Vehicle Description
This 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air 4-door is a very appealing car that
retains all of its 1950s soul. Yes, I know it has four doors, but
look closely and you'll find an extremely attractive cruiser with
room for the whole family and a vintage look that will turn heads
everywhere it goes.
Any 1956 Chevy is a great-looking car, and this Bel Air 4-door
sedan wears the same sparkling trim as its 2-door siblings and
wears it well. With twice as many doors, there are twice as many
gaps to fit, twice as many doors to align, and two extra panels to
sand and straighten, but the guys tasked with this job did it well.
This car looks quite attractive in the flesh, with glittering
turquoise and white paint that shows off the vintage sheetmetal to
great advantage. There's some use and age on the paint, but a
professional buff might bring it up a notch. And the 4-door carries
its own cool details, including the way the rear doors invisibly
blend with the quarter panel, giving it the look of a sporty
2-door, as well as the decorative stainless trim at the base of the
rear windows. This car also offers a lot of chrome and stainless
trim that is probably original and a little faded, plus correct
taillights that always look like some kind of trick aftermarket
pieces. No matter how many doors it has, this is a good-looking
car.
A four-door like this really shines when it's time to hit the road
with some friends, with plenty of room for everyone. Turqouise
vinyl upholstery helps to uphold the vintage look, and wide benches
fore and aft are all-day comfortable. The carpets are new, the
doors and kick panels have been reupholstered, and someone has
added seat belts along the way. The gauges are original with the
lens showing some age and they are joined by a trio of aftermarket
gauges hanging under the dash. The original AM radio is still in
the dash and it powers up, but that might be where we'd start the
upgrades in preparation for a road trip. There's a big trunk, and
while it's unfinished, you can see that this car is not a rust
bucket.
The great thing about the small block Chevy is that it remains a
usable engine in your vintage car, just the way it was built. This
is a 265 cubic inch version topped by an Edlebrock 4-barrel
carburetor and performance is still quite entertaining. It still
looks quite original and there's a good chance that's original
Chevy Orange paint still clinging to the block. Several upgrades
make it far more usable and reliable, including a big aluminum
radiator, an alternator, and a modern power brake system with dual
master cylinder, new lines, and fresh wheel cylinders. There's
still a 2-speed PowerGlide automatic transmission behind it, and it
shifts crisply while highway gears make it a comfortable cruiser
under any circumstances. The undercarriage isn't detailed but it's
solid and original, and as I mentioned, those 20-inch IROC replica
wheels give it a resto-mod look but this car could go back to stock
quite easily if that's your thing.
This '56 Chevy Bel Air is a very affordable way to own an icon and
with a little elbow grease, it could be something truly remarkable.
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