In the magic land of “Tri-Five” Chevys, there exists a mystical unicorn. Unless you were alive in 1954 and lived in Flint, Mich., you never saw that unicorn, and you may not even know it existed.
But it did for one day that November when General Motors celebrated the production of its 50 millionth car—a one-of-a-kind gold ’55 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe (two-door hardtop). The utterly gold car—with almost everything painted a special gold paint, more than 600 pieces of it gold plated and with seats covered in a special gold-laced fabric—rolled off the assembly line and onto a float that starred in a massive parade in downtown Flint. Then it disappeared.
Of the nearly five million 1955-1957 Chevrolets produced during the “Tri-Five” era, this is the mystery that has remained unsolved in the nearly 70 years since that
