So, what's a Biscayne? Where did Chevy get that name?

I thought the Biscayne was easily identified by the 2 taillight per side design... But maybe this has an Impala trunk lid.

According to Wikipedia, the name Biscayne isn't very common, and is some place in Belize  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Biscayne

And yes, I know there is a Biscayne Bay in Florida... but you see that they didn't call the car a ******** Bay? Or a ******** Beach? So, I see that they named the car one word, and that seems to be a Biscayne, same as the place in Belize. When you figure out what the hell a Camaro and a Chevelle are, then tell you can tell me all about the Biscayne Bay. Cool?

FWIW, several of you were helpful and told me about the Biscayne Bay in southern Florida, south of Miami. And Delray Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County, is where they got the name for the Del Ray.

Well, Chevelle isn't even in Websters... and doesn't seem to have any other reference online except the car name... but it too sounds Spanish (seville - Chevelle)

Nothing shows us on Google Maps as a town or city named Chevelle. So maybe Chevrolet invented the word

The Biscayne and the Del Ray were the cheapest cars Chevy made... intended as taxi, fleet, or simply cheap transportation. Baldwin got ahold of some, and tossed in 427s and 4 speeds, and called them BisQuick

Concept and prototype cars

1941 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton

1941 Thunderbolt
Credit for the design goes to Alex Tremulis

1951 Buick the XP 300

1955 Chevrolet Biscayne

1954 Packard Panther Daytona

1954 Pontiac Bonneville

1956 Chevrolet Impala

I think the above is a Gaylord

 above,
http://lost-show-cars.blogspot.com http://www.carstyling.ru/en/cars.1954_Oldsmobile_Cutlass.html http://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/1954_Oldsmobile_Cutlass_Concept

 1954 Mercury Monterey XM 800

Above, Chrysler Ghia Diablo

above, a 1956 410 SuperAmerica by Ghia that Storm Bringer knew
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4566/Ferrari-410-SuperAmerica-Ghia-Coupe.html http://www.carstyling.ru/ru/car/1956_ferrari_410_superamerica/

1954 DeSoto Adventurer

Diamond T Doodlebug, one of my favorite trucks

All from among the huge variety of cool cars and pre-1980's American culture on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

carguychronicles.com has a good variety of cool stuff!

 Above, the  2563 cu in Packard - Bentley
Below, the 2807 cu in BMW Brutus
Both were in the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power in Cheshire, UK from June 15 to 17 www.cpop.co.uk
from http://www.carguychronicles.com/2012/03/packard-bentley-2563-cubic-inch-flame.html

this '74 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow is in the 7's http://www.carguychronicles.com/2011/10/rolls-royce-rocket-seven-second-crewes.html

Above, Mean Green Volvo Hybrid beat the Ferrari to the finish line

http://www.carguychronicles.com/2011/09/ferrari-vs-volvo-hybrid-trucker.html

this GT40 mkII with a Holman Moody 427 was ordered by Shelby American, placed 2nd in the 12 hour Sebring in 66, DNF'd at LeMans and was driven by Mark Donohue in both. It then went on the show circuit, before getting stored at Holman Moody until '70 when it went to the Indy Speedway Museum. Effectively, it's been raced hard and put away, without being street driven, ever. http://www.carguychronicles.com/2012/05/ford-gt40-mark-ii-like-new-hardly.html

Baldwin Motion Phase 3 73 Camaro... M22 and Hone OD, with 5.13 gearshttp://www.carguychronicles.com/2012/02/motion-phase-iii-454-camaro-zlx-street.html

Epitome of sleeper, a Biscayne. The Baldwin Motion Street Racer's Special 427 Biscayne to be precise
11 to 1 427, http://www.carguychronicles.com/2011/09/chevy-427-biscayne-street-racers.html

Miss America VIII, and it's twin Harry Miller V16's. Just 1113 cu in apiece. They were supercharged when installed to set unlimited water speed records in 1933. About 1800 hp each.

the Hagerty magazine Fall 2012 issue has a 6 page write up about it

http://www.carguychronicles.com/2012/01/miss-america-viii-no-substitute-for.html

below, the Miss America IX setting a record at 102mph and the Gar Wood story



ain't that a cool variety? Hell yes. http://www.carguychronicles.com

Gar Wood and his mechanic Orlin Johnson in Miss America IX - a wooden boat powered by a pair of 12 cylinder Packard engines.

Found on http://themanlyblog.tumblr.com/post/88996873463/enginedynamicsinc-gar-wood-and-his-mechanic

Zora Duntov and the Chevrolet skunkworks built 40 special 1959 Biscaynes, Police specials... Zora used his as the test mule

348/350 HP law-enforcement pursuit vehicles, featured in Motor Trend (Dec. 58) and Muscle Car Review (Feb 2008)

They were faster than that years best factory Ferrari according to Musclecar Review.. well, Zora's was the test mule and got the special treatment you'd expect the boss and leader of the Chevy racing program to get... it was capable of 135mph

the photos are from this auction listing, that states it's thought to be the last one left, and was originally delivered to the Oregon St Police http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0810-96579