Why Chevrolet Spin Phase Out

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air SOLD / 136421

RK Motors:

Mixing a tailored profile with a killer stance,
this world class Bel Air is an infinitely
impressive classic that’s primed, polished
and ready to roll!
During an extensive, ground-up restoration,
the car’s shapely sheetmetal was painstakingly
worked into a tight profile that serves as
a solid foundation for unbroken reflections.
Those reflections are provided by a brilliant
coat of red 2-stage, which was augmented with
smoked glass, red cloth, small mirrors and
a truckload of highly polished Bel Air trim.
And today, this legendary Chevy rolls as one
razor-sharp tri-five that’s ready to show
and go.
Installed by Steve Holcomb of Knoxville, Tennessee’s
Pro Auto Custom Interior, this Chevy’s LED-lit
cockpit certainly stands out!
Custom bucket seats wrap baseball-style stitching
around full power adjustment for both the
driver and front passenger.
A body-matched dash wraps billet trim around
modern AC, modern audio and clean Classic
Instruments gauges.
A custom, full-length console founds a short
Lokar shifter in front of hidden power window
switches.
And the driver spins a half-wrapped wheel
on a tilting column.
Under the hood you’ll find seven liters
of LS7 that, in factory spec, is good for
an impressive 505 horsepower!
That power flows through a modern 4-speed
auto, which twists torque to a braced 9-inch
axle, and it’s all cradled in an Art Morrison
chassis.
Wrapping great looks and proven performance
in a quality restoration, this Bel Air is
the perfect car for any enthusiast who wants
top-notch metal that’ll turn heads for years
to come!
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1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad FOR SALE / 136386

RK Motors:

Having trouble with the lack of trunk space
in your supercharged pavement terror?
Need something that’ll haul groceries at
150 MPH?
Looking for something LS-powered to show those
pesky Dodge brothers they ain’t the only
muscle car outfit in town?
If you answered “yes” to any of those
questions, this SEMA-featured ’55 Nomad
is the lust worthy custom you’ve been searching
for!
Professionally assembled by Salvaggio Auto
Design at a documented cost of $283K, this
SEMA-featured Chevy represents a pinnacle
of retro performance.
The House Of Kolor TruBlue pearl is beautifully
maintained, stacked with Granite Metallic
roof tone to cast spectacular reflections
across a raked profile.
That profile is traced in black chrome, which
includes smoothed bumpers, factory mirrors,
RainGear wipers and hardware for traditional
lighting.
And a Cobalt Black Jetbird prominently rides
the hood.
Pop the car’s doors and you’ll find a
fully custom cockpit that’s right at home
stealing the show.
It begins with tight Daytona Carpet that founds
bench seats in front of a fully finished cargo
hold.
A leather-wrapped dash stretches monochromatic
billet around a vintage radio, hidden controls
for Vintage Air conditioning and a full array
of Classic Instruments gauges.
And a leather-wrapped steering wheel laps
a tilting column.
Pop the billet-braced hood and you’ll find
416 cubic inches of massaged LS3 power that
is force fed air by a twin screw supercharger.
Getting that power back to the wide 335s out
back is a 4L80E spinning a Strange 9-inch
with positraction.
There’s no doubt tri-fives, whether Bel
Air or Nomad, will remain highly-sought collectibles.
And this stunning, SEMA-featured Nomad, combining
incredible performance with timeless appeal
and outstanding aesthetics, cranks collectability
AND exclusivity straight up to 11!
For more information, call, click, or visit
RKMotors.com

Albert Gutierrez & His 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air - Lowrider Roll Models Ep. 9

MotorTrend Channel:

