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Post by ptc on Nov 7, 2020 14:31:14 GMT
Here's a 57 Chevy Taxicab.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 7, 2020 15:22:59 GMT
There are 5 Chevys in this photo of my Christmas layout. Can you find them? 1,2 or maybe even 3 look to be Nomad wagons and one a '58 hardtop; the fifth one defeats me. Close? Or no cigar?
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Post by RailCat on Nov 7, 2020 16:05:20 GMT
There are 5 Chevys in this photo of my Christmas layout. Can you find them? 1,2 or maybe even 3 look to be Nomad wagons and one a '58 hardtop; the fifth one defeats me. Close? Or no cigar? The yellow cab on the right appears to be a early 50’s Chevrolet?
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 7, 2020 18:09:40 GMT
1,2 or maybe even 3 look to be Nomad wagons and one a '58 hardtop; the fifth one defeats me. Close? Or no cigar? The yellow cab on the right appears to be a early 50’s Chevrolet? Yeah, it definitely does - judging only by the hood/nose ornament! My guess is certainly not educated, but if right we’ve found all five. Over to the OP for confirmation or denial.
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Post by trainsintheattic on Nov 7, 2020 19:11:46 GMT
Here's a dealer offered option not regularly seen. The Country Club '56 Cameo pickup My 64 Spyder coupe when it was roadworthy. In a far away land, long long ago, at the wheel of my return home ride. BTW, this is the rarer 1st gen 1955 Vette with the 265cu. in. V8. Do I like Chevy's? Like, hell yeah! Bruce
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 7, 2020 19:25:23 GMT
WOW!!! Aside from anything else, we had a yellow Corvair just like that - but I do not remember it being so small . . .
(That woody is just phenomenal.)
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Post by ptc on Nov 7, 2020 19:29:12 GMT
What terrific photos, Bruce. The Woody is spectacular.
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Post by joeh on Nov 7, 2020 20:02:31 GMT
The hard one to find is the pinkish metallic '57 HT parked far right at the small drive-in, upper left. Then the '50 Taxi, pink '58 HT, '56 Nomad at the tree lot, and the red '57 Nomad heading toward the church. Attachments:
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Post by trainsintheattic on Nov 7, 2020 20:21:44 GMT
WOW!!! Aside from anything else, we had a yellow Corvair just like that - but I do not remember it being so small . . .
(That woody is just phenomenal.) The Country Club kit you see installed was a reproduction we once offered. Measurements for our kit came from an originally equipped car once owned by CarRail. I have lost count of the Corvairs once owned. I still have 3. Bruce
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Post by trainsintheattic on Nov 7, 2020 20:35:30 GMT
What terrific photos, Bruce. The Woody is spectacular. Thanks ptc.. The kits required some sizing, depending on which 2 door model Chevy or Canadian Pontiac to receive the treatment. A few kits went to owners of lowriders in the LA area. Bruce
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 7, 2020 21:15:45 GMT
The hard one to find is the pinkish metallic '57 HT parked far right at the small drive-in, upper left. Then the '50 Taxi, pink '58 HT, '56 Nomad at the tree lot, and the red '57 Nomad heading toward the church. Thanks much - all is revealed and such fun/nostalgia trying to find the Chevys. (I have not worked out my score out of five.)
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Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 7, 2020 21:22:36 GMT
WOW!!! Aside from anything else, we had a yellow Corvair just like that - but I do not remember it being so small . . .
(That woody is just phenomenal.) The Country Club kit you see installed was a reproduction we once offered. Measurements for our kit came from an originally equipped car once owned by CarRail. I have lost count of the Corvairs once owned. I still have 3. Bruce Thanks Bruce. The Ralph Nader Truth Squad will be after you (not). I looked for a woody similar to the Country Club and came up with these "Fleetlines" which are colorful if nothing else (snaps 2-4 are of a 1/43 scale model):
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Post by ptc on Nov 7, 2020 21:47:23 GMT
Found this one. Darker green paint, but same model.
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Post by ptc on Nov 7, 2020 21:52:16 GMT
Andy, can you provide the details on the cream & gray Fleetline Woody.
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Post by trainsintheattic on Nov 7, 2020 22:04:48 GMT
Thanks also, harborbelt70. I will keep an eye out for the 1/43 version. The blue car appears to have an original kit to the car, aged with a blackened wood patina around each screw. Applying a kit meant drilling numerous holes in the car doors and quarter panels...not a procedure the installer or owner takes lightly.
Bruce
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