Vehicle Description
Nothing brings you back to 1957 quite like the look and feel of
Chevy's top of the line Bel Air. Add in a couple rare options, and
one just for fun, give it a first-class red paint job, and you have
the car offered here today. Check it out.
Big chrome bumpers, rockets on the hood, and tail fins make it easy
to tell when this car was built. Times were good. The space program
was in full swing, and they started building the interstate system.
People wanted good looking cars to get out and travel in, and this
one looks great! The paint really shines like new thanks to a
quality midlife basecoat/clearcoat repaint. Classic tail fins are
complimented by a continental kit for the spare tire to make even
more room for luggage! There are even rare, period correct fender
skirts dressing up the look of the rear fenders, although covering
up those classic chrome Cragar S/S wheels is almost a shame. Gold
Chevrolet and Bel Air logos on the hood, trunk, and fenders, look
really sweet against the red paint, and the red white and blue
badging on the grill says this car is all American.
Step inside this car and its easy to see that this is a great car
to load up and take a trip in. The seats are upholstered in red
with comfortable textured inserts where you sit, and, as they are
bench seats front and rear, its easy for your partner to slide over
close while you travel. They are complimented by a matching two
tone treatment on the door panels, a white headliner, and brand-new
carpeting on the floor. The steering wheel sets the tone for the
dash treatment in red, with a chrome horn ring. The upper dash,
also in red, contains the speedometer and basic gauges. The center
dash, dividing the red upper and lower, has a machined metal
treatment with polished trim outlining it. It contains most of the
controls, the Retrosound cassette radio, and the clock. Below that
are auxiliary gauges and the vents for the A/C system.
Open the hood and there is one surprise you will notice
immediately. A die cast model of this very car, painted exactly the
same color, holds down the air filter housing. The engine
compartment is neat and clean and nicely presented with a 350-cubic
inch crate motor trimmed out with the use of wire loom. Chrome
valve covers look sharp and are complimented by a polished A/C
compressor. An Edelbrock 4bbl carb and intake manifold get the work
of making power done while ceramic coated headers get rid of the
spent gasses. The brake booster, master cylinder and alternator all
add their dash of flash while getting their job done too. Things
are kept cool by an aluminum radiator that has both an engine
driven, and an auxiliary electric fan, which is mounted in front of
the A/C condenser. Power is sent back through a 4-speed automatic
trans, to 245/60/R15 tires mounted on those Cragars, and held back
with the help of power front disc brakes.
Come on down and try that continental spare tire system out. Then
throw some luggage in the trunk and take a trip. Just don't do it
without touching base with the manager first.