Modern Rodding

1955 Chevy Bel Air

t doesn’t matter if your car was pro built, crafted in a home garage, or recently purchased on the used market, evolution will naturally follow as the years pass by. The classic ’55 Chevy Bel Air laid out across our pages, owned by Richie Strauss of Westwood, Massachusetts, is one such car that’s traveled through the time tunnel with a great story to tell since being originally built by the talented team at Classic Resurrection in Grove City, Ohio, well over a decade ago for longstanding client Michael Haughn of Columbus. Thankfully, the Bel Air had spent its entire life in California and was

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