Old Cars Weekly

Sweet Dream

Duane “Dewey” Stromberg’s 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air is just one of those “feel good” cars. It’s really hard not to smile when you see it — a 1950s beauty queen if ever there was one.

For Stromberg, a retired resident of Green Bay, Wis., the car came along at just the right time and has helped him get over a mourning period.

“A year and a half ago, I had just got my ’72 Chevelle redone. It was really nice,” he recalled. “I was about a half a block away from home, going onto my service road, and an EMT hit me in the rear end … I had my left turn signal on and was waiting to turn in, and she hit me and pushed

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