolet represents this spirit better than the Chevy truck. Check out the 10 noteworthy examples of Chevy trucks over the decades.
1. 1918 Chevrolet 490 Half-Ton Light Delivery “Cowl Chassis”
Two four-cylinder models marked Chevrolet’s entry into the truck market in January 1918. Both were “cowl chassis” units that came from the factory with only frontal sheet metal. It was customary at the time for the buyer to obtain a wooden cab and cargo box or panel van body to suit their purposes.
Priced at $595, the half-ton Light Delivery cowl chassis was essentially a body-less Chevrolet 490 car equipped with stronger rear springs. Mounted with a pickup box or panel body, it provided an agile and economical light-delivery truck for ‘Main Street’ businesses.
The one-ton capacity 1918 Chevrolet “Model T” (presumably for “Truck”) cost $1,125 without body and was built on a truck frame than was longer and stronger than that of the half-ton model. A 37 horsepower engine gave the larger truck the power to haul heavier loads at a governor-limited top speed of 25 mph.
