'57 chevy xperts

my friend has a nice '57 belair 4-door. 30,000 miles and in 95% shape. it has the "gold" trim but only the standard 283 2 brl carb and no powerpack heads

so how were they optioned out? didn't the belair "gold" have the powerpack engine??

 

All bel airs have the gold trim, you could get any engine in any model offered.

 

Belairs had Gold trim. 210s & 150s had chrome trim. It had nothing to do with a powerpack option.

Pat

 

Bel Air's had gold V's on the trunk and hood, and gold louvers on the front fenders. The "Bel Air" scripts on the rear 1/4 flashes were also gold.

 

Nope it either had what it was ordered with or whatever the dealer had on the lot.

 

The rare emblems are the 6cyl Bel Air emblems that are a gold bezel around the crest on the hood and trunk. (instead of the V's) I'm sure they are being re-popped now though. Mine is a Bel Air but I'm putting chrome trim on it to replace the gold because I think it looks gay.

 

thanks guys! the HAMB...the source

 

Dog Dish- is that your 57 in your avatar? Harbor Blue is my favorite color choice!!!

 

Yeah, thats mine in the avatar.

 

BelAir could have any engine-alot of the 2 bbl V8's were actually 265's in 57-not 283's

 

True! The 265 was the baseline V-8, if the car had a stick; the 283 was optional with a stick. Powerglides and Turboglides all got the 283, and all 4 barrel, dual four barrel, FI engines were 283's. Lots of guys thought they had a 283, when they in reality, they had a 265. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Amen Butch--and I recall some of the 265's were painted yellow-lots of 210's had 265's with 2 bbl carbs