Sunday, August 30, 2015

A Green Beauty

I was driving past an auto body shop when I spotted this green beauty parked out front so of course I pulled over immediately. It is a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan - love those fender skirts! You don't see many of these from that year.
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28 comments:

  1. PerthDailyPhotoAugust 30, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    Gosh that's a car for cruising in Pat, can you just see us :)

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  2. Jackie McGuinnessAugust 30, 2015 at 9:09 AM

    She is a beauty!

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  3. GosiaAugust 30, 2015 at 9:21 AM

    lovely.In Europe we didn't have those huge cars

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  4. BlogorattiAugust 30, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    A majestic beauty, no doubt.

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  5. SharonAugust 30, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    I like those fins as well as the fender skirts. What a beauty.

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  6. VPAugust 30, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    Fender skirts: I didn't know the word for those things! Great car, nice color!

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  7. EG CameraGirlAugust 30, 2015 at 10:20 AM

    I just learned something new - fender skirts. ;)

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  8. BirdmanAugust 30, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    Ah... the Bel-Air with fender skirts and white walls. Certainly a classic family car here in the 60's.

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  9. ShammickiteAugust 30, 2015 at 10:54 AM

    Let's go agitate the gravel, burn some rubber, and go for a jaunt to the soda fountain.....

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  10. LowellAugust 30, 2015 at 11:38 AM

    Oh yum! I owned a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500, 4-dr hardtop, salmon & white. It was a lemon, but looked great.

    I owned a 1950 Plymouth coupe, dark green. Wood grain interior. I was a super car.

    I owned a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, blue and white. Another great car.

    I owned a 1955 Plymouth station wagon. That was OK.

    There may have been more; my memory ain't so good anymore. I figure now if I had the money I blew on cars, I could have retired to Beverly Hills (Caifornia)!

    My 1937 Chevy had fender skirts, and I had it lowered like this one, and it was stripped of decoration and smooth all over. Very cool.

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  11. RevrunnerAugust 30, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    I can't ever remember seeing "fender skirts" like that.

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  12. Stefan JanssonAugust 30, 2015 at 1:13 PM

    I have shot a few hundred classic rides this weekend. They don't make them like this no more.

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  13. AnonymousAugust 30, 2015 at 1:14 PM

    Now, that's a car!

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  14. StephanieAugust 30, 2015 at 1:23 PM

    Beautiful car and gorgeous color.

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  15. cieldequimperAugust 30, 2015 at 1:41 PM

    Wow! Almost matches yesterday's bike!

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  16. TexWisGirlAugust 30, 2015 at 1:42 PM

    yes! fins and fender skirts!

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  17. MichelleAugust 30, 2015 at 3:06 PM

    What a beauty! I would love to drive this!

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  18. LoisAugust 30, 2015 at 5:21 PM

    What a wonderful find! I would have pulled over too.

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  19. Luis GomezAugust 30, 2015 at 6:10 PM

    Wonderful!

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  20. UnknownAugust 30, 2015 at 6:38 PM

    Wow, that's some beast, must be very rare now...

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  21. CloudiaAugust 30, 2015 at 9:14 PM

    YES!!!!! What a capture!!!




    SO HAPPY to BE BACK!
    ALOHA
    ComfortSpiral
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  22. Genie -- Paris and BeyondAugust 30, 2015 at 9:18 PM

    A gas-guzzler from times past. I do love that "seafoam green!"

    Bises,
    Genie

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  23. JackAugust 30, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    We sure loved those things when I was a young tike. What were we thinking?

    Go back and look again at Boston City Hall. It is in three horizontal levels that reflect what happens inside. The lower level is open and welcoming, leading residents inside for their interactions with the City, like getting building permits, paying tax bills, etc. The middle levels are complex, where the mayor has his offices and where the City Council has offices and chamber. And, the top level is uniform and disciplined, where the residents don't visit but bureaucrats process paperwork and handle the repetitive but necessary functions of government.

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  24. jennyfrecklesAugust 31, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    Wow, that's a head-turner!

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  25. William KendallAugust 31, 2015 at 3:50 PM

    Quite a car, too!

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  26. KarlSeptember 1, 2015 at 9:21 AM

    Beautiful, the owner was surely very proud of it !

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  27. KateSeptember 1, 2015 at 10:35 PM

    Those fins are beautiful and reminds me of many youthful cars and memories.

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  28. 21 WitsSeptember 2, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    Yes, truly a rare and beautiful automobile! A most classy design!

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