It’s amazing that nearly 70 years have passed since Chevrolet married a Corvette front end to a wagon rear end and created the Bel Air Nomad concept car. Introduced at the 1954 General Motors Motorama, the two-door styling exercise was an instant hit and was hurried into production to join the 1955 lineup. GM brass, however, correctly surmised that the production version was better suited to the Bel Air underpinnings than those of the Corvette station wagon show car.
The production car, described in brochures as
