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OLKY55
10-20-2013, 07:31 PM
After 24 years apart, my 55 is finally back on the road. I've owned this car for 39 years and drove it to high school. It was good to finally get to drive it again, with my 18 year old son beside me. More pics in my album. It was a good weekend.:)

567chevys
10-20-2013, 07:38 PM
That sounds like a blast !!!!

Also Nice looking ride , lets see some smoke out of them rear tires:D

Run-em
10-20-2013, 09:20 PM
Nice ride, enjoy the trip!

carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)
10-21-2013, 05:10 AM
nice going, sounds like a perfect weekend.

JT56
10-21-2013, 07:13 AM
Tough Looking. Do you like the look of the roll bar in a hard top? I have thought about it, but wasn't sure how it would look.

Joey

OLKY55
10-21-2013, 10:51 AM
Being black, I don't really notice the roll bar. I think if it was any other color it might be distracting to the eye. What is that old adage? If you want it to disappear, paint it black.

ukchevy55
11-15-2013, 06:41 AM
After 24 years apart, my 55 is finally back on the road. I've owned this car for 39 years and drove it to high school. It was good to finally get to drive it again, with my 18 year old son beside me. More pics in my album. It was a good weekend.:)

Love the straight clean look of your streeter 55

ilike55s
11-15-2013, 07:20 AM
Hey OlKy55,,,that is a nice lookin Hot Rod, Guy. Yours is the first all white Hardtop I have ever seen and it stands out nice. Love those Hilborns, too!

chevynut
11-15-2013, 08:08 AM
Olky55, very nice '55 and I like the all-white paint too. Seems like lots of us have been "married" to our cars for decades. I've owned my Nomad since 1973....40 years now. And it's still not driveable. I've gone through 2 marriages in that time....cars are easier to deal with than women. LOL!

OLKY55
11-16-2013, 06:02 AM
We painted it white in 1976, because I hadn't seen another around at the time. I've always liked the way it looks with all of the chrome, but I may be partial. I tell everyone that around that time two-tone cars were considered "old man's" cars. I guess it was because all of the hot rods and drag cars had been repainted to a single color. It was also right after the factory muscle car era. So, that probably had something to do with it. I guess I'm an old man now, but I still stuck with the single color.

warren57
11-16-2013, 02:27 PM
Awesome. I too look foreword to the day I can say "finally back on the road".
I think the white looks great. You see so many red, black and blue/turquoise and yellow, that white is a nice change. I too like all the chrome. The factory did a great job on the tri fives.
Have fun and be careful....

ilike55s
11-16-2013, 06:02 PM
WATCH IT,,, Warren57. My 55 is "CANDY APPLE RED" :)cause I always wanted a 55 that color:), but the all white does stand out for sure. I saw one 57 convertible that was all white that really looked nice. The guy said it had been white all its life,, but I no clue if any came out all white,,,anybody know?

warren57
11-16-2013, 06:50 PM
WATCH IT,,, Warren57. My 55 is "CANDY APPLE RED" :)cause I always wanted a 55 that color:), but the all white does stand out for sure. I saw one 57 convertible that was all white that really looked nice. The guy said it had been white all its life,, but I no clue if any came out all white,,,anybody know?

ha ha. my 57 is red too. Through the years had a black 56 210 2 dr wagon, a green on green 56 2 dr hardtop, a red and white 55 2 dr. hardtop. I like them all, in any color!!