Fitted with new floors, a frame from a 1949 Chevy, and a very long list of performance parts, the Bel Air came back to life as a gasser. And that's something you don't see every day.

Tom Peters’ 1951 Henry J Gasser Personifies Gasser Wars from the ’60s while Packing a 331ci V-8 for Punch. ... The 1972 Chevy Vega GT was a roller that he transplanted a 350ci Olds V-8 into, ...

The fact that the Chevrolet 150 could be bought for only $200 more (a 15% increase over the Kaiser) didn't help either. As a result, sales dropped to about 23,000 cars in 1952 and only 17,500 ...