"Growing up in Los Angeles in the Fifties, I was very much aware of the hot cars. Right from day one the Tri-Five Chevys were the most popular, but only the wealthy kids had the pleasure of driving one. The rest of us said `someday'." -Allen Blackmore
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If General Motors had created the EL Camino a year earlier, they would have Joe Cherry's '58 El Nomado or the Chevy phantom in the street rod world only thing is, Joe has loaded his cruiser with custom performance parts.
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Vinny Esposito's pristine 1956 Chevy Nomad is a custom Tri-Five wagon
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Nothing like buying a '56 Nomad, going to Tijuana and getting your interior done for $150 and a pack of cold beer, and then coming back to trick out your ride for the dragstrip.
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Read About Henry Gong's '56 Chevy Nomad
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Let's cut up some more cars! Chevy Nomads from 1955-57 have always been high on the hot rodder's butcher list.
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Al Goe's '56 Chevy Nomad could mistakenly be dismissed as a nice restoration, but the story on this classy cruiser runs much deeper
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We've got a new pen contributing to "Stylines" this month-Murray Komant, from up in Lake Country, British Columbia. He's dreamed up a pair of way-cool wagons to ignite the imaginations of family-minded customizers, or simply those who have a lot of stuff to haul around.
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We ditch the booster in a 1956 Chevy Nomad and switch to an ABS Electric High Power Master Cylinder
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Is The Story Of The Blanton's '55 Nomad
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Some customized cars knock you upside the head with radical modifications and elaborate paint schemes. Others are so subtle and nuanced they require study with a trained eye to fully recognize and appreciate the work performed. Henry Gong's '56 Nomad belongs t
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We dealt with the wagon craze back in the late '90s and haven't seen a two-door Malibu wagon for sale or otherwise since. Where did the cool factory wagons go? It dawned on us after talking to Kirby Wilcox that maybe those cars are currently in the finishing s
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Chad Glasshagel Built His '56 His Way...
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Back in 1999, then fresh out of WyoTech, a young Chad Glasshagel was looking to embark upon a career as a rod builder. In his small hometown of Elgin, Illinois, there was really only one option for a proper place to begin that new chapter in his life-The Roadster Shop. That didn't mean he was a shoe
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Fifty years ago-January 20, 1954, to be exact-at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, the Corvette Nomad went on display as part of the General Motors Motorama. The car was a nonrunning prototype, and it never made it to production. While the prototype
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Bob and Nancy Smith had a 1955 Bel Air they took on tour, but the Smith's believed there is only a limited number of times you can show the same car in the same cities, and they found themselves a '55 Chevy Nomad in need of some TLC.
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The '56 Nomad 'Milestone Car' was produced in very limited quantity, but a fair number are still on the road in either stock, or hot-rodded form.
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Tom Owen's '55 Chevy Nomad features a '98 Chevrolet 502ci crate motor, Street & Performance fuel injection, with many more performance parts.
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A Homebuilt Nomad By Buddies And Beer
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Doug Robertson's 1956 Chevy Nomad takes a road less traveled
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The 13th Annual Chevrolet Nomad Assoication Convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa saw a plenty of Chevy '55-'57 Nomads that are customized, restored, supercharged, and more.
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David R. Dyche's '55 Chevy Nomad is powered by a GM 402 Big Block engine and the flawless bodywork and blue passion paint makes it a real smooth car.
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First let's start by saying if the object of a customizing exercise was to radically alter a vehicle without losing any of the original styling theme, then Dave Hall's NewMad styling exercise would have to be considered one of the most eloquently executed examples created. There is not one sheetmet
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A '55 Nomad was taken further from its stock condition with a Turbo 400 Transmission to start.
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After rounding up all the pieces of a '56 Nomad with a 265 small block, Steve Edwards took the jigsaw puzzle over to Car Connection to have it restored.
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