Not worse by any means also ALL Nomads where 2dr. The Yeoman as you can see is a 4dr. I don't believe there is a 2dr. Yeoman. Pat
Actually they built a 58 Nomad, it was a Belair Nomad just not the 2 door hardtop that we usually think of when we talk Nomads!
If you look at the enlargement of the quarter panel I posted you should be able to read the Nomad emblem. Chevy did build a 4 door Nomad in '58 and I think '59 too. I think that is the last use of the name. I think there is a thread for long roofs. Your photo would be quite welcome there. I will sleep better Thanks.
the last nomad wagon was in 1961, again a 4 door but it was called a nomad, there were no impala wagons in 61 so the nomad was the top trim level wagon. In 62 they went with an impala wagon....
1958 For the 1958 model year, Chevrolet moved the Nomad name to its top-line four-door Bel Air-based station wagon,[4] right above the new mid-priced Biscayne based Brookwood. This was the only four-door Bel Air-based Nomad station wagon. Like the rest of Chevrolet's 1958 full-size car line up, the Nomad featured Chevrolet's new "Safety-Girder" cruciform frame. Similar in layout to the frame adapted for the 1957 Cadillac, it featured box-section side rails and a boxed front cross member that bowed under the engine, these "x-frames" were used on other 1958 to 1964 Chevys, as well as Cadillac. The rear was tied together by a channel-section cross member.[5] 1959 In 1959, the Nomad was transferred from the Bel Air to the expanded Impala model range, which had been the top-line Chevrolet two-door hardtop and convertible the previous year; Impala now became a separate model that included four-door cars. Nomad, still at the top was a six-passenger car. The other 1959 Chevrolet station wagons were the new Kingswood four-door, nine-passenger, the new Parkwood four-door six-passenger, the new Brookwood two-door six passengers, and Brookwood four-door six Passenger. With the Delray gone, the Biscayne-based Brookwood was now priced lowest. The Brookwood two-door marked the short-lived return of the two-door wagon and was the basis for the new-for-1959 El Camino. The El Camino carried mid-level Parkwood (Bel Air) exterior trim, with Brookwood (Biscayne) interior. 1960 For 1960, the Impala-based Nomad four-door was revised with more conventional styling. The Kingswood and the two-door Brookwood were dropped at the end of the year along with the El Camino. 1961 In 1961, all full-size Chevrolets were restyled on the existing GM B platform. The new body styling was more trim and boxy than the 1958-60 models. Chevrolet continued to use the Nomad name until the end of the 1961 model year when all Chevrolet station wagons adopted the names of the regular sedan models for 1962. The Nomad had body-on-frame construction, using the "X" frame to the end.
About 1970 I heard there was a Nomad in a local junkyard. Made a speed run to see it. Turned out to be '58 Nomad. From then on if I heard about a Nomad for sale I asked what year it was.
Anyone know what happen or know where the Yellow 56 Nomad from the 1973 movie Outrage. It was also on the 1975 cover of 1001 Custom & Rod Ideas.
The last time I saw it was at a show at Orange County International Raceway and it was painted red, white and blue in a flag theme. I believe they called it the "Patriot".
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