- You know I used to be fascinated
about cruising.
You know back in the day,
it wasn't called low riders;
you were cruisers.
And as a young kid,
I remember I was about 12, 13 years old
and I would sit in front of my porch
and I would watch everybody cruising.
I used to just sit there,
and I would just look at it
and think, "One day, I'm
going to have me a nice car."
As time went on, you know,
I just had always a passion for cars.
("Evening" by Zplit)
I think I was only 14 years old
at the time.
One day my brother told me,
he goes, "Hey, there's a 54
Chevy Bel Air car for sale."
So me and my friend,
we went down and looked at it,
and the guy said, "Hey,
yeah it's for sale.
"It needs work,"
but he wanted $50.
Well, I had to save up my money.
Took me about a month
to save up the money.
So I get to the door,
knock on the door,
and tell him, "Hey, I'm here for the car,
"but all I got is $47 and some change."
And he goes, "Yeah, go ahead, take it."
("Beat 101" by Professor Xv)
My car is a 1954 Chevy Bel Air,
two-door hard-top.
The accessories that it came with
was a power seat,
power breaks,
power windows in the front doors,
and it was an automatic.
It's pretty much fully equipped.
The car, back in those days,
Chevy, that was a heavy car option.
The engine that my 54 Chevy has
is still the original engine;
I just had it rebuilt.
It's a 235 6-cylinder;
that was a stock engine
that came with the car.
That's all, 54, you
could get in those days
was the 235 6-cylinder,
which is a good engine.
Being able to say you have your first car
is a really amazing thing.
There's many a time
I've thought of selling it over the years.
Now I look back and I think,
"Wow! There's so many
memories in that car."
I dated my wife in it.
We got married in that car.
It was our first family car.
And as time goes on,
I didn't drive it so much.
I would just park it,
and it stayed parked for almost 20 years.
And finally, I moved it into the garage
that I have now,
and it just sat there until one day I go,
"You know, I got to
restore that car again."
I just look back and I
think it's just so neat.
A lot of people always telling me,
"It's so neat to have your first car."
And I go, "Yeah, if that car could talk."
It has a lot of memories,
that car does.
("That Day" by Joakim Karud)
I started collecting cars in 95.
It was at a part in my life
where financially I was able to start,
plus I was having more time.
I just looked for cars
that are kind of unique.
I've never bought a car
that's already done.
I like getting a car that's either stock
or needs to be restored.
And we like to put our own flavor into it.
As I was restoring cars,
my wife one day mentioned to me,
that she likes Bombs.
So I said, "Okay,"
so we looked and we found one.
It needed to be restored.
What we did is we updated the car,
put a 235 out of 58,
change the trans as well,
and then we open-drived it.
And then when it came to be painted,
we went to the paint shop
and I go, "Well, what
color do you want it?"
And she looked at her finger nails
and she goes, "This is the color I want.
"The color of my finger nails."
So it's a burgundy,
that's the color she liked.
So we painted that car
and she just loves it.
I think,
you know my wife,
she has the same passion as I do.
She loves cars.
The amount of cars that I have,
there's a few cars.
Everybody always asks me,
"How many cars you got?"
I just tell them a few,
but I would say,
I probably have over 15, 20 cars.
("Better Days" by Bensound)
I grew up in Pomona, California.
I come from a family of seven.
In my family, there's three older brothers
and three younger sisters.
My dad was a construction worker.
My mom was a homemaker.
My dad and my mom they
were really good people.
They provided.
My dad always tried
to keep us out of the neighborhood scene.
He always wanted to do right.
Watching my brothers as
they started working,
they had the paper routes,
they were out cutting grass,
helping the family,
and as a young boy I seen that,
and I always wanted to
contribute to my family as well.
So I remember, I think
about 11, 12 years old,
I got a lawn mower
and I started cutting lawns.
I remember coming home
and being able to give
the money to my mom.
Say, "Here you go, mom.
"This is to help out."
I just wanted to contribute.
My dad for the longest time,
used to be my role model.
He was a Marine.
So I think at 14 years old,
I remember taking my older
brother's birth certificate,
going down, and I signed up.
I went in and I remember
taking the physical
and the guy there was looking at me.
And he goes, "You know, you
have the jaw of a 14 year old."
And I just kind of played
off, "I don't know why.
"I'm 18."
But at that time, my mom was crying.
So my brother finally said, "All right."
He went ahead and went to the recruiter
and told them, "My brother,
he lied about his age."
So next thing you know, they found out,
and they sent me back home.
As soon as I turned 17,
I ended up joining the Marine Corps.
I served six years in the Marine Corps.
