And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's a 56. The 55 had a more solid tail light lens. (I remember as a kid thinking the 55 tail light lens looked like the back end of a cockroach.)
The filler is behind the left tail light on both the 55 and 56. You push in the reflector and the tail light assembly hinged downward exposing the filler cap.
My Dad had a Ford wagon that same year and with a similar two-tone paint scheme, red and white. We used to take it on vacation to Clear Lake where I'd buy creme soda out of a big chest style cooler, 5¢ for a 12 ounce bottle. Returning the empties worked on the honor system. Fond memories.
'56 for sure, as I had a 2dr hardtop. It has the factory v8 emblem on the tailgate, there should be a matching one on the front of the hood. (The six cyl version just has a large Chevy emblem in place of the V.) Would be a 265 cu inch engine. The 283 v8 came in '57, IIRC.
I learned to drive a stick in one of those..A good friend had one with a 3 speed on the column..It was a 265..His dad was a real A/H..got mad at Eric and dumped screws down the carb.
I'd drive that stationwagon.
ReplyDeleteName the year, make, and where was the fuel tank filler pipe located?
ReplyDelete1955/56 Chevy Bel Air and the gas filler was behind the left taillight.
DeleteVery nice, invokes that era when life was less regulated by government thieves.
ReplyDelete55' left tail lite.
ReplyDeleteNot so old, that is a modern 26 gauge standing seam metal roof...
ReplyDeleteIt's a 56. The 55 had a more solid tail light lens. (I remember as a kid thinking the 55 tail light lens looked like the back end of a cockroach.)
ReplyDeleteThe filler is behind the left tail light on both the 55 and 56. You push in the reflector and the tail light assembly hinged downward exposing the filler cap.
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DeleteGod! I miss my '55 .....when I had to let it go moving westward!
ReplyDeleteMy Dad had a Ford wagon that same year and with a similar two-tone paint scheme, red and white. We used to take it on vacation to Clear Lake where I'd buy creme soda out of a big chest style cooler, 5¢ for a 12 ounce bottle. Returning the empties worked on the honor system. Fond memories.
ReplyDelete'56 for sure, as I had a 2dr hardtop. It has the factory v8 emblem on the tailgate, there should be a matching one on the front of the hood. (The six cyl version just has a large Chevy emblem in place of the V.) Would be a 265 cu inch engine. The 283 v8 came in '57, IIRC.
ReplyDeleteI learned to drive a stick in one of those..A good friend had one with a 3 speed on the column..It was a 265..His dad was a real A/H..got mad at Eric and dumped screws down the carb.
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