1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Custom Car

This is a photograph that I took at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

I don’t remember there being any information about the car at the show, but it’s obviously a customized Chevrolet Bel Air. It’s got the ‘Ferrari-inspired’ front grille of the second-generation Bel Air that was only available in 1955, the first year of production. It seems that a large number of potential customers wanted a more conventional full-width grille so the car was given a facelift for 1956.

1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Station Wagon

This is one of the cars that were on display at the Footman James Classic Car Show Manchester at EventCity in September 2018.

It's a 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Station Wagon and has a 348cu in (5.7 litres) Big-Block V8 engine. The Bel Air was produced from 1950 to 1976 (1981 in Canada) and this is a 5th Generation car that was in production from 1961 to 1964.

 

1951 Chevrolet Bel Air

This was one of the cars on display at the Northern Classic Car Show in the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1993.

It's a First Generation 1951 Chevrolet Bel Air and should have a 6-cylinder inline 216 or 235 cu in engine. I didn't make a note of which stand the car was on, and there's no mention of it in the brochure of the event

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Chevrolet Bel Air

Here's another photograph sent to me by our youngest son, David, from New Jersey.

It's a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air, which makes it a second generation car, somewhat modified if the air scoop on the hood is anything to go by.