![]() The aircraft-shaped hood ornament has been removed to smooth out the hood. Starting from the front, there is a specially crafted tubular grille. Several details make this model quite unique. Dashboard is yellow to match, with the remainder of the interior, including steering wheel, done in fawn tan. Exterior color is pale yellow with an arctic white roof. The Chevy Nomad Surfers’ Wagon continues the Club’s San Francisco theme, by acknowledging the sunny beaches and crashing waves that are just part of California’s beauty. special was a 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Station Wagon and the Brooklin factory had once again come through with a beautiful rendition of a slightly modified street rod. Only 375 of this limited edition were made and at least three shades of coral exist. Chevy Nomad is done in metallic coral with a white roof and white interior and steering wheel. It was produced for the Greatest Collectors Toy Show held in the autumn of 1987. The standard model was not the first 1955 Chevrolet Nomad, it was preceded by a few months by a special limited version made for the C.T.C.S. 6 th Anniversary Year Model certificate and was limited to 350 sets. The Nomad - Airstream set is packed in a special silver and blue box, comes with a B.C.C. The model also features an added roof rack in black and a modified rear bumper, sporting a chrome trailer hitch. colors, royal blue with a silver roof, blue and silver interior, silver dashboard, black steering wheel and blue license plate. ![]() The Chevy Nomad is two-tone, done in B.C.C. This is a unique set consisting of a 1955 Chevrolet Nomad and a 1953 Airstream Wanderer trailer (BRK54). was released in May 1994, making its first public appearance prior to the 20 th Anniversary of the factory. Each model is numbered and certificated, with 50 models offered to the Chevy Club members in West Germany and the remaining 50 made available to collectors. The Berlin Wall Nomad was distributed by Toff-Toff Models, in Essen, West Germany. The roof is decaled with the white star of the United States Army and the words 'Checkpoint Charlie’, while on the hood are the letters 'MP' for Military Police. ![]() ![]() military livery (camouflage) with a piece of the Berlin Wall placed in the interior, is a moving tribute to commemorate this historic event. The modified Brooklin model, painted in the khaki U.S. The fall of the Berlin Wall, especially for the German people, was a great milestone of German history. Many secret agents captured by both sides during the 'Cold War' were exchanged at this border crossing. The Berlin Wall Nomad was also nicknamed 'Checkpoint Charlie' because of the fact that this was the name of the most popular border crossing in Berlin. The Classic Chevy Owners Club, in West Germany, produced 100 Code 3 Nomads in 1990 to commemorate the historic breaking down of the Berlin Wall. base, with “1 of 375” engraved, was used in error. It is finished in a light blue color with white roof and white interior, a lighter shade of blue exists. version in 1987 and was deleted in January 1999. If you know of a car or story that would be a good feature, please send information to Read this story and others like it at /Wheels.The standard 1955 Chevrolet Nomad (BRK26) came after the C.T.C.S. Wheels is always looking for cars to feature in Wheels of the Week. “I’m still sorting it out, finding things here and there, but I’ve been able to put 500 miles on it since it’s been done,” Dechnik said. The interior is ultra-leather, and the car has power steering, air conditioning and electronic gauges. I put Wilwood disc brakes all around with 18-inch rear wheels and 17s in the front. “I dropped in a 2010 Corvette LS3 engine mated to an electronic overdrive automatic transmission. All the rest of the mechanical work I did,” he said. “The body has lots of new panels and pieces in it, and I had a shop do that. “You know, you start, and then it’s like dominoes - one thing leads to another and I just finished the car last month. ![]() It’s one thing we plan our vacations around.”ĭechnik, who has 12 cars, (10 Chevys and 2 Fords), drove his Nomad for a few years and then decided to freshen it up. Now it’s like a family, and we come every year. I got my car in 2005 and came to the convention that year, and my wife and I were treated great. “I just love the style of the body, and these people are just great. “We have cars from 30 states here and about 300 members and I only see a few trailers in the lot.”įor Jim Dechnik of Kalamazoo, Mich., both the cars and the club are fun. “These cars aren’t trailer queens either, we drive them,” Long said. ![]()
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