I wanted to make it a career,
but after having two children,
I just got promoted to Staff Sergeant,
but I was going back overseas again,
and my wife, she didn't like that idea.
She goes, "It's too hard
to be gone for 13 months."
So we made the decision to just get out.
In the service, I got trained
as a heavy equipment mechanic,
so when I got out, that's
what I started working.
I became a diesel mechanic.
When I got out of the service,
I started working for a
company called Detroit Diesel.
I started becoming a diesel mechanic.
And then our company also
worked on generators,
so I ended up transferring over
to the generator department.
And then as time going on,
I started just doing more and more.
And at the end of 1985, I decided that,
I told my wife, "I think it's time.
"I want to go into business."
And business wasn't taking off;
it was taking off kind of slow.
There really wasn't a lot of competition.
There was basically a
lot of larger companies.
So I was able to find a
niche to do a lot of work
where nobody really wanted to do it.
So I ended up praying about it,
and I believe that God gives us favor,
and at that time he did.
He opened the door
and our business just started growing.
We started off in my garage
for the first year,
and then from there I
moved into a building.
I said, after being in
business five years,
I said, "I would like
to buy my own building."
("Peace" by Jordyn Edmond)
I'm the CEO of AG Engineering.
Started in 1985.
The type of work we do is on generators
and our work consists of anything
from a tune-up, overhaul,
repairing the electrical system on it,
updating the generators,
whatever it takes to get a
generator up and running.
Our customers is Verizon,
we're now at Frontier,
Edison, the gas company,
water company,
a lot of high-rise buildings,
just about anywhere there's a generator.
That's the kind of work we do.
I have two sons that work for me.
One of them's an electrician;
the other one is a generator tech.
They kind of both cross-train
and they're good at what they do.
When the time came
that we had our building built,
I decided, I go,
"I'm going to make an
area just for my cars."
In this garage, I do a lot of my repairs.
One side, I try to keep
it all neat and organized;
and the other side,
that's where I have lift
and I do my work.
I'm constantly adding parts
that you need for cars,
special nuts, special bolts,
so I have a nice little inventory
of my own personal stuff
that I use on my cars.
After I restored a couple cars,
I remember looking at them one time
and I remember just asking the Lord,
I said, "Lord, if there's any
way I could use these cars
"to speak into young people's life."
Maybe a month later,
this girl comes up to me,
she's a chaplain at Camp Rock.
She goes, "Al, how would
you like to come in
"and talk to the boys."
And I asked her, I go,
"Well, that's fine."
I go, "Is there any way
I could bring in a car?"
So she checked and she found out.
She goes, "Yeah, you could."
So as I started thinking about this,
I would use these as an example.
I would give a story about a restoration.
One thing I would ask these kids,
I would tell them, "A car has cancer.
"Cancer's rust.
"It eats up the floor,
it tears it all up."
And I would ask them, "How
many of you got cancer?"
And none of the kids
would raise their hands.
And I would say, "No, I'm
talking cancer of the heart."
And that's where a black hates a Mexican,
Mexican hates a black,
white.
I go, "It's your heart, where it's at."
Then they would raise their hand.
So then I would tell them, I go,
"This is where God wants
to change your life.
"He wants to take that away from you."
And so I would kind of talk to them
and tell them that God looks at them
the same way we look at these cars.
You're a trophy winner.
So you know, just being
able to mentor to some kids,
to let them know that they
don't have to go down that road.
There's a much better road to go down to,
if they would just open their eyes
and focus on the right thing
and priorities in life.
I'd rather drive an old car any day
than a new car,
'cause an old car has so much class to it.
The fact that my wife is
able to sit next to me.
When we're in a car,
we kind of just slip back into that time,
and my wife makes me feel
like a teenager again.
She says I make her feel
like a teenager again,
'cause she sits next to me,
she'll put her arm next to me,
listening to the right music.
At our age, people look at us
and they just always give us a thumbs up.
They just think it's so neat
that we could have so much fun.
We live in the greatest country there is.
I'm always telling young kids,
"If you would just put
your priorities right,
"educate yourself,"
I go, "the world is yours.
"You could do whatever you want.
"You just got to believe in yourself.
"Open your eyes and
focus on the right thing
"and priorities in life."
My name is Albert Gutierrez.
I'm the CEO of AG Engineering,
and I'm a Low Rider Roll Model.
("Better Days" by Bensound)

