Friday, May 30, 2014

1959 Chevrolet Bel Air

The 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air. The car of dreams, the fanciest thing alive. At the time, the Bel Air was considered to be the greatest of all cars, until that is, the Corvette cam along. The Bel Air was comfortable, sexy, and quick. The three things everyone wanted in a car. It's not like the Bel Air was the inspiration for the 20th century, but it sure was the highlight of the 1950s. Now, let's talk about the body... the Bel Air had a fancy front end with flashy headlights on badazzling fenders, the grill was so popular that the 1958 Apache copied it. The rear end, the best it could be. The "backwards pyramid" design with long hilted headlights sure brought the car to the top of its class. Wite wall tires were a must for all cars in that era, but the Bl Air wore them with shine, and left a glamorous mark on American vehicle history.

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

The 1950 Suburban is one of the few suburbans made with van like seating. This suburban had four rows of bench seats and a passage on the left to get to them all. It was practically the first van ever made. The Chevrolet Commercial Express Passenger made today has the exact same seating design, just with a larger scale. Now to the exterior, the truck had a wicked crossbar grill that all Chevrolet trucks had at the time, but on the Suburban, the fenders were longer, and the hood popped on the first crossbar and not the second. The truck is very similar to the panel truck model, but the rear seating area had windows in the Suburban model. I love all Suburbans, but in particular, I like the early 50s models, and the 2015+ model.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

1955 Chevrolet Cameo

This is the 1955 Chevrolet Cameo, one of 2600 models made that year. As you may have observed, there are VERY few left in good condition. Most likely less than 100. The reason the Cameo is one of my all-time favorites is becasue it is truly one of the fanciest trucks made by Chevrolet in the 50s, and it has only one selection of two tone colors (the white and red). I also like this model becasue it has a long bed, hitched with a sexy bumper, and in the front, an amazing grill dotted with two fancy cross bars and tilted fenders with singular headlights. I also love the white wall tires with the red interior wheels. Not only that, but these trucks were also capable of taking on a heavy duty load.... these were very reliable trucks.. the half and three-quarter ton models were viewed hauling big loads in commercials and advertisements. The wrap around windshield and the egg-shell grille made the Cameo have a popular sexy cab design. the interior also included a red on white two tone paint scale.
Now you can see why the 55 Cameo is one of my all time favorites.

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