The '55 hardtop that is the subject of this ... When we did the power window conversion on our '57 hardtop in last year's Chevy Classics ("Roll 'Em Up, Lock 'Em Down") the lifts we pulled out ...

The new car business was doing well and by 1997 he began looking for a '55 Chevy hardtop. He'd owned a '55 Chevy sedan when he was a teenager and, even back then, dreamt of a red hardtop.

Nothing flashy, nothing gaudy, no overkill… justfine. Case in point: Ralph and Patty Soto's black lacquer '55 Chevy Bel Air hardtop. You can't point to any particular modification on this car ...

The 50s were key years for Chevrolet: the General Motors Division entered the Corvette in 1953, debuted the small-block V8 in ’55, and marked ... the two-door hardtop fashion.