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air SOLD / 136476

RK Motors:

Over the past few years, many of the world’s
finest tri-fives have graced our RK Motors
Charlotte showroom.
According to sales, ‘55-‘57 resto-mods
are often considered our best offerings.
And it’s easy to see why when something
like this incredible Bel Air is casting bright
glares in our sedate photo booth.
Sealed in a superb coat of GM Some Like It
Hot 2-stage, this slick Bel Air is the beneficiary
of a professional rotisserie restoration that
cost its owner one year and roughly $220K.
Naturally, the pros who massaged this sedan’s
timeless body paid plenty of attention to
the fundamentals, but their primary focus
was creating the most perfect surfacing possible.
That surfacing is founded on solid, original
panels that were fully stripped and carefully
media-blasted.
And those straight pieces ensure fit and finish
that’s significantly better than ‘50s
assembly line work.
Chuck Hanna of Hot Rod Interiors installed
the custom leather.
A quartet of French-stitched buckets feature
throwback cloth stripes.
A smoothed dash wraps blackened billet around
Dakota Digital gauges.
The custom, full-length console centers Vintage
Air climate control between power window switches
and a Bluetooth-capable head unit.
And the driver spins a half-wrapped Billet
Specialties steering wheel around a tilting
column and billet foot pedals.
Lift the hood and you’ll reveal a customized
and upgraded LS3 small block that is rated
at 480 horsepower.
That proven mill sends power through a 4L60E
back to a Ford 9’’ with posi-traction
and 3.73 gears.
Sporting a detailed, frame-off restoration
that would probably well into six figures
to duplicate, this Chevy rolls on the right
side of impressive.
It’s a highly desirable tri-five that’s
been carefully fitted with all the right stuff
to be one seriously cool cruiser.
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Martin B.'s 1959 Chevy Bel Air| Dream Cruise Roadshow 2016

Detroit Public TV:

