1955 Chevy Nomad Project

No Reserve: 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Project for sale on BaT Auctions - ending May 13 (Lot #191,444) | Bring a Trailer
Estimated cost to get into car show shape?

 

Wow. That looks like just an honest old car that's been kept on the road. I love it, especially the front fender repair.

 

Sold for USD $16,700 on 5/13/25
Seems like big $ for a wagon that needs a lot of work

 

Nice. I'd make sure it was mechanically sound and just drive it.

 

Well, maybe even touch up on that honest fender repair?
Converting it over to a spin-on filter would be a reversable update. But yeah, way too many of these have been "personalized" already.
Power windows on a 2 window vehicle. Hmmm.
Is the front V emblem and both V-8 rear quarter emblems missing or were they first introduced during the following year's production?

 

Don't have any data on it, but from the Nomad's I've seen, a fairly high percentage were equipped with power windows - higher than you might expect, anyway.

 

What percentage of Nomads came with a 6 cylinder?

 

Just one would be too many

I would have expected to see more ordered with air conditioning, since only two windows roll down and window tint foil was to be invented decades later

 

I believe the V8 was standard for 55-57 years.

 

I certainly hope so

 

I assumed that was the case, but I've been around long enough to know that to assume "makes an ASS out of U and ME"