Did you ever notice the pics of the wheels on this box are in black and white and the car is in color?
A quick and easy smooth hood for the 57 Chevy is from a 57 Pontiac which is a direct swap. You will have to flatten the circle and upside down Vee on the front. The front bar bolts on and you have a smooth "custom" hood.
I saw that one at Ron (the Sticher) Mangus's shop a few years ago.Pretty nice.In the pictures you can't really see all the details in the quarters.
i didnt see a link on here [but im blind] but theres a HUGE THREAD about tri's!! here it is! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206159&highlight=tri+five+chevy
That's because the car actually had a set of Buick Skylark wires on it and Revell didn't want to go to the expense of reproducing them in 1/25 scale. Revell already had chrome steelies in their '57 hardtop kit, many of these same parts were simply transferred to the Nomad kit for cost control, so the art department did what we would today call "Photoshopping" a photo by overlaying photos of (or airbrushed) chrome steelies over the Skylarks for the box image. It looks like they used only one wheel image for front and back--note the same shading and the protruding spindle end/grease cap on both wheels. Cost control was then, and still is King.
A 57 post needs to be a rowdy kind of build imo. A Project X style from the old days would be cool.FALFA
Traditional 57 chevys huh... Around here to do that you have to wear kaki shorts and a boyd lookin car shirt. Thats the traditional look I see.
ROUGHIDLE...there are plenty of custom/hotrods in our great land. just depends on your bankroll. but i would like too see you creat 1 without some billet on it. and believe me some members have with a hotrod. billet is not allways a bad thing, in my view it's used as a critizing tool. and that's a sad situation. where is the rulebook on a traditional hotrod. i've seen many varyations that all fit the acceptance...POP.
I'm just started to build a old skool/traditional 57,bored to death of the chrome/billet look, interior will be tuck n roll or diamond pleat black,definatly no belair dash trim just the 210 trim,(single s/s trim along the bottom of the dash),maybe some very discreate pinstrip were the belair trim would have been, exterior :- no ally rear quater trim and just one side trim/spear from front to back,no front fender stick on louvers,no V's on hood and trunk and plates on wagon rear bumper ,lowered all round with slight rake,reverse rim wheels or stock wheels with lincon hubcaps,a few 60'/70s decals on rear windows, engine bay:- got to be 327 running tripower,ramhorn manifolds,no chrome bolts or rocker covers!! all my bolts are oil blackend,mated to muncie gearbox with original Hurst shifter, ,all ancilleries stock condition, cant wait to finish !!!
57's arent bad looking cars.I have a friend of mine in Buffalo,who has a killer 57,would love to see different tl treatments.
A new arrival to the tin pile, 57 150 three on the tree, 6 cyl. Original 1 owner with 83k, a real nice unmolested car with the original cobblestone interior, radio delete, doors open and close like new,all body gaps correct, just tagged it and will take my 10 year old to school in it this week. I have given him a lesson in 57's at Carlisle on identifying BelAirs, 210's, 150's, sedans and ht's, and of course Nomads. He passed two quizes so far. He will be the replacement generation for us. Anyway, plans for the 150 are new attitude and disposition. High and mighty, 327 4-speed. Although being such a nice survivor it truly should be a resto original, but that is all cool while you build it but when you are done your missing the attitude!.
here's my chevy I had since high school,kept it 22 years ;sold it to get more early fords in the garage.
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