1955 was a very important model year for Chevrolet as it changed the car’s stodgy image with the public, thanks to its completely new and dramatic look. During the development of the all-new 1955 Chevrolet, the styling dictum used in the studio was: “Go all the way and then back off.” Harley J Earl oversaw the development of the car’s styling; it took thousands of preliminary drawings to get it ‘just right’ and the finished product was an astounding success.
The legendary General Motors’ designer and his talented team of Clare MacKichan, Chuck Stebbins, Bob Veryzer and Carl Renner worked together and came up with the refreshing overall design which, when looking back, was surprisingly clean for the era. There was a lot of extra effort put into the styling of this now-famous body shape, and it was a total team
