1955 Chevrolet - Pictures from the "Archives"
1955 Chevrolet Products
General Motors built its 50-Millionth car on November 23, 1954. It was entirely fitting that it should be an all-gold 1955 Bel Air 2 Door Hardtop. In addition to a celebration ceremony at the assembly plant (Pic #1), civic luncheons were held in 65 cities from coast to coast and GM Plants across the country held open house to more than a million people.
At $2,578.00, the Nomad was the priciest model in 55's line-up and this was probably why it was the lowest in production. The photo dated March 11, 1954 (Pic #2) shows that except for the trim, the Nomad was production-ready.
The photo (Pic #3) shows that in early 1955 the Chevy Designers were still tinkering with roof lines and wheel openings.
Some of the lines of the production '55 model can be seen in this styling study entitled "The Grand-Prix" (Pic #4).
Designers experimented with many different window treatments for the 55 Chevrolet. As shown in Pic #5, the "Flight-Sweep" wraparound windshield was already decided upon, but the rear window/C-post arrangement was still being worked on.
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