{"id":2143,"date":"2012-09-30T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T23:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredspics1.wordpress.com\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2012-09-30T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T23:54:06","slug":"transition-to-the-late-50s-chevrolet-the-quick-gear-changes-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/?p=2143","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:#ffff00;\">Part 3 of 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I found the time to work on this blog and finish up this 3 part story of the late 50s Chevrolets I started a while ago. It is a story that I remember and one of the key events in General Motors sales successes of that period. Right in the middle of this period, Chrysler skipped a model year in 1957, bribing the 1958 models to market a year earlier than planned. This is chronacheled on the site in a blog post from a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fredspics1.wordpress.com\/2010\/05\/28\/the-skip-year-1957-dodge.html\">CLICK HERE TO READ THIS POST<\/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=59ChevyImpalaIMG_1298.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1298.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the 1959 was the epitome of the &#8220;Rocket Ship Styling&#8221; craze that was visible in all of General Motors cars during the second half of that decade. This is also only the second year that Chevy offered its high end Impala model that it carried for many years.<br \/>\nClick 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=59ChevyImpalaIMG_1299.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1299.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What a car! Those were the days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=59ChevyImpalaIMG_1304.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1304.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=59ChevyImpalaIMG_1303.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1303.html#media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" \/> <\/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=59ChevyImpalaIMG_1302.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1302.html#media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/FZ18\/zoomr3.htm?jpg=59ChevyImpalaIMG_1305.jpg=59chevyimpalaimg-1305.html#media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pinball2k.net\/cars\/small\/59ChevyImpalaIMG_1305.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">One quote about the size of the 1959 cars caught my eye.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Auto tester Tom McCahill, of <a title=\"Mechanix Illustrated\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mechanix_Illustrated\">Mechanix Illustrated<\/a>, declared that a Chevy&#8217;s decklid had &#8220;enough room to land a <a title=\"Piper Cub\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piper_Cub\">Piper Cub<\/a>.&#8221; Chevrolet eschewed the triple-taillight rear style this year with a very large, single controversial &#8220;teardrop&#8221; taillight at each side.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s it. From 1955 until 1959 the Chevrolet evolved quickly. Take your pick for favorites. Me, I like the &#8217;59 Impala.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chevrolet_Impala\">Click here for more information on the Chevy Impala.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So, that\u2019s it. From 1955 until 1959 the Chevrolet evolved quickly. Take your pick for favorites. Me, I like the \u201959 Impala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click on pictures to Z O O M in. Part 3 of 3 Finally, I found the time to work on this blog and finish up this 3 part story of the late 50s Chevrolets I started a while ago. It is a story that I remember and one of the key events in General &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/?p=2143\" 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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143"}],"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=2143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cars-ydse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}