1956 Chevrolet Other for sale $49,900

If you follow our email blasts you probably know all about the LS3-powered Bel Air resto-mod:http://www.rkmotorscharlotte.com/sales/inventory/active/1955%20Chevrolet%20Bel%20Air/135807 we featured last week for $129900. Sure its nice. But what about folks who want something a bit more traditional? Fear not RK Motors Charlotte has a car for them too! The beneficiary of a detailed body-off restoration this award-winning sedan is a high quality tri-five that you can invest in drive around and win some serious trophies with. Featuring an equal emphasis on show and go it wraps an era-correct 265/3-speed drivetrain in decidedly formal aesthetics to create one seriously cool cruiser! If youve been searching for a striking 50s showpiece but want something thats a heck of a lot classier that some trendy hot rod this spectacular Chevys excellent combination of vintage style and ubiquitous performance simply cant be beat!

BODYWORK/TRIM

This exceptionally clean Bel Air is a solid classic that spent the better part of two decades protected in a variety of safe havens. Sometime in the mid 80s the cars current owner a life-long restorer located it in a Greensboro North Carolina night club. Roughly five or six years later when that club went out of business the car was pulled out of mothball and offered up for sale. Unfortunately an agreement couldnt be met and it was passed to a third party. Fast forward roughly 20 years when the cars current owner happened to cross its path once more. Once again the Bel Air had been stored inside but this time fully deconstructed it was ripe for a body-off restoration. A deal was struck and this Chevys 2-year reboot began with its original pigment being fully stripped from its original sheetmetal. Supplemented with fresh floors and massaged into a head-turning facade that metal was blanketed in a correct combination of Matador Red and Dune Beige 2-stage. And today this sultry street queen mixes the visual punch of a classic Ferrari with the visual swank of a vintage Cadillac!

Naturally this Chevys quality pigment reflects a roster of first rate detailing that includes all-new glass and all-original stainless. At the front of the car a guarded bumper founds an original grille and clear parking lamps beneath a fresh Chevrolet crest and chrome-trimmed headlights. At the sides of that crest requisite speedline spears float Bel Air-exclusive quarter scripts between small mirrors guarded door handles and dent-free rocker shields. Above those handles ornate fender toppers and a requisite jetbird hood ornament lead the eye to tight frames which reflect electric wipers and a short antenna. And at the back of the car a second guarded bumper splits the difference between factory taillights polished exhaust pipes a classy tag bracket and a second showroom-fresh Chevrolet crest.

ENGINE

In 1956 Chevrolets 265 cubic inch Turbo Fire V8 was the most common choice for factory GM performance. It made solid power created plenty of torque and provided excellent reliability for everyday errands. Follow this Bel Airs bright Matador shine in to its muted engine bay and youll find a fully rebuilt small block that was professionally machined by Jamies Automotive Machine Shop in Greensboro North Carolina. At the top of that legendary mill an old school single-snorkel air cleaner funnels wind in to a big 4-barrel carburetor thats sequenced to stainless fluid lines and a mechanical fuel pump. At the base of that carb a vintage intake feeds cast iron heads which hang hardened valve seats between a .030 overbore and silver-detailed