1957 Chevy Bel Air

[Ron35369]

I built this AMT 57 Bel Air about 20 years ago as a replica of the car my Dad had when I was about 5 years old. I can still hear him tuning the dual 4-bbl carbs in the garage way back then. Paint was Tuxedo black with black & silver interior. He lowered it 4 inches & had wide whitewalls & 57 Plymouth styled custom hubcaps. The car had the factory 283 with dual 4's. He took the triangular shaped dual oil bath air cleaner off & threw it away...if only he had known those things would be selling for thousands of $$$ today. Of course if he had also known that car itself would be worth a good $75,000 or more today I bet he wouldn't have traded it in for a cheapy station wagon. Hind sight is 20/20.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

What a beautiful build. The paint alone is awesome, and I love this old tooling AMT kit. Very fun to build.

[charlie8575]

That black paint is spectacular. I really like this build.

Charlie Larkin

[W-Machine]

Love that slick black paint.

[crazyjim]

Sweet looking machine. SHINY :) RULES!

[Ron35369]

Thanks guys!! The amazing thing about this paint is it's just plain old Testors rattle can gloss black & I didn't even polish it.

[surfjunke]

Very nice clean work & a beautiful finish.

[Grumpa]

Nice tribute to your Dad, Ron! Good lookin''57.

[bondo bill]

very nice

[Danno]

Nice.

[Dyno Davo]

That pushes all the right buttons

[rustybill1960]

That Black looks like an oil slick, smooth and shiny Man!

An "exceptional" piece of BMF work as well!

I appluad your skill here!

Thank You for sharing

Later
Russ

[Tonioseven]

That is TOO cool!!!

[rmvw guy]

Nice job on the model, I also love your story about your Dad.

[Sixties Sam]

Beautiful 57! Great finish, and I like the Plymouth wheel covers. Great work, and a nice tribute to your dad.

Sam

[Johnny1973]

Great job on the 57 Chevy!

[slusher]

Stunning build, thats a flawless paint finish...