Great resto-mods don't just happen, they're meticulously planned and executed, and if you get it right, the results are something like this 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air 4-door. Yes, I know it has four doors, but look closely and you'll find an extremely well-engineered cruiser with room for the whole family and a vintage look that will turn heads everywhere it goes. Any 1956 Chevy is a great-looking car, and this Bel Air 4-door sedan wears the same sparkling trim as its 2-door siblings and wears it well. With twice as many doors, there are twice as many gaps to fit, twice as many doors to align, and two extra panels to sand and straighten, but the guys tasked with this job delivered in a big way. This car just looks awesome in the flesh, with glittering black and white paint that shows off the vintage sheetmetal to great advantage. And the 4-door carries its own cool details, including the way the rear doors invisibly blend with the quarter panel, giving it the look of a sporty 2-door, as well as the decorative stainless trim at the base of the rear windows. This car also offers a lot of fresh chrome (which was surely also expensive), beautifully polished stainless trim, and correct taillights that always look like some kind of trick custom aftermarket piece. No matter how many doors it has, this is a great-looking car. A four-door like this really shines when it's time to hit the road with some friends, with plenty of room for everyone. Correct upholstery helps to uphold the classic good looks, and wide benches fore and aft are all-day comfortable. And you'll undoubtedly hit the road frequently thanks to the many creature comforts this Bel Air offers, including a powerful A/C unit under the dash and an AM/FM stereo radio in the original slot. Crisply rendered gauges look fantastic through the spokes of a leather-wrapped Grant GT steering wheel, with a few well-placed auxiliary gauges down low. Reproduction rubber floor mats protect the recent carpet, and there's a similar rubber mat in the trunk. The great thing about the small block Chevy is that the latest and greatest, the LT1, virtually bolts into cars like this '56. That means fuel-injected reliability and performance, instant starting with a single turn of the key, and impressive fuel economy when linked to a 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission. Unlike a lot of builders who just slap on a 4-barrel carb and call it done, this one keeps the fuel injection system, which uses a few tweaks from Street and Performance to deliver an impressive performance. A new serpentine belt drive system keeps the accessories tucked in tight to the block for good service access, and there's a new power master cylinder for the disc brakes. The chassis is tidy and clean, although not detailed for show, and with that new dual exhaust system, it sounds great at idle and full song. Classic Cragar Pro-Stars give it a race-ready look despite the four doors, and it wears 215/70/15 front and 245/60/15 rear white-letter radials. Quite honestly, it's remarkable that someone built a 4-door that's this nice, but that also means you get a screaming bargain on a fully-sorted Bel Air that's ready to cruise today. Call now! This vehicle is located in our Charlotte showroom. For more information, please call (704) 598-2130 or toll free (866) 542-8392.
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