{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"179. The Pile Up: Brain Buster 24","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/179-the-pile-up-brain-buster-24","audioUrl":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hotboxing/BB24.mp3?dest-id=1059140","description":"Emily learns where the name 'Chevy' came from. 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It’s used to illustrate how Harley Earl’s design work influenced GM, and they mention there are photos of Earl with one.","imageAttribution":"Joe Ross from Lansing, Michigan (CC BY-SA 2.0)"}},{"startTime":15.5,"endTime":17.0,"type":"concept","title":"coach builders","url":"/glossary/coach-builders","quote":"And back then, you have to understand, there were- You know, in the early aughts of, of, uh, America, there were like 2,500 coach builders in America, and that's because you could buy a chassis, and then there were, you know, whole posters of all these different body styles.","canonicalId":"concept:coach-builders","priority":0.45,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Coach builders were independent shops that built custom bodies for car chassis, especially in the early 1900s. 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