Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I had to go stand out in the alley yesterday in the 20 degree weather just so I could "see" the colors on the car. Yellow really works!

Sounds like a good choice, and the fact that the song was a "fave" makes it personal for you. :-)


Here is a thought to ponder.... Really intense or bright yellows were not available yet. If you go with a light yellow it would look more "vintage".

I'm not sure, but I think the '55 Chevy used a light yellow for yellow & white two-tones. (I could be wrong, but that image is stuck in my head!)

I guess a pale yellow would also be considered..... "mello". :-)~

It would also be nice if you used wheels from the same era as the scoop. The steelies on the back, that were mentioned, would work okay, but with maybe15X4s mags out front. All the way around would also be cool, with some deep ones at the rear! :-)

Halibrands would be nice... but usually were on higher class cars. The first commonly used wheels I remember from the early sixties would be a 5-spokes ...but they weren't Torquethrusts. I think they might have been Fentons, other American models, E.T.s.. or similar straight spoked wheels, with a black or gray centers.

Cragars (my own street favorite), and Keystones, came along a little after those, but appeared more like "dress wheels" to most people. They didn't seem to get to the dragstrip as often as the spoked wheels.

Just please don't use directionals or spinner mags! LOL! :-)