By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Corvettes can sometimes get overplayed, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t certain variations that require you to snap to and pay attention, such as this 1957 fuelie Corvette, one of the rare airbox cars, currently for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:

This car is complete with an outstanding documentation such as: Race reports in various publications including – Sports Cars – Competition Press – Road and Track – New York Times – Cumberland News – Motor Sports – Syracuse News RACE HISTORY: This is the most extensively raced and winning 57 Corvette ever. Sold new to Bob Mouat in Baltimore, Maryland and raced straight out of the showroom continuously until 1965. The car competing successfully against drivers such as Don Yenko and Dick Thompson on east coast tracks including Watkins Glen, VIR, Bridgehampton and Marlboro. It featured heavy-duty springs and shocks, finned brake drums with cerametallix linings, vented backing plates and cooling scoops. Of special note was an air-duct system that ran into the fender wells and through the rocker panels to feed the cold air to the rear brakes. In 1957 a total of 51 Corvettes were built with this option. Of the 43 Corvettes equipped with this option that were eventually sold in 1957 only 23 are known to exist today.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Peter’s ’57 Buick may be a money pit, but I’d say it’s worth every penny! Check out his ride page for all the pics!

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

This week’s eBay find is a totally awesome 1957 Chevy sedan delivery. According to our research, this is one of 8,300 examples constructed by Chevy in 1957. These cars were extremely popular in NHRA Jr. Stock eliminator and were actually the lightest variant of the 150-series Chevys in 1957.

The car in the auction we found is totally intact, but does not appear to be a runner. No worries there, the biggest thing is that this is a complete car and not some basket case that was hauled out of someone’s basement. Chevy called this body style a “Utility Sedan” and ths shipping weight was 3,168 pounds, placing it about 60 pounds lighter than the normal two-door 150 Chevy.

In the 1960s, Junior Stock was the designation given to the lower (and slower) Stock eliminator classes. These particular cars were great for those classes becase the NHRA actually considered them trucks. Because of that, racers could install truck equipment, like the four-speed Hydramatic auto transmission. With a hot small-block, that transmission (in place of a cast iron case Powerglide) and better weight transfer and traction that virtually any other combo, these babies were the hot number. We’d love to see someone buy this and build a period correct racer out of it!

By Jim Brennan

UDMan

I had a chance to interview the builders of this particular machine. Its a cool, one of a kind 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air aptly named the Bel Air SS. Continue reading after the jump!

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By Jim Brennan

UDMan

Well, I have landed in Vegas with the rest of the CarDomain Crew. I have to say I’m a bit overwhelmed, but as the resident “truck guy,” I’ll try and do my best to uncover some of the wildest rigs at the show. And it looks like I’ve got my work cut out for me. For starters, check out this very well done 1957 Chevy Cameo: the Cam Air.

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By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

We wanted to highlight another unusual, yet awesome, vehicle set to cross the block at RM’s upcoming Icons of Speed and Style auction: the Deal’s Wheels 2/3-scale 1957 Chevy. Designed by Dave Deal (who also had a hand in designing the Cheetah Transporter), the show rod was built by Jim Allen for Revell to promote the line of Deal-designed 1/25-scale model kits. Continue reading at Hemmings

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

We’re going to mark this one under styling gaffe. The big news for Lincoln in 1957, as seen by these photos and the press release, was the introduction of a quad-headlight front end. The move to four lights was interesting on a couple of levels, the first of which was the fact that four headlights were illegal in most states, hence the mention in the release that the lights can be used according to state law. The reasons for this are unknown to us at this time; despite our research we can’t really find a definitive answer as to why quad headlights were considered dangerous. There was probably some arcane political reason behind it. Continue reading at Freiburger’s Junkyard

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Yesterday I dropped by the Auto Trader both and checked out this beautiful ’57 Bel Air convertible, which sports a supercharged LS2. More pics after the jump!

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I recently saw two interesting, but wildly different, cars on the Hemmings online classifieds for the same price. The first, a 1957 Ford Thunderbird, proves that blackwall tires instantly testosterone-ify any vehicle from the 1950s. Normally, I’m not that much of a fan of first-gen T-birds; leave ‘em to the lost-in-the-‘50s, sock-hop-and-James-Dean types. But the blackwall tires, the body color wheels and the McCulloch blower underhood all have me reconsidering early Birds. The second, a chopped, slammed and apparently stretched 1955 Porsche 356A, proves that, well, it doesn’t really prove much. The ad doesn’t state whether it’s a repro body or not; either way, some Porsche purist will have a heart attack at the sight of it.

By Jen

Editor

Ok, so Rob, John and I blew into SEMA headquarters at the Las Vegas Convention Center at around 4 this afternoon. We almost didn’t even make it to registration before closing: with all the hot rides rolling in for the show, we were literally drowning in our own drool. Check out this super-slick dropped and shaved Boyd Coddington ’57 Caddy. With the metallic pink paint, it positively glistened in the desert sunset. And wait’ll you get a load of the sparkling interior. Who says pink is just for girls?  I think anyone would feel like a badass behind the wheel of this pink lady. Rumor has it the Caddy will be in the Asanti booth, unless I misheard the name the driver shouted over the engine’s rumble.