Road Signature Diecast 1957 Two-Tone TRI-5 Chevrolet Bel Air 1:18

Description: IS IT THE GRANDDADDY OF THE TRI-FIVE? IS IT THE CLASS OF THE DOMESTIC CUSTOM CLASSICS?...WELL, THAT'S A MATTER OF OPINION... ...BUUUUUT, MANY GLIDE WITH PRIDE IN IT, WHILE OTHERS PEER AND CHEER AT IT... MAYBE IT'S SO POPULAR THAT WHEN IT PURRS DOWN THE INTERSTATE IT LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET SHIP ON AN AIR STRIP, ABOUT TO MAKE A HORIZONTAL TAKE-OFF... OR DOES IT LOOK LIKE A SWIFT MOVING SHARK WITH IT'S DEADLY CHROME FANGS AND FINS ABOUT TO MAKE A STRIKE!...LONG BEFORE "JAWS" INVADED THE BEACH TOWN OF "AMITY ISLAND" IN 1975, IT WAS SOME TWENTY YEARS EARLIER, WHEN CHEVY'S POPULAR PREDATOR, THE 1957 BEL AIR BECAME THE LAST OF THE SECOND GENERATION...IT WAS IN THE HEART OF THE BABY BOOMER GENERATION, HAVING MADE ITS BEGINNING IN 1955... COULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT FIN THAT STARTED AS A NUB AND IN THREE YEARS BECAME A FULL- BLOWN LETHAL, POINTED WEAPON... CARE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN FOR CASUALTIES WHEN BACKING UP, OR NOT EVEN MOVING... "WATCH IT KIDS!"...AT THE TIME, FORD HAD ITS SHARK FINS ALSO, AND WOULD EDGE CHEVY IN THE CAR WAR WITH HIGHER PRODUCTION FIGURES WHILE INTRODUCING A NEW GENERATION... NOT TO MENTION, CHEVROLET ALSO FRIGHTENED "AMERICA'S HEARTBEAT", INTRODUCING TUBELESS TIRES, AN IDEA THAT INITIALLY TURNED AWAY TRADITIONAL THINKING BUYERS... "CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY WANT US TO DRIVE A CAR ON THE HIGHWAY HAVING TIRES WITHOUT TUBES? NOT ME JACK"... GUESS THEY FINALLY CAUGHT ON, WITH TUBES NOW USED ONLY AT THE BEACH.......IF THE '57 WASN'T THE BIGGEST DEAL IN '57, IT CERTAINLY BOOMED, NOT ONLY LATER WITH THE BOOMERS FOR NOSTAGIAC PURPOSES, BUT FOR GEN NEXT, GEN X, GEN Y, GEN Z AND EVEN SPACE AGED MILLEINNIALS... IT'S DEFINITELY A VISUALLY APPEALING HUNK, DURING OVER 60 YEARS LATER BECAME A STAR IN A NUMBER OF TV SHOWS AND MOVIES, BEING CAST FOR ITS BEAUTY AND SPEED... THE 1950s TV COP SHOW "HIGHWAY PATROL", THE SUSPENSE FILLED, ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR, AND CRIME BUSTING LAWYER, PERRY MASON GOT IT STARTED AS SOMETHING GOOD TO LOOK AT IN GRAYSCALE TELEVISION... TONY DANZA SPORTED THE BEL AIR IN "HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS" OF 1980, WHILE BEL AIR SPEED WAS FEATURED IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES IN "KNIGHT RIDER"... YOUNG DETECTIVES "SIMON AND SIMON" WERE SEEN IN A BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE IN THEIR 80s SERIES AND THE BEL AIR WAS TOTALLY AWESOME IN THE 2006 FLICK, "TOTALLY AWESOME"...OF THE TRI-FIVE, 2 DOOR CONVERTIBLE, IT WAS THE MOST POPULAR IN '57, PRODUCING A REPORTED 48,468, AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE AMONG NON-WAGONS... IT SOLD AT A REPORTED $2,511 PLUS OPTIONS... OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION/MISSING TRIM PIECE ON LEFT QUARTER PANEL/CLEAN

Price: 22.49 USD

Location: Lanham, Maryland

End Time: 2024-11-17T06:50:24.000Z

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