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1956 Chevrolet Bel Air green

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air green

Price :
$22,000.00

2767 Radford Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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Vehicle Specification

Chevrolet
Make
Bel Air
Model
1617783
Listing ID
Coupe
Body Style
Manual
Transmission
Gasoline
Fuel Type
1956
Year
Used
Condition
Green
Exterior Color

Vehicle Description

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air

The 1955-1957 year range represented a lot of effort by GM. They
spent a million dollars in 1956 alone because they wanted to make
the Bel Air look like the more expensive Cadillacs. The result was
extravagant body lines, Cadillac-inspired bumper guards, and tail
fins. Although largely a carry-over model, sales soared in 1956,
especially for Bel Air models. This is thanks to the popular V8
introduced in the prior year. 1956 Chevrolets had hidden gas caps
-they were behind the drivers side taillight! The Chevrolet
advertising slogan for 1956 aptly stated, "The Hot One is even
Hotter!"
For consignment, a beautifully restored and modified 1956 Bel Air
with a green, (almost an electric green), and white painted
exterior, a worked over 350ci V8, front disc brakes, and all
wrapped within a dual fan style dash. This beauty is ready to go or
show, just turn the key!

Exterior
The 1957 version is always the talk of the town, but this writer
feels that the 1956 version offers up a simplified cleaner design
all around. The shiny mirror like grille with its big bumper below
an egg crate silver grille and single headlights framed by fenders
with the beginnings of a trim spear above, it just does not get any
better. Nice use of chrome on the wheel well in front that fades
into a rocker trim ending at the rear wheel well. Above there is
the ever-widening spear that takes over the rear quarter panel.
This is resplendent in white, which covers the roof, trunk lid and
tail of this snappy design car and covering the rest is a beautiful
electric green. Some evidence of bodywork and rust bubbling through
is apparent on the lower panels, however, this does not distract
from the overall beauty. Rocket-like taillights frame the trunk and
still hide the gas fill cap to boot! A shout out to the clean
windows and 15-inch Cragar chrome wheels which frame this throwback
to the era of Bill Haley and the Comets car.

Interior
Swinging the doors open we shake hands with green and white vinyl
tuck and roll paneled door coverings that have kept their pristine
original cranks, handles and chrome trimmings. Stretching from door
to door in front is a bench seat with a split back which is covered
in marbled green vinyl tuck and roll with smooth white upper
sections. The rear bench follows suit in design with the front, and
floats on low pile black carpeting. The dual fan style dash,
(another feature which will sadly go away in 57), fronts the seats
and is very clean and sporting original gauges and knobs. A couple
of aftermarket gauges, (a trio of water, volts and oil), gauges
hang below the dash and a Sun tachometer is strapped to the column.
An aftermarket JVC AM/FM/CD radio is neatly tucked into the dash
and lots of shiny chrome mixes with green metal paint for this
attractive dash. A black ball topped Hurst shifter grows from the
center hump and reaches for the driver just perfectly.

Drivetrain
A top-notch restoration under the hood, with all parts gleaming on
this rebuilt 350ci V8 engine. Stuffed inside this black block is a
Comp Cams Xtreme Energy 268 camshaft, a double roller timing chain,
Lunati cam-saver lifters, a high volume oil pump, and is finished
off with 461 camelback heads. It is topped with a Weiand aluminum
intake and a Holley 600cfm 4-barrel carb and backed up by a Borg
Warner T10 4-speed manual transmission. Way back is a 3.36 rear
axle. An aluminum radiator is on to keep things cool and thanks to
the well selected parts, this mill makes a consignor stated
300hp.

Undercarriage
All nicely restored, with slight surface rust erupting on a few of
the usual suspects, but structurally sound and all clean underneath
with black for the suspension and framing and body matching green
for the floor pans. A like new dual exhaust system with Cherrybomb
mufflers makes its way to the back of the car where it ends in
shiny chrome tips . Disc brakes are in front along with an
independent coil spring suspension along with an added sway bar and
in the rear, we note drum brakes along with leaf springs for the
suspension.

Drive-Ability
A quick starter, and overall good runner. It has great acceleration
from the warmed over 350 cuber, nice handling and the disc brakes
make for bias free panic stopping. On a side note, my partner in
crime and all around good guy was dozing during our ride so I made
the panic stop a surprise, thankfully he didnt have to change his
shorts, but I digress...All controls worked successfully for our
test with the exception of the radio not belting out Dinah Shore
and the wipers not wiping.

A very nice restoration and upgrade to the original. Great color
scheme, nicely preserved chrome, and beautiful original looking
dash. One of the 2 examples of the 1956 model year Chevrolet we
have here at Classic Auto Mall.

VIN DECODE
VC56B057230
V-V8
C-2400 Series Bel Air
56-1956
B-Baltimore, MD Assy Plant
057230-Sequential Unit Number

TRIM TAG
STYLE 56 1011D-1956 Bel Air 2 Door Sedan
BODY M4570-Baltimore Body #
TRIM 575-Blue Cloth & Vinyl
PAINT 707-India Ivory, Nassau Blue

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