Rlopez209 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Engine , frame and front and rear suspension are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LURCH426 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 GOT A GOOD START.THIS IS MY AVORITE YEAR OF THE TRI 5 NOMANDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwit Pushin Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I could never understand why the rear wheel openings for this year Nomad were so high. The rest of the 55 lineup had the smaller openings which I always felt looked best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camaroman Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I could never understand why the rear wheel openings for this year Nomad were so high. The rest of the 55 lineup had the smaller openings which I always felt looked best. I agree about the looks of the regular car wheel opening but if you have ever tried to stuff a larger tire than stock under one of those you would understand why Chevy changed them ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorvairJim Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The 1955 Nomad was styled after the Corvette-based 1954 Motorama Nomad show car. It had the Corvette style open wheelwells. When they decided to build the actual car on the regular Chevy body, they decided to go with the open wheel openings of the show car. They add a distinctive look to the car that none of the other Chevys had in 1955. In 1956-7 they reverted to the standard production style "teardrop" wheel openings. What Glen said about the smaller openings on the rest of the line throughout the tri-5 era is absolutely correct. That's why almost every tri-5 Chevy drag car from the era had it's wheel openings rediused. Nowadays, people just tub the heck out of the cars and leave the quarter panels alone! Notice also that the Nomad had exclusive side trim in 1955. It didn't have typical Bel Air spears on the quarter panels; it had the spear flowing from the headlight "Eyebrow" back onto the door instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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