My first car-- a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Aire in salmon & grey

Posted by Kissing13@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 15 comments

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Mysterious-Dealer649@reddit

lol that’s wild that was my dads first car😂 lots of 60s cars in my high school parking lot but I don’t remember anyone having one from the 50s

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noscrubphilsfans@reddit

Damn, I couldn't get my folks to loan me $500 for a beater. Yours just shelled out $10k?

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Hemicrusher@reddit

Nice!

I had a 1957 210 2dr post for about 10 year around 2003.

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Kissing13@reddit (OP)

That was the year most people thought mine was, but I believe the 57 is a little longer.

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Hemicrusher@reddit

Yeah, the 57 is longer, and has fins. I think the 55 has the fuel filler under a rear taillight?

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Kissing13@reddit (OP)

Actually, I didn't. But I believe my parents paid $3.5k, and then another $5k fixing it up.

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laich68@reddit

I was actually fishing for the Punk Rock Girl response. Damn cool car though.

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Kissing13@reddit (OP)

D'oh! Of course. You look so wild, let's have a child, we'll name her Minnie Pearl; eat fudge banana swirl; we'll travel round the world.

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otravez5150@reddit

So nice! That's my favorite year of that model.

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It was a great looking car. My parents kept it for many years after I stopped driving it, and wound up trading it for an early 90s mercedes station wagon with 180k miles on it. I thought they got kind of ripped off on that deal

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