A clean, one-owner '57 Chevy

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

[BigTallDad]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

It shows a lot of interior detail that model builders often overlook.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yeah...and it also shows that "old" cars aren't impossible-to-use-for-actual-transportation, highly dangerous, evil-handling, unreliable deathtraps requiring constant maintenance and repairs...as seems to be the prevalent opinion in some circles. 

[gtx6970]

Great story.

I wonder when or ii its been restored . Looks like she is walking into a retirement facility ( aka no garage )

 

would love to know more behind the scenes

[DumpyDan]

Thanks Bill, really enjoy that. Great lady.

[espo]

Beautiful looking Bel Air, and a four door hardtop is a little unusual as this was the second year of production for that body style. With the weather and winter road conditions this car has had to be garaged to still look this good. The interior looks perfect as well. She describes the Turbo Glide transmission and if you know anything about those you know she has kept the maintenance up on that. You have to love this lady, the "lights are on and someone is home" if you know the old expression.    

[Motor City]

That's the same color interior my parents' first new car had.  It was a '57 Bel Air 2-door hardtop, black with a white top.  I really loved that car!  Thanks for posting the video, Bill!

[BigTallDad]

50 minutes ago, Motor City said:

That's the same color interior my parents' first new car had.  It was a '57 Bel Air 2-door hardtop, black with a white top.  I really loved that car!  Thanks for posting the video, Bill!

I had a convertible with that interior. Here's a model of it.

[Deuces]

Is that the Revell Belair droptop????.....

[Classicgas]

Great video. My question is wide whitewall bias plys on a daily driver?

[henry57]

3 hours ago, BigTallDad said:

I had a convertible with that interior. Here's a model of it.

That's actually a hard top interior,  the convertible used different material and would be red and silver.

 

Edited November 4, 2018 by henry57

[BigTallDad]

14 minutes ago, henry57 said:

That's actually a hard top interior,  the convertible used different material and would be red and silver.

 

True; I made this kit from the AMT Pro Series (with yellow box art) hardtop, and that's the interior that came with it.

Edited November 4, 2018 by BigTallDad

[OldTrucker]

5 hours ago, Classicgas said:

Great video. My question is wide whitewall bias plys on a daily driver?

It is what they came with on day one, so why not!

Those old cars tend to handle like  you know what on radials.

[mk11]

[Dave Ambrose]

19 hours ago, mk11 said:

Oh so true. It's stuff like this that makes me want to activate a like button. 

[89AKurt]

Thanks for posting this!  

My dad's father had a '57 Handyman wagon since new, it sure didn't look this nice before he traded it in for a '72 "Chevy" LUV (POS).  It was a few years before I was old enough to drive, so that's what I inherited.  It's a major reason I got a '57 210 4 door stationwagon instead of a minivan when I was raising a family.  I can tell you what a boat it was, the rear tires would rub on the fenders when I took turns faster than an aircraft carrier.  Almost didn't care how often I had to fill up with gas.  Added seatbelts, I see she still doesn't have any.  I would bet she garaged it.  Sure I miss it, but was getting tired of hearing "nice Nomad" when I knew it was bottom of the totem pole.

[Goose1957]

On Sun Nov 04 2018 at 8:32 PM, OldTrucker said:

It is what they came with on day one, so why not!

Those old cars tend to handle like  you know what on radials.

They may have come with bias ply tires when new, but I'll  take my radials anyday on my Bel Air. I have a set of bias tires on steel wheels I'll throw on every once in a while when I want to backdate the look. I'll tell you, there's nothing more thrilling than changing lanes on the highway at 60 without turning the steering wheel. Real white knuckle driving. Of course  PA's well rutted roads don't help matters.

Jeff 

[Tom Geiger]

I bought my '56 Chevy 110 2 door sedan in 1978 from the original owner, another little ole lady.  She was selling it because she could no longer do the manual steering.  It had a six cylinder, power glide and manual steering and brakes and 58,000 miles on it.  It had zero rust because it spent most of it's life in Florida.  She had a thing about letting Uncle Earl paint it every few years so I spent a whole summer sanding it down to the original primer.  Then I primed it gray and it stayed that way until I sold it.

[Luc Janssens]

On 11/6/2018 at 2:08 AM, Dave Ambrose said:

Oh so true. It's stuff like this that makes me want to activate a like button.