1956 Chevrolet Bel Air/150/210

BEL AIR Coupe

6 - Cyl.

Automatic

Gasoline

UP FOR SALE IS MY FATHERS 1956 CHEVROLET BEL AIR 2 DOOR HARDTOP WITH THE POST. IT IS TWO TONE GRAY ON WHITE WITH A BLACK AND WHITE INTERIOR. IT BOASTS AN INLINE BLUE FLAME 6 CYLINDER MOTOR (BLUE FLAME 140). 235 CUBIC INCH 3.9 LITRE PRODUCING 140 HP WITH A 2 SPEED POWERGLIDE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS 59,256 MILES. EVERYTHING WORKS AS IT SHOULD AND THE CAR RUNS PERFECT, IDLES SMOOTH, AND DRIVES GREAT. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THE GAS GAGE. IT IS 100% STOCK. IT HAD A 100% FRAME OFF RESTORATION IN 1995. EVERY SINGLE SCREW AND BOLT WAS UNDONE AND PUT BACK TOGETHER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW, FRAME OFF RESTORATIONS ARE BOTH VERY TIME CONSUMING AND COSTLY. THE RESTORATION BEGAN IN 1985 AND WAS COMPLETED IN 1995. AT THAT TIME MY FATHER PURCHASED THE CAR (1995). A LOT OF TIME WAS PUT INTO MAKING SURE IT WAS DONE RIGHT, DONE CORRECTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY DONE TO FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. OBVIOUSLY GARAGED KEPT. ONLY REASON FOR SELLING IS BECAUSE I NO LONGER HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT. IT IS HARD TO SEE IT GO AND SAY GOODBYE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I PURCHASED THE CAR BECAUSE I WAS BORN IN 1956 AND REMEMBER AS A YOUNG BOY STILL SEEING THEM ON THE ROAD. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE PAINT ON THE REAR QUARTERS AND TRUNK IS SPIDER CRACKING. ESSENTIALLY MOST ALL OF THE WHITE PAINT IS SPIDER CRACKING AND THERE CERTAIN AREAS ON THE TRUNK AND REAR QUARTER ABOVE TAIL LIGHTS WHERE PAINT CHIPS ARE MISSING AND YOU CAN SEE PRIMER. IF YOU GET CLOSE UP TO THE CAR IT IS APPARENT, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL FROM FIVE FEET AWAY. I HAVE TIRED TO TAKE PICTURES TO SHOW THAT AND SOME OF THE CHROME APPEARS TO HAVE SOME PITTING RUST SPOTS. OVERALL THE CAR DID HAVE A 100% FRAME OFF. IT IS A SOLID CAR. SOLID FRAME, TRUNK, FLOOR BOARDS, PANELS. JUST A REAL SOLID SOLID GEM. A TRUE AND STRAIGHT CAR. REALLY AND TRULY AN AMAZING MULTIPLE TIME CAR SHOW WINNER. IF YOU HAD ON OR YOU PARENTS HAD ONE OR YOU JUST REMEMBER SEEING THEM ON THE ROAD THEN YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER THIS ONE AND TAKE A DRIVE DOWN MEMORY LANE. WOULD BE GREAT IF LEFT AS A STOCK CAR, BUT WOULD ALSO MAKE A GREAT CUSTOM CAR FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTO CUSTOM CAR PROJECTS! PLEASE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK AND AS ALWAYS GOOD LUCK WITH THE BIDDING!!! I HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR SOME THINGS UP. FIRST OFF THERE IS NO RESERVE, HIGHEST BIDDER OR BUY IT NOW WINS!! SECONDLY, WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DID THE 100% FRAME OFF RESTORATION HE TOLD US THIS ABOUT THE CAR. IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU. THE MILEAGE IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WAS ON THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE FRAME OFF RESTORATION. SO I GUESS ACCORDING TO HIM THE MILEAGE IS ORIGINAL MILEAGE. AT THE TIME HE DID THE FRAME OFF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WERE BOTH REBUILT, BUT HE DID NOT SET BACK THE ODOMETER, RATHER LEFT IT ALONE TO BE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WAS ON THE CAR AS A WHOLE. THE PAINT AND CHROME: HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS THE FIRST TO REPAINT AND RE-CHROME. THE INTERIOR IS ORIGINAL, BUT OF COURSE I AM SURE THROUGHOUT THE RESTORATION PROCESS SOME PARTS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE HE DID SAY THAT HE USED N.O.S. PARTS. THE RADIO IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN N.O.S. PART. HE DID SHOW US PICTURES AT THE TIME IN A SCRAPBOOK OF THE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH TO VERIFY OUR QUESTIONS/CONCERNS AT THE TIME. THAT I HOPE THIS HELPS AND CLEARS UP SOME OF THE CONFUSION. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK, THANKS AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE BIDDING OR BUY IT NOW!