SO THIS IS THE '59 CHEVY THAT
HAS THE LOW SWEEPING LINES, THE
HUGE FINS AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A STORY HERE THAT BILL
MITCHELL WENT INTO THE STUDIO
AND HE KEPT SAYING I WANT THE
HORIZONTAL FINS, I WANT THEM TO
COME OUT LIKE AIRPLANE WINGS.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS HARLEY EARL.
AND THE DESIGNERS WERE SCOOPING
AWAY MORE AND MORE CLAY. AND HE
FINALLY TOOK A TROWEL AND
SAID, I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I
WANT AND HE DUG INTO THE SIDE OF
THE CLAY MODEL AND DID THESE
ENORMOUS WINGS OUT TO THE SIDE,
WHICH GAVE THE MANUFACTURING
PEOPLE A LOT OF HEADACHES.
>> SO WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE
PROFILE OF THE CAR, YOU CAN SEE
IT JUTING OUT THERE.
THE HARLEY EARL INFLUENCE.
LOOK AT THE GRILLWORK, THAT IS
JUST VERY BROAD AND RIGHT THERE
IN YOUR FACE.
THERE'S NO MISTAKING THAT.
>> IT'S A RELATIVELY SIMPLE
TEXTURE BUT IT LOOKS RICH, AND
THEY DID SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE
QUITE OFTEN TODAY, WHICH IS AN
UPPER AIR INLET, ACTUALLY, IN
THE HOOD.
YOU SEE THAT SORT OF DOUBLE
GRILL THEME QUITE A BIT IN
MODERN CARS.
IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL BACK THEN.
BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST EXAMPLE
OF GENERAL MOTORS STRIKING BACK
AT THE CRUEL BLOW THAT CHRYSLER
HAD GIVEN THEM IN '57.
>> A LITTLE BIT MORE -- THE
OWNER OF THE 1959 CHEVROLET
BELLAIRE.
OVER TO YOU.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER CAR I LOVE.
I LOVE THOSE HORIZONTAL FINS.
THEY JUST LOOK SO COOL.
>> AREN'T HAD HE GREAT?
>> THEY ARE.
>> AND THE TWIN ANTENNAS AND
EVERYTHING.
IT'S JUST FRESH.
>> FOR SURE.
>> SO TELL ME, HOW LONG HAVE YOU
HAD IT?
>> I BOUGHT IT LAST YEAR IN
APRIL.
>> I'VE ONLY OWNED IT ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAN.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WHAT KIND OF CONDITION WAS IT
IN?
>> VERY GOOD CONDITION.
I'VE SINCE DONE WORK TO IT, LAST
WINTER, HAD SOME STUFF DONE ON
THE INTERIOR, HAD THE MOTOR AND
THE TRANSMISSION DONE, AND THAT
SORT OF THING.
>> RIGHT ON.
RIGHT ON.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART
ABOUT THE CAR?
WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU
REALLY, REALLY WANTED AND YOU
SOUGHT AFTER IT?
>> OH, YEAH.
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS.
I WAS BORN IN '59.
SO I HAD A CONNECTION WITH THE
CAR, RIGHT?
ALWAYS LOVED IT.
THE FINS.
THAT MAKES THE CAR.
>> IT TOTALLY DOES.
>> IT'S ALMOST SO OUTRAGEOUS,
YOU KNOW.
>> IT IS.
IT IS COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT DRAWS YOUR
ATTENTION TO IT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THE LINES ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT
THOSE FINS ARE JUST LIKE
OVERPOWERING.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
AND YOU TAKE IT OUT ON THE
CRUISE LAST YEAR OR NO?
>> NO.
>> THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR OUT
ON THE CRUISE?
>> YES, FIRST YEAR.
>> YOU GOTTA BE LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT.
>> FOR SURE.
YEAH.
>> AND TELL ME, DO YOU OWN OTHER
CARS OR IS THIS LIKE THE ONE CAR
YOU WANTED?
>> THIS IS THE ONLY VINTAGE CAR
THAT I'VE EVER OWNED.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU'LL KEEP IT?
>> I'M HOPING TO KEEP HER, YEAH,
FOR SURE.
IT TOOK ME TOO LONG TO FIND IT.
>> HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE
YOU TO FIND IT?
>> I WAS LOOKING LIKE THREE OR
FOUR YEARS.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THE COLOR IS UNIQUE FOR
THE '59.
THIS IS AZTEC COPPER.
>> WHICH WAS USED IN '57.
THE CAR WAS REPAINTED.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN THIS
COLOR.
>> IT SURE DOES, MAN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT, FRED.
>> THAT'S A '59 CHEVROLET
BELLAIRE.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING EARLIER
DURING THE SETUP, WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT GRILL, THE UPPER
AREA, THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF BOTH
FUNCTION AND FORM, THINKING
SOMETHING YOU NEED FOR COOLING
OR OTHER ISSUES, AND MAKING IT
LOO PRETTY.
>> SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT FUNCTION
AND SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT PURE
AESTHETICS.
I HAVE A HUNCH THAT ON THAT CAR,
IT WAS PURE AESTHETICS. BUT
AGAIN, IT'S A STYLING ELEMENT
THAT ADDS VISUAL INTEREST.

