 | 1958 Bel Air Coupe
(1958 Chevrolet Bel Air 2 Door Sedan) - 1958 Bel Air 2dr Sedan. Partially restored, but very well kept and documented. The yellow pencil markings on the firewall were put on at the assembly line. Marc Warren provides the following information: "the number 1841 refer to the model designat... |
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 | 1958 Chevrolet Station Wagon
(1958 Chevrolet Station Wagon) - This 1958 Chevy Wagon could be a Yeoman, or maybe a Brookwood. It's been a long time since I have looked at it. Car has loads of good usable parts left on it. If I recall correclty, most of the front end is still there. If anybody is interested in ... |
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 | 1959 Chevrolet Cartoons
(1959 Chevrolet) - Collection of cartoons that were obviously not a product of GM. They take a funny stab at the new and radical 1959 Chevrolet. Scans submitted by Kenny Josephson. |
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 | 1959 Chevrolet Owners Manual
(1959 Chevrolet) - This is a scan of the Owners Manual for 1959. It came with all 1959 Impala, Bel Air, Biscayne, El Camino, Sedan Delivery, Brookwood, Parkwood, Kingswood and Nomad cars. Pardon the poor condition of the manual that was scanned. I will re-scan when I ... |
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 | 1959 Convertible X-Frame
(1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible) - This is a frame from a 1959 Chevy Impala Convertible. These photos illustrates the differences between a convertible frame and a standard frame. Most notably there are additional steel channels welded above the rear arches, plus a cross brace just a... |
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 | 1959 Impala Sport Coupe
(1959 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe) - This original 1959 Impala still wears it's factory coat of Crown Saphire paint, a rare color when new. This car was sold on eBay in late 2005, and the photos have been preserved here for reference. It appears that only the 283 v8 engine has been fr... |
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 | 1959 Paint Chips
(1959 Chevrolet) - Paint chart from PPG for 1959. These colors were available on all 1959 Impala, Bel Air, Biscayne, El Camino, Sedan Delivery, Brookwood, Parkwood, Kingswood and Nomad cars. |
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 | 1959 Parkwood Wagon
(1959 Chevrolet Parkwood 4dr Station Wagon) - This poor old 1959 Parkwood wagon looks like it was in pretty good shape before it was hauled off to this field in Washington State. Lots of good parts left though! The cowl tag indicates paint code "987G"... 987 according to the 1959 paint chip cha... |
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 | 1962 Impala SS 409
(1962 Chevrolet Impala SS Sport Coupe) - A full frame-off restoration was done to this 1962 Impala Super Sport with a 409 425hp and 4-speed. It is a Los Angeles, CA built car. Specs are as follows.
Trans:4spd, Rear Gear:4:11 positraction, Generator:1102097, Intake:3814881, Carbs:F... |
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 | American Graffiti Impala
(1958 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe) - These photos of the actual 1958 Impala Sport Coupe from the George Lucas movie "American Graffiti" show that the car is very much the same as it was back in 1972 when the film was shot. Very little has changed. Owner Mike Famalette bought the car whe... |
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 | American Look (part 1)
(1958 - 1959 Chevrolet) - Check out this awesome Jem Handy film from 1958. It is a promotional film from General motors giving tribute to industrial designers of the day. Very cool if you are into 50's style. At the end of the film (part 3) they take a tour of the General Mo... |
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| American Look (part 2)
(1958 - 1959 Chevrolet) - Check out this awesome Jem Handy film from 1958. It is a promotional film from General motors giving tribute to industrial designers of the day. Very cool if you are into 50's style. At the end of the film (part 3) they take a tour of the General Mo... |
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| American Look (part 3)
(1958 - 1959 Chevrolet) - Check out this awesome Jem Handy film from 1958. It is a promotional film from General motors giving tribute to industrial designers of the day. Very cool if you are into 50's style. At the end of the film they take a tour of the General Motors Tech... |
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 | Nomad
(1958 Chevrolet Nomad 2dr Phantom) - This 1958 Chevrolet Yeoman 2-door station wagon has been skillfully converted into a 2-door Nomad, which Chevrolet never made for the 1958 model year. They made a 4-door Nomad, but not a 2-door. |
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 | Prototype Clay Models
(1960, 1961, 1962 Chevrolet) - These are factory photos taken of prototype drawings and clay models. Some of the pictures have the date noted on them. Typically, the design elements preceed the production car by about 2 or 3 years. Fortunately some of these designes were only don... |
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 | Vintage Car Scrap Yard - This old ad from Volkswagen shows a pile of classic 1950's and 1960's American cars. For fun, see how many of the cars you can identify! |
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 | x-Frame
(1958-1964 Chevrolet) - The 1958 model year saw the introduction of the new X-Frame design chassis. The following is an exerpt from John D. Robertsons book "A Pictorial History of Chevrolet 1958-1960".
"For the second time in three years, a completely new chassis s... |
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