Other than the Nomad, one of the most desirable of the 1955-57 Tri Five Chevrolets is the 1957 Bel Air convertible. The styling is timeless for the era when tailfins would begin to dominate automobile production for the next few years. The Bel Air convertible wears them especially well, especially with the top down going down the road at 60 mph. This example is available as a trade for a 1969-72 Chevy Blazer or GMC Jimmy, although the seller has set a value of $35,000 for his car. Located in a garage in Helena, Montana, this Bel Air is available here on Facebook Marketplace.
Chevrolet would be built more than 1.5 million automobiles in 1957 and the Bel Air convertible would comprise about 48,000 copies. The trader’s example is white over grey (primer?) with a black interior. We’re given no information about the car, rather the seller prefers interested parties to contact him for details.
We don’t know if it has a six-cylinder engine or one of two V8s, the 265 or new-for-1957 283. But it does have a manual transmission, either floor shifted or 3-on-the-tree. The condition of the car is said to be good, but the hood is a different color and there seems to be rust brewing at the corner of the driver’s side front fender. The convertible top is looking a bit tired, and the rear window seems to be missing.
What the trader is looking for is a full-size sport utility vehicle that went into production in 1969. At Chevrolet, it was the K5 Blazer, while GMC would badge it as a Jimmy. The seller is specific in that it must have CST or Highlander trim and no rust. You would think it would be easier or more successful to just sell the car and then go looking for what you want. BTW, the Bel Air is perched on a lift atop a Nomad from 1955-57.
I’ll take the ’55 Nomad please.
…it might be a ’56…
it is
Looks like a little bit of work getting it down from the lift with the “project” that sits beneath it.
More pictures needed, of engine bay, under carriage.
Beats me why anybody would rather have a Nomad than a Bel Air convertible.
Guess he didn’t have an air compressor to fill the tires. Yeah, I know, maybe he tried, but I’ve seen tires accept air even after years looking like these.
That’s a ‘57 Nomad. I had one the same colors.
Look at the rear end in the first picture. Not a 57. Look at the trim as well. Looks like a 56 to me.
What? 57 is the only year with fins in the back. This is very clearly a 57.
Definitely a’57.
No, it’s a 56 Nomad below. Not a 57 no matter how many times you wish it to be.
Look at the chrome and the paint. 1956 Nomad…
Sorry Terry, you are out numbered it is definitely a 56.