Model Roxy and a 57 Chevy BelAir photoshoot

John Tisbury:

Hello. So you join me, I'm just sitting in
the Chevy and I'm just on the A6.
Although it's quiet at the moment, no
cars coming past but you'll hear the
traffic in a minute as one's coming past now. Why am I sitting here? Good question.
I'm off to pick up Roxy, a model, and
today we're going to be shooting some
pinup style shots, glamour style that
kind of thing, with the car.
It's a beautiful day. Really really nice hot sunny day.
So hopefully the location that I've scouted
won't be heaving. If it is then we may
have to go elsewhere and find another
location.
It gives us a chance to shoot some stills and that's really what I'm going to be concentrating on today
and we'll also shoot some
behind-the-scenes content as well so
you'll see the setup and the sort of
equipment I'm using that kind of thing.
I've brought along basically a boot full of
gear. Do we've got the drone,
we've got video, we've got the iFootage
track to do a bit of time-lapse.
I brought really the whole studio I guess. It gives us a lot of flexibility a lot of options.
Hopefully Roxy hasn't got loads of stuff
that she needs to put in the boot. As the boot is fairly full now.
I'm about ten minutes away from Roxy so I'm just gonna give her a bell she's
expecting me! Thankfully. And we'll then hook up of you again once we're
in position and getting set up. Alright going to sign off for now.
Just going to start the car up and close this down. Just start the car...
The nice sound of an American V8.
So we've arrived. Roxy is just working her way through the clothing store that we have.
I just chucked a few things in.
I don't know if that's your size John?
No it's not my size.
It shows my underpants through there.
Scarfs...
I know girls like scarves.
Socks....laughter
Gosh. You're good at packing. Yeah.
So we've got a boot full of gear in here. Various things, cameras, drones, iFootage stuff for time-lapse
and there's some more clothes in the car as well, blouses and tops.
So we're going to get setup. Decide what we're going to wear.
I like these.
I thought you might, they're a little bit crumpled. Yeah that's fine.
So yeah, we're just gonna get set up and then we're gonna do some some shots.
It's glorious here. We're in a little car park.
Clear blue sky. We've got the place to ourselves. Well that's a bit of a lie, because there's those cars over there.
But in terms of people who are going to annoy us, and be inquisitive, at the moment
there is no-one. Right so going to sign off
and then we're gonna get set up. See you in a bit.
Okay, just turned the car round because we felt that a) shooting into the car park wasn't
really photogenic as a background and b).
Just positioning you on the bonnet.
Erm b) what was b)? b) was the light wasn't it. We felt that the light would be
easier to control because it's so bright out
here.
We've got Roxy in the shade. I can just
add a bit of fill-in flash into that.
So we're about to start off with another
set. I'm running a time lapse in the
which you'll get to see in a second when we've finished.
We're shooting on this side of the car. I've setup a flash, at an angle, opposite the
sun to fill in the shadows. And I've set
the zoom on that to about 35m...
oh sorry 35mm in terms of zoom. I
might go in a bit closer if I need to.
It goes up to 105mm if need be, if I really
need to go in tight on the zoom.
And I've got, on the front of the camera, I've got a polarising filter to cut the glare
from the glass and saturate the colours
as well. So yeah, see how we get on.
We've just been off to get a sandwich and a drink. We just made our way back again.
I don't think I pointed this out this morning, where we are parked, there's loads of Mayflies which have
hatched. I don't know if you can see them on the camera, probably not. All dancing around in the sun.

