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The Chevrolet Nomad was introduced in 1954 as part of the General Motors Motorama line of "dream cars" developed by GM head stylist Harley Earl. As a follow-up to the Chevrolet Corvette roadster and Chevrolet (Corvette) Corvair fastback of the year before, the Nomad was a "dream car" alongside the Pontiac Bonneville Special and Oldsmobile F-88 ...
1954 Chevrolet 3100. For fans of old-school pickup trucks, the 1954 Chevrolet 3100 half-ton is an absolute must. ... 1955 Chevrolet Nomad. Selling today for $50,000 to $100,000 or more (according ...
Chevrolet has since unveiled two concept cars bearing the Nomad name, most recently in 1999. The 1955–1957 Chevrolets are commonly referred to as Tri Fives . The 1955–1957s were made in right-hand drive and shipped from Oshawa Car Assembly in Oshawa , Ontario , for local assembly in Australia (CKD), New Zealand (SKD) and South Africa.
More than 1.9 million visitors attended the show in 1954; it started on January 26 in the Waldorf Astoria, New York. On display were the experimental Oldsmobile F-88 and Cutlass , Buick Wildcat II, Chevrolet Nomad station wagon , General Motors Firebird XP-21 and Pontiac Bonneville Special , Cadillac El Camino, Cadillac La Espada and Cadillac ...
The unique roof design of the Nomad came directly from the 1954 Corvette Nomad, a "dream car" designed to be shown at auto shows as a concept sport wagon. Although regarded as one of the most beautiful station wagon designs of the era, the Nomad sold poorly, partly due to its price tag (one of the most expensive models in the Bel Air lineup) as ...
A reproduction of the 1954 Chevrolet Nomad concept car. MacKichan drew the shape for the Corvette-based 1954 Chevrolet Nomad Motorama concept car. [6] He led development of the four-seat Impala concept car that debuted the same year, incorporating several Corvette styling cues in the car. [7]
The first-generation Pontiac Safari was developed as a divisional counterpart of the Chevrolet Nomad. The two-door sport wagon began life as a 1954 Motorama concept car derived from the Chevrolet Corvette. To decrease tooling and production costs, the design was shifted to the full-size A-body chassis (from the Corvette) to increase its sales ...
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