{"id":1854,"date":"2012-04-10T08:09:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T17:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredspics1.wordpress.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2012-04-10T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T17:09:30","slug":"transition-to-the-late-50s-chevrolet-the-quick-gear-changes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"Transition To The Late 50s Chevrolet (The Quick Gear Changes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg= IMG_5770.jpg=img-5770.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/IMG_5770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=1956ChevyBelAireIMG_43021.jpg=1956chevybelaireimg-4302.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/1956ChevyBelAireIMG_43021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=1957Chevy2DoorHardtopIMG_0185.jpg=1957chevy2doorhardt-1.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/1957Chevy2DoorHardtopIMG_0185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg= 1958ChevyBelAirePICT0072.jpg=1958cevybelaircropped.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/1958ChevyBelAirePICT0072.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg= 59ChevyImpalaIMG_1299.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1299.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nClick on pictures to <span style=\"color:#ff6600;\">Z O O M<\/span> in.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffff99;\">Part 2 of 3<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then came the now classic 1957 model year. The 57 definitely tweaked the 56. As was the trend, it put in more classic fins and changed the front grille. Subtle changes, but the result was and is one of the most recognizable Chevys. It is a real automotive icon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=1957Chevy2DoorHardtopIMG_0185.jpg=1957chevy2doorhardt-1.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/1957Chevy2DoorHardtopIMG_0185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on pictures to <span style=\"color:#ff6600;\">Z O O M<\/span> in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=57ChevyGrillIMG_0180V2.jpg=57chevygrillimg-0180v2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/57ChevyGrillIMG_0180V2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Even the models, like the pictured 4 door sedan, looked quite sporty for the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/57ChevyBrown461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">But then came another change in the 1958 model year.  Two things changed:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;padding-left:30px;\">1. The body style completely changed. To me, it looked like it went backwards from a styling perspective.<br \/>\n2. Chevrolet introduced a new model name, The Chevy Impala, a name that is still in use today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This is 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air I photographed at a San Francisco strip mall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/1958CevyBelAirCropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"> Here is a link to a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chevrolet_Bel_Air\">Wikipedia<\/a> page that shows a 1958 Chevy Impala and describes the subtle differences between the Bel Air and The Impalla..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on pictures to Z O O M in. Part 2 of 3 Then came the now classic 1957 model year. The 57 definitely tweaked the 56. As was the trend, it put in more classic fins and changed the front grille. Subtle changes, but the result was and is one of the most recognizable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/?p=1854\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Transition To The Late 50s Chevrolet (The Quick Gear Changes)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,8],"tags":[102,103,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}