[SOLD] 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air 2dr For Sale

Chicago Car Club:

this is our 57 Chevy Bel Air two-door
so this video will cover a few different
things first off there will be a slow
paced walk around up the car and then
following that I will do a second walk
around in which I'll show all of the
blemishes on the car and then there will
be some running and driving Clips so we
purchased the car here locally in
Chicago it had been restored about 10
years ago at that time the odometer was
reset and now has 4,500 miles on it it
was restored to the correct color Harbor
blue and the black and blue interior was
retained as well
car has a 283 v8 from 1957 so that's
more than likely the original unit
the transmission is a 700r4
automatic which is pretty heavy-duty
trans originally built in Oakland
California
so it's a bit of a restomod there's a
couple little things where the car has
cruise control added which is functional
it has vintage air r134 which is
functional as well and it also has a
retro style Ken Harrison radio with an
aux cord hookup
so the body is clearly excellent as is
the paint all the chrome I mean it's
it's truly a very well presented car
it's every bit as good as you expect
from a garage kept you know babied
restored a car
wheels and tires are excellent the white
walls show you no no discoloring or dry
rot anything of the sort so here are the
blemishes on the car and this is really
this is it there is on the bottom of the
driver door right in the center there is
a cluster of chips and then another
thing it's very minor the crease on the
hood on the driver's side is maybe a
couple millimeters wider than it is on
the passenger side it's certainly not
glaring for worth knowing
interior is really really nice very
little for signs of age
seats are very clean the headliner is
nice and tight but no discoloring or
anything of the sort
carpets very good - is very nice you
know not all scuffed up or scratched or
anything shines up very well the analog
clock is functional
as is the radio fan heat and air are all
functional as well

