Perhaps one of America’s most easily recognizable automotive shapes, the Bel Air is about as patriotic as hot dogs, baseball and cheating on your income taxes. This well-maintained ‘56 coupe sports a tasty cinnamon and cream two-tone paint job and looks fantastic pictured here on Franklin Street in Astoria. Chevy made a pillarless 4-door sport sedan version of the Bel Air during the same model year, but I think the coupe is where it’s at. By the way, someone really needs to bring back hood ornaments as a colorful alternative to the recessed, less is more badges placed on hoods today. This one looks like a soaring eagle that mated with a jet airplane…awesome.
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Had a ’57 for my first car
but as I got older the ’56
became BelAir of choice for me.
A bit simpler and cooler looking.
This is a sweet little coupe.
Such A Nice Car……The Fifties Were Really A Highwater Mark In American Automotive Design. Each Brand Had A Well Established Design DNA That Was Uniquely Theirs. You Could Identify A Given Brand From A Distance & It Conjured Certain Feelings. Today That Is Not The Case As Most Cars No Matter Where They Are From Look Pretty Much The Same. Not Bad Looking Necessarily, Just Homogenized.
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very informative post. Looking more to something like this