1955 Chevy BelAir hardop

Really nice car, inside and out! Nice color combination...and it's matched inside with the same colors. This is Chevy's new for 55 V8, with Powerglide two speed automatic. Color figured so prominently in all cars in 1955...and this one is a beauty!

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• raconter1
• antique
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• 1955
• Chevy
• BelAir
• hardtop

[cheddyrod]

In 1946 I don't think that anyone would have thought that a Chevy was going to look like this in less than a decade. In my opinion, after the war there were two significant years where car design made giant leaps. The first was 1949 and the second was 1955.

[raconter1]

@cheddyrod Hey, Chester! I would agree with that...the 49 models broke the prewar styling funk the manufacturers were in...and 55 was longer, lower and much more colorful, and powerful with V8's possible in almost all cars (Kaiser excepted)!

If the make didn't have a V8, it was dead! Thanks! :) Jack

[raconter1]

@cheddyrod And it would suggest that GM reached into the same parts bins for the different makes...not exactly the image GM wanted! :D Jack

[cheddyrod]

@MrLambFries I think the name of the colors were shoreline ivory and gypsy red. In 55 my aunt bought a new Pontiac in white mist and bolero red that were about the same color as Chevy's shoreline ivory and gypsy red. She was an interior designer and naturally very into colors. When I asked her why the different names she started to give a long explanation and then said it was like two women don't want to be seen at a party with the same dress.

[MrLambFries]

@cheddyrod thats a good point. there was also a huge contrast between the 48 and 49 fords...postwar america was starved for a long time of new models.

[MrLambFries]

Gorgeous! i think the off white was called ivory, but im not sure. its easy to see why these were called baby cadillacs that year. such a huge difference over the '54 models. this is the kind of car i could just hop in, roll the windows down, and cruise around in all day long. can't do that with today's toyotas and hondas!

[raconter1]

@bimjales Hey, Jim! Yeah, 55 thru 57 Chevys have been particularly prone to owner mods...it's nice to see them as they were in the showroom!  Thanks! :) Jack

[bimjales]

@raconter1 Thanks for checking my video. I am a purist, so I appreciate original.

Not keen on modified cars. Some are ok.

[bimjales]

@raconter1 Thanks for checking my video. I am a purist, so I appreciate original.

Not keen on modified cars. Some are ok.

[raconter1]

@jojocats2  Hey, John! Yeah..it's interesting when you see these old timers go down the road..you sense there is a show someplace nearby! :D Thanks! :) Jack