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Long gone are the days when two-door station wagons were a thing. First born after the Second World War as the Willys Jeep Station Wagon, this body style became a household design for more than one of GM’s cars of the (mostly) 1950s.
It was 1955 when GM decided this is the way to go, and no less than four such cars were introduced, two for its main Chevrolet brand, and two for Pontiac. It would be Chevy that would make two-door wagons a hit with the Nomad, though.
By hit we don’t necessarily mean sales success back in the day when it was launched. If anything, the Nomad had a tumultuous existence back then, lasting in production just until 1972, and then being downgraded to becoming a trim level for various Chevy vans.
But the Nomad quickly rose to icon status for custom builders and garages. Part of the Chevrolet Holy Trinity – the so-called Tri-Fives, meaning Chevys made in 1955, 1956 and 1957, and especially Bel Airs and Nomads – the vehicle has been time and time again the object of attention for hot rodders across the U.S.
But most of the Nomad builds we see are modernized apparitions, going for radical looks. Not the 1955 Nomad we have here, though.
The lowered two-door station wagon pictured in the gallery above is a restoration that tries to retain much of the car’s original flavor. Painted in Synergy green and using a white top, it shows all of the elements that made the Nomad recognizable back in the day.
Changes have been made under the hood, though, where the people responsible for the build fitted a 454ci (7.4-liter) big block engine, working in conjunction with a 4-speed manual transmission.
The 1955 Chevrolet Nomad is for sale for a price that is much higher then the one asked for the car back when it was originally made: the sticker on the specialized website where the car is listed reads $94,000.
By hit we don’t necessarily mean sales success back in the day when it was launched. If anything, the Nomad had a tumultuous existence back then, lasting in production just until 1972, and then being downgraded to becoming a trim level for various Chevy vans.
But the Nomad quickly rose to icon status for custom builders and garages. Part of the Chevrolet Holy Trinity – the so-called Tri-Fives, meaning Chevys made in 1955, 1956 and 1957, and especially Bel Airs and Nomads – the vehicle has been time and time again the object of attention for hot rodders across the U.S.
But most of the Nomad builds we see are modernized apparitions, going for radical looks. Not the 1955 Nomad we have here, though.
The lowered two-door station wagon pictured in the gallery above is a restoration that tries to retain much of the car’s original flavor. Painted in Synergy green and using a white top, it shows all of the elements that made the Nomad recognizable back in the day.
Changes have been made under the hood, though, where the people responsible for the build fitted a 454ci (7.4-liter) big block engine, working in conjunction with a 4-speed manual transmission.
The 1955 Chevrolet Nomad is for sale for a price that is much higher then the one asked for the car back when it was originally made: the sticker on the specialized website where the car is listed reads $94,000.
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