Gina’s ’55 Bel Air

 

1955 Chevrolet Bel
Air Sedan

Owner: Gina
Edwards, Renton, WA

See Gina’s 1957 Nomad here

Getting Started –
The paint was badly chipped and
you can see the original black primer on the fender.


The engine –
The engine with almost 45 years
of grime!  It’s amazing the car still ran!

Woo
hoo!

Dad
and I celebrating the true “start” to the
restoration project on a cold February morning, 1999.


Umm…This looks like more work than I
was thinking.

Pretty
firewall!

April
’99


Pretty dash!

Pretty “new”
engine!

May
1999 – you can see some body work on the roof and door
has started.


Wow!

Now
the real fun begins –

Wetsanding!


Getting the fender
ready –
Almost time for primer.
Talk about a father – daughter project!


The white paint is on!
I was beginning to believe we were
getting close to being done.  Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!


It’s Gorgeous!
(June ’99)

July
’99 –

First
piece of trim goes back on the car.


At
the Run to the Roses Fun Run –

Portland,
Oregon.  August 1999.  Received “Top
5 1955 Stock” trophy – my first ever!


We’ve
since replaced the carpet –

the
rest of the interior is next!


Bowtie
Chevy Int’l Convention –

British
Columbia, August, 2002.  We received a bronze certificate.
She still looks great and is driven as much as possible!