Note: Updated to correct mis-Identification of this parking-lot find. It is in fact a 1955. The main details that denote the difference is the placement of the Chevy and BelAir badging and grile.
So I’m lucky. I live in a place where there is not prone to any type of natural disasters, we don’t much rain and it only snow when it’s a cold day, you know where.
It’s also a place were you don’t have to put way your collectible set of wheels, you can drive the year would and a lot of folks do.
Here is my latest parking-lot find.
It is a 1955 Chevy, 2 door Belair. Yeah, I know it’s a couple years before the super wonderful 1957’s came out, but I like these shoe box cars, with their very clean lines especially the 2 door version and I particularly like the lines of the BelAir convertible. It reminds me of the clean lines for my 1966 Chevy Impala convertible.
Love the red and white. Fantastic chrome.
Wheel aren’t ordinal but I think that are great for this car.
Look at the stance! It’s just great.
You gotta love that hood ornament!!
All Belair came standard with a 6 cylinder with about 353,00 produced, not counting convertibles.
The 6 was an overhead value, cast iron power plant with a displacement of 235.5. With a 3 9/16 x 3 15/16 and a compression ratio of 7.5:1
these cars knocked out a whopping 115 hp. The would breath through a Rochester one barrel Model 7007200 carb or a Carter one-barrel Model
2101S (for the Powerglide auto transmission) and a Rochester one-barrel Model 7007181 for the standard shift.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Question to ponder; is calling a Challenger a Mustang by the Japanese a compliment for Ford, or Chrysler?????
It is totally understandable since most of their cars are pretty uniform looking anything that doesn’t look similar must be US made and the most famous cars from here are the Mustang and Corvette. Which of course are second and third on to the K-cars
I was walking back form the train station tonight in Shinagawa, and I could here the rumble of a Detroit V8 over all of the 4 cyclinder Toyota Crowns in traffic. It was a black Challenger SRT8, and it looked so good in the crowd of Toyotas. The guys I was with yelled “oh boy-a Mustamg form the USA”. I had to laugh and correct them on the car make and model.
Welcome back from the far East. That must have been a sight to see that on those crowded streets
think i live on the wrong side of town…haha
where did you see the 55??? here in tucson….
Good catch Steve. Thanks.
Thanks Tony…yes it is a 55. Yes right here in Tucson at my local Fry’s store.
Nice car! thanks for sharing!
It’s a great looking 55.