1957 Chevy Bel-Air Nomad Gasser

1957 Chevy bel-air nomad gasser

This 1957 nomad was painstakingly restored to its glory days as an early vintage gasser.

This is a real one-of-a kind late excellent running 60’s early 70’s gasser/race car that wears all of its original decals from its racing days, o reproduction decals. I have done a complete frame-on restoration on this nomad. It retains 90% of its original paint. The hood and tailgate have been re-painted with the original color. The decals are original to the car from the 60’s -70’s except the two Cragar decals on each fender, n which I replaced with O.E.M. The interior is about 80% original with the headliner in very good condition. The nomad has its original padded dash and original spotlight from the factory. The heater, adio and clock were removed for racing purposes and the vehicle has heater, adio and clock delete plates installed. I added seat belts in the front and the rear for safety purposes.

A lot of hard work went into preserving this nomad’s racing heritage and not disturb its originality. The body is now rust free, s I de-rusted the entire bottom and inner panels of this car. The floor was in good shape when I purchased it, ut I replaced both driver and passenger and passenger rear floor with Danchuk reproductions. Welds were butt-welded not lap-welded for a factory look. The rest of the floor was in good to excellent condition and needed no repair, nd the spare tire well is in excellent and rust-free condition. There is no rust under the body’s side moldings. The rust spots you see are all surface rust, nd I purposely left those spots because I wanted to leave this gasser as unmolested as possible.

The engine is a 355 summit racing engine (stamped on the front pad of the engine) with G.M center bolt heads. I used adapters on the heads so I could use the old school valve covers. It has a four speed M-20 Muncie transmission that is in excellent condition, nd a Hurst blow proof bell-housing (still has original Hurst stickers on the bell-housing). It has the original rear-end with a 3:30 non posi, ut the complete 5:13 posi-trac center section from its racing days will be included in the auction. This nomad runs great and shifts through all gears smoothly

The following is a partial list of what has been done to this nomad:

New 670 Holley carburetor

New brake and fuel lines (including new brake hoses)

Radiator and fuel take cleaned

New fuel tank sending unit

New rear axle bearings

New front wheel bearings

New brakes and cylinders all around

Front end completely rebuilt

Upper and lower A frame bushings

New ball joints

New tie rods

New shocks

Pertronix point conversion and new coil

New fuel pump

New front tires

Has Hurst line-loc but not hooked up

Horn, auges, ights, ack-up lights, linkers, nterior lights, ash lights and spot-light all work

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things but I went thru this wagon front to back.

The only bad on this nomad is a rear main seal leak. A few drops of oil after it sits, ot bad but should be fixed

Also, river side sliding window has a crack. I didn’t replace it because it’s original glass and has original stickers. ( it will not get any worse)

Like I stated before, tried my best to keep the vehicle in as original racing condition as possible. In my opinion, his is an excellent example of a typical 60’s- 70’s gasser and is piece of racing history.

Inspections by any bidders or representatives of bidders are welcomed and encouraged to look at the vehicle and see how well this car is preserved. Vehicle will not be released until funds clear my bank. I don’t have a cell phone and don’t text so if you have any questions please feel free to email me at coupesled@yahoo.com or call at (210) 680-0561 after 5 p.m cst. And I will respond in a timely manner

Sorry no trades considered and thank you for looking at this one-of-a kind nomad

A $1,000 deposit is required within 72 hours and balance within 7 days. Buyer is responsible for vehicle transport or pick up. No warranty expressed or implied. No Pay-Pal

Thanks for looking and have a great day. Good Luck