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air | Ride Along

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new look new life new
everything wherever you look, everything will be
new
thus he presented general motors his range
chevrolet for 1955
more than a new car a new concept
of economic car said proud
the signature of the bow tie with which your
stylists and engineers knew how to offer
to the public exactly what he asked
its modern body its wide and
nice cabin and a brand new engine
v8 powerful and economical made the
chevy of 55 the best-selling model this
year on the entire planet to
be marketed more than one million 700 thousand
units
with this car chevrolet did not want
be the vehicle in which the grandmothers
moved to the teterías throughout
USA
any high school student
pleaded now more than ever to be able
drive the most affordable car in the
general motors although it did not seem so
in 1952 edward col had come to
chevrolet with the aim of creating a
new model for season 55
for it tripled the personnel of
technical department of the brand that
from the first decade of the 20th century
rivaled comfort in the battle of
american popular car battle that
curiously both of them recognized having
won in 1954 for 1955 the design of the
body of the chevrolet family was
totally new under the name of engine
mick broke with the forms that up
then his predecessors had worn
since the posterior fins passed to
be integrated in a body of
flatter strokes except the
corvette the 55 chevrolet range
articulated three levels of finishing the
one fifty the tuttle and the vélez
in this way nothing less was offered than
16 different combinations from one
elegant convertibles or a juvenile sport
coupe without central pillar until economic
double or four-door saloons or
functional station vagon
our guest today is a sailboat
four doors are given with this surname
the chevy had been baptized better
gifted above 150 and 210 and
they could have six types of
various body convertibles sport
coupe sedan two and four doors
four-door station wagon and
finally the no mat that was a relative
Two-door with exclusive hard top
the behler ending one of the
main novelties of the range
chevrolet for 1955 was the windshield
panoramic presented in the cadillac
eldorado in 1953 that according to the brand
increased visibility by 18 percent
percent with respect to the model of the year
previous the front grille was work
Harley responsible for the lines
of filling the engine for more than 30
years for his design he was inspired by the
they wore the ferrari of the time and counted
with cleaner lines than the bar
central shaped denture model
preceding
however this grill did not like
too much to the public in those
dealers who saw it
excessively simple and not very showy
the aeronautical theme so in vogue in
the america of those years was
patent on the adornment of the capo or on
Sharp rear fins tracks by
first time in the lanes of 48 here
their forms are still committed far
of the excesses of the end of the decade
of the 50
with 497 meters in length the saloon
chevrolet was the most compact of the
three large American manufacturers
being all its dimensions more
reduced than those of the year model
prior to which, however, they exceeded
habitability
respect to the 150 and 210 the behler is
easily recognizable by a strip
chrome that runs through part of the door
front until you reach the headlights
while the other two finishes
the name of the manufacturer is included here
the interior of this saloon four
doors is characterized by its
luminosity and for your generous
habitability are south inside of a
meter and 60 centimeters allows to accommodate
without problems to six adults
is the totally new riding arena presents
a symmetric inspiration design
aeronautics with instrumentation and
fan-shaped radio speaker
having been this vélez was a unit
destined in its day for export
specifically it was marketed in
tanger the speedometer appears graduated
in kilometers per hour while in
its home market the scale reached
the 110 miles on these digits is
they place the temperature indicators
of its more than 15 liters of liquid
coolant and fuel level
in the tank unlike the 150 and
210 in the vélez of the decorative strip
that runs dashboard happened to be
smooth to be anodized aluminum that
included the manufacturer's shield on
black background in the 50s the
American manufacturers used to offer
their cars relatively little equipped
to contain its price but they put the
user's reach a catalog almost
Infinity of options and accessories
and heating the running lights
back or the two-color paint remained
out of the 1932 dollars that cost
then this vélez but the model more
economic of general motors could
have been available for more than 60 years
automatic windows electric seats
electric air conditioning by the 30
percent of the price of the car or
electronic there is that during the night
Automatically changed lighting
from long to short when detecting a
front vehicle
the cavernous trunk of the body
engine to me that was wider and about
everything lower than that of the model
precedent what facilitated the management
of luggage the 55 chevrolet arrived
with important mechanical innovations
among others the electrical installation
it will be 12 volts while being shocked
a new v8 engine will be available
Our sailboat counts, however, with the
blue cylinder engine with 6 cylinders in line
whose 235 cubic inches equals
about 3,850 cubic centimeters
this reliable engine heir of the
bol states of the late 20s
yields 123 horses there are three thousand 800
revolutions
this power equals about 100
European horses is enough to
move your 1500 kilos as it goes
accompanied by a high pair
for about 100 dollars which was equivalent to
the most expensive radiation we could
have the lightest turbo fire v8
that the 6 cylinders and just as economical
constant speeds known also
like the hot one its 265 inches
cubics delivered 162 horses that
could reach up to 180 thanks to a
this mechanics empowerment kit
allowed chevrolet to compete without
complex comforts that had premiered a
new v8 the previous season and
we fulfill the most economic brand of
chrysler that in 1955 also came to
the 8 cylinders the chassis of the engines to
mix of stringers and crossbars with
body bolted in an 18 by
one hundred percent lighter than the model
54 but its rigidity had increased
about it by 50 percent
the front suspension is independent
while the rear axle is rigid
with semi-elliptical crossbows has
the system anti die breaking control that
prevents the previous part from sinking
act decisively on your four
drum brakes whose servo brake was
optional recirculation direction
of balls requires more than five
steering wheel turns between stops
our geller does not have the option
of hydraulic assistance that was
available with factory function by
something more than 90 dollars
in the gearbox is manual three
option option not very frequent in your
country of origin but in the versions
intended for export
for $ 108 we could have
overdrive and for 70 dollars more
we would have the transmission
automatic power glass of two
speeds that made the motor of
six cylinders had 136
horses
the four-door chevrolet bel air '
It was cheaper than the four iplyc mu
six cylinders with a level of
equivalent equipment even with the
v8 engine was still one of the cars
most popular in the usa within reach of a
colorado postman a truck driver
Michigan or an Ohio mechanic
citizens who in Europe would dream of
be able to buy the latest scream in cars
economic the fiat 600
in 1955 chevrolet marketed more
automobiles of his new family motor to
mic of which germany france italy and
Japan were able to produce
jointly among all the chips
of that year the most loved by the
public was the bel air 'of four
doors

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