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bluefury361

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I think I hijacked the non C body thread enough......

Thankz Will. I can appreciate the skill of whats being done there but I'd have liked it way better if it had been either ah '55 or '56. I pretty much had my fill of the '57z thru' the fall, winter of '56 and the 1st 8 months of '57.

Interesting you should mention that Jer. Most folks don't know that the 58 Chevy was suppost to be introduced as a 57 model. Due to some production issues that prevented Chevrolet form doing that, the now obsolute 53-56 platform was quickly put through a redesign for 57 and carried threw another model year. Some folks lost their job at GM because of that, and Ford outsold Chevy that year.

How ironic it is that the 57 Chevy became one of the biggest icon cars of the 50's.
 
Yup and the '56 waz ah way better design including the hidden gas filler neck. IMO And the '57 phord waz a way better design and deservingly and rithtly should have out sold the '57 chebby. Tell me you wouldn't rather have ah '57 skyliner even with all the problems in keeping the roof mechanisms in sync. Hard to believe that car guyz that weren't even on the planet then will chase a 210 4door because granny used to have one but traded it before they were born. We're beating ah dead horse here my friend. If I waz given ah '57 Bel Air drop top I'd sell it at any national auction 'cept B.J. and probably look for and buy a '37-'39 Zepher coupe and mod the hell out of it including a modern Hemi, lol
 
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For those following along, thats Will in the hat and Jer looking over his shoulder. Sitting with these two fellows and listening to stories of the good ol days is a treat. You listen, learn and laugh..... great knowledge lies within both fellows

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