![]() All new glass was installed the chrome is new, as are the tires and wheels. The red-and-black interior was redone according to factory specifications. In fact, it’s so red that it makes fire trucks look dull. The restoration included new red paint, brighter than the original factory red. The popular but fairly rare 1957 Chevrolet Nomad, a snazzy wagon, owned by Bob Rohatch of Livermore. But he’s excited now, as he just got the car last month. The bad news was that it took 8½ years to get it done, about six years longer than Rohatch expected. The good news, though, was that Rohatch’s son’s brother-in-law has a shop near Santa Rosa and could do - and did - virtually all the restoration. A big one was that his new 1957 Nomad had been hit in the front and back but the seller failed to mention that detail before the sale. I bought it for $30,000 in 2008 and had it shipped out from Illinois.” The former owner had it for 18 years, but it hadn’t run in 12 years. “There were a lot of pictures, and it looked good, but you don’t really know until you see it. He had been looking for a Nomad for some time before he discovered this one. He’s very partial to 1957 Chevys, this being his sixth. Owning a classic 1955-to-1957 Chevrolet Nomad had been a longtime dream of Livermore resident Bob Rohatch. In model years 1955-1957, it was also Chevrolet’s most expensive model, excluding the Corvette, selling for about $2,600 ($22,865 in 2015 dollars) to $2,650 ($23,300 in 2015) more than a Bel Air convertible, normally Chevrolet’s most expensive car. It’s kind of a cool name - one could envision being a wanderer, a drifter, a rover or a vagabond while cruising in Chevrolet’s most alluring station wagon. GM had to discontinue that model in Latin America. GM later learned that “no va” in Spanish means “it doesn’t go,” so Latin Americans wouldn’t buy it. Chevrolet learned that the hard way when it named a new model the Nova. It’s pretty important to pick a name that fits the car and adds to its desirability, but they don’t always get it right. (Photo by David Krumboltz)Īutomobile companies spend a lot of time and money in deciding names for new models. This one originally ran in September 2015. In its place, we’re running some of Dave’s favorite past columns. Click the button below for a free full-color Tri Five Chevy restoration parts catalog.Editor’s note: David Krumboltz’s regular column is on hiatus until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that you know all the original 1955, 1956, and 1957 Chevy colors, you might be looking for a good local body shop to repaint your vehicle, as well as restoration parts and trim to install. Looking for 1955-57 Chevy Restoration Parts? Note that all color previews are approximate representations, and may be skewed by lighting and/or your screen's color settings. ![]() Lastly, here are the original colors and two-tone schemes for 1957 Tri Five Chevy cars. The following paint colors were originally applied to 1956 Tri Five Chevy cars. Here's a list of the paint colors originally applied to 1955 Tri Five Chevy cars. ![]() In '57 Chevy 210 example above, 812 indicates Surf Green / Highland Green, and the letter C indicates that these colors were applied to its body panels as a two-tone. The letter A stood for a solid color, and B, C, D, or E stood for a two-tone paint scheme. Each paint code is a three-digit number, but in 19, these numbers are sometimes followed by a letter (as pictured above). In the diagram above, the paint code is represented by letter E. Just like the interior trim code, each Tri Five Chevy's original paint code can be found on the trim tag, which is attached to the right side of the vehicle's cowl panel under the hood. Read on for a guide to identifying 1955, 1956, and 1957 Chevy colors and paint codes. Tri Five Chevy cars were offered in a wide range of eye-catching paint colors and two-tone color combinations, and these options changed with each model year. This week, we're moving our focus from the interior of the vehicle to the exterior. In our most recent weekly blog post, we provided a comprehensive guide to interior trim codes for 1955-57 Chevy cars. ![]()
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