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Chevy Bel Air . I have owned this unrestored, factory-original survivor fuel-injected sport coupe Bel Air (one of 1530 passenger factory-built fuelies) since December 1999. It is in excellent original unmolested condition. This is a 283 c.i., 250 H.P. turboglide numbers-matching car. It was assembled In Kansas City, Missouri in May 1957. It has been driven 62,000+ miles up to the present time. The engine has never been rebuilt (hence the original patina in the engine compartment) and runs great. It has a black exterior with a red/black interior. The paint is mostly factory-original and the interior is still in excellent, beautiful original condition. This is a rust-free automobile and as far as I know the car has never been hit. The majority of the paint is original and shiny because the car has always been garaged -- below the side trim on both sides it was repainted over the original paint many years ago because of gravel chips. There are a few minor wear spots (mainly primer showing through the original paint) in several places as a result of constant waxing. Also, there are some gravel chips on the front part of the hood and there are minor scratches here and there. Under the hood there are several factory assembly line yellow chalk Xs on the hood latch cover. I have been told by several Chevrolet experts that these were most likely an alert to the assembly line workers that a fuel injection system was to be installed. The rear spiral shock absorbers are still in place. The engine suffix pad is factory-stamped F418GF.It still has all of the original fuel injection components original including a couple of items that are nearly impossible to find in original condition.. As far as I know the Rochester 4520 fuel injection unit has never been rebuilt and has always run well with minor tuning from time to time. The 2nd owner, who bought it in late Fall 1957, told me when I first bought it that he was informed that this car was a factory demonstrator to promote the sales of fuel injection passenger cars and because of this they made sure that it had the best components installed to keep it running flawlessly. After the factory reps were done the car was sent to a dealership near Omaha, Nebraska where it was sold. I asked the 2nd owner if he had the original dealer paperwork for the car but it ended up getting lost or misplaced. I had him do a notarized Certificate of Authenticity for me to verify that it is what it is. Again, let me stress that this car is a factory-built fuel injected survivor, NOT one of the many phony clones that are prevalent in various car auctions and car shows. Quite a few years ago a fellow from California, who had a brother residing near where I lived, learned that I had an original fuelie. It turned out that hes a respected authority on factory fuel-injected 57 Chevys. He contacted me because he wanted to see for himself if this really was a real fuelie and not a clone. He spent several hours inspecting the car from top to bottom and he told me that this car was definitely the real thing! For anyone that is truly interested in this car I will provide contact information for this gentleman. If you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact me. If you are truly interested in this car I strongly suggest that you inspect it in person or have a representative do the inspection to verify that this is what I say it is.
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