If what I'm about to describe has already been asked/requested or done before, please point me to a thread or link... I was lost in thought, staring at a photo of a '56 Chevrolet 4dr sport sedan (hardtop) when a thought occurred to me... has anyone done a rendering of what a 4dr sport wagon might look like based on the 4dr hardtop? The Nomad shares the same shorter windshield to the 2dr & 4dr HT's, is one reason I ask. Another is... while Chevrolet didn't make a 4dr HT in '55, a few talented people have modifed '56 sports sedans into '55 versions of a sport sedan, imagining them as the first year for the sport sedan, instead of '56. Using the roofline treatment of both the '57 Buick Caballero and Oldsmobile Fiesta 4dr HT wagons as the design foundation, it seemed to me a talented photoshopper might be able to give us an idea of what a '56 or '57 sport sedan with the Nomad rear roof might look like. The rear cabin side window trim at the beltline of the Nomad could likely merge with the sport sedan c-pillar trim, at the beltline. I'm not a photo shopper, or I would make an attempt, so thank you in advance to anyone who might take this on. Here are a couple of web-borrowed photos of a Caballero and Fiesta for design reference as to the C-pillar to rear roofline treatment...
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Mmm... close, but not quite, that's the B-pillar moved back instead of using the leading shape of the C-pillar from the 4-dr HT. I still appreciate the attempt and your time! THANKS
Neither the Nomad or Caballero rear quarter glass plays well with the B pillar of the sports sedan, this is based more on the Buick but in real life the glass wouldn't mate up. It's a little rough, but it gives you the idea. If someone else wants to touch up this picture, go right ahead.
I like what you have done there but...Meh How about an "Avalanche" themed tri 5. 4 doors, short truck bed that opens to the interior for more space. Or a roll open roof in back so you can use a cherry picker to set am engine back there?
^^^^Exactly! And GMC thought their new tail gate step was revolutionary. 55 Hard top wagon, this roof, root beer brown metallic and beige 2 tone, 409 powered, maybe corvette knock off wheels and pinners.
MANY THANKS Squablow, you basically nailed what I was curious about! I don't think it looks terrible and if Chevrolet had chosen to do that with the '56 or '57 I think it would have sold some examples like the Buick Caballero and Olds Fiesta. And for what it's worth, I think the reason or the design influence for the Nomad having the ribbed roof is the Nomad concept vehicle was considering (at one time) a retractible roof like that Studebaker - if I'm remembering my trivia correctly
Problem with all 55-57 Chevrolet 4drs is that the rear door is so narrow it throws off the proportions. There's a reason why the Nomad is such a good looking car, it has the right "look" for the midsize car. Caballero or Buick Wagons are much longer and thus have more margins for messing around with roof designs.
At the very least you'd have to shorten the rear roof by 6"+ just to get it looking close. Then proportions would rear it's(their) ugly head & dispute a lot of the various "spaces". Nice thought, but that'd be very difficult to pull off w/correct proportions. In terms of roof length, the '53->'58 stude wagons would be about right, but integrating that w/the 4dr-hrdtp styling would also be tough.The wagon-pu-bed idea could work. Seen a lot of nice 4drs turned into half-p.u.'s. Except those usually have the cab roof end behind the front doors. Maybe some photochops of 4drtp'd pu-bedded Uhm, customs?... . Or not... Marcus...
Hello, Well, it just happens that I had a 4 door 56 Chevy hardtop sedan in my art files. I was going to use it on a Friday Art in conjunction with my 4 door hardtop station wagon. Some models with four door suicide doors for easier access to the rear seating came from this time period. Our friends had a new 1956 4 door hardtop when we lived in the Westside of Long Beach. I wanted to draw a custom one and a different version of a station wagon using the 4 door as a model. It was a long term project with ideas jumping in and out as time progressed. They painted their rims black and got some small chromed center hubcaps for a different look. This was a project that got shoved back to the “drawing boards” many times recently. So it fits right in this post. But, as one can see, using the same hardtop from the sedan might look ok. the one thing that stuck out in my own mind was the big “v” sight blocker when looking over the right shoulder while driving. A blind spot for most cars anyway, but the big “v” just adds to the blockage. So, I made the top less of a big “v” and tried to make it proportional in style and design. The same goes for it being a rear suicide door model or not. To increase the openness and make the "v" blockage less, the top changed and now the idea of the exact 4 door top opened up a little more. But, lost the original hardtop style. Jnaki Finally, my choice for a cool version of a 4 door 56 Nomad Station Wagon would be this model. It looks proportional and sitting next to a normal two door Nomad, does not detract from the original design. Besides having four doors and the rear having something the 2 door version does not have. Note: Normally, we do not like suicide opening doors, but modern tech makes them safe from accidents. Being grandparents and having a young toddler get in the rear seats from a normal door is/was always difficult. Open, go around, lean in, door getting in the way of moving farther in to get the safety straps, etc. So, the poor lower back always got a workout when a scampering toddler got in the rear seat. With the larger access front opening door, it would be easier to step closer to get to the far safety straps and not have to lean in so far to get every safety strap secured. For a while, when we were looking for a 4 door hot rod model, a 40 Ford 4 door sedan with a set of suicide doors already in place. Several nice ones already set up, came and went as we were pondering buying them or not. SBC/auto/four doors, mag wheels, A/C and a nice Candy Apple/Tahitian Red color we never had in our early days. (The color idea came from my wife's choice as our neighbor has a modern small Candy Apple stock factory color on an open roadster and also on a mini SUV wagon.)
@jnaki - thank you, your last rendering is what I was trying to envision when I originally started this thread. If no one has attempted it before, it could be another one of those interesting re-imaginings of a model that never existed. Some attempts at non-existent models I've seen re-imagined before are... '55 4dr sport sedan - like the one I pictured above a red '57 2dr ht with the sport sedan roof, I saw on Ebay 15-20 years ago a '57 150 convertible a '56 210 Nomad a '57 150 2dr Ht a '56 150 4dr station wagon of course the el camino wanna-be's and probably others I'm not remembering. And when I say re-imaginings, most were fairly (if not totally) faithfully done regarding the details as if Chevrolet had built it as one of their original models
just spotted this photo on trifive.com... it appears what I originally was asking about has been done at least once now... note: to meet hamb requirements, I've blacked out the unacceptable wheels Gotta56forme/Scott
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