Chevy Eagle AutomobileReliability and a vehicle that will last a long time are two characteristics many of us look for when purchasing a car.
The Eagle has a 6-cylinder, 26.33 horsepower engine, with a 3-speed transmission. It has just over 63, 450 original miles on it, and much of the car itself is original. The black paint on the body has been touched up only slightly over the years. Two sets of seat covers made by Mrs. Fowler cover the original fabric, which shows normal wear and insect damage. The Fowlers lived in Emporia. When Harvey Fowler died in 1947, his wife kept the Eagle, which passed to their son David in 1967. David lived in Admire with his family before moving to Topeka. The Eagle last ran under its own power in 1975. In 1985, Mr. and Mrs. David Fowler donated the car to the Kansas Museum of History where it is on display in the main gallery.
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Perhaps
these attracted Harvey Fowler to this 1933 Chevrolet Eagle from the
Davis-Child Motor Company of Emporia. For the grand sum of
$565.00 (plus $15.00 extra for side-mounted spare tires)
Mr. Fowler had a brand-new five-passenger sedan, popularly priced for
the economy of the early 1930s. Over 162,000 Eagles were produced by
Chevrolet that year. Comparable cars made by Ford and Plymouth saw production
numbers of over 50,000 and 88,000, respectively.
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