1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

I had seen this car around the area a few years ago, in apparent good condition. Then it disappeared. Disappointing to find it as it is now, but a pleasure to photograph.

Best of 2015 (and late 2014) Part 1

Happy 2016! Examining the posts of the past 14 months (I'm throwing in the few from 2014 in the mix), here are the best in the order of oldest to newest. Click in the middle of the picture to go to the post.

In no particular order. The slider works in the normal way, but if you click / tap in the middle of the image you will be taken to the post.

1957 Lincoln Continental Mark II

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

Post #100: 1957 Volkswagen Beetle

Owner said he had been looking for a car like it for 20 years.

Love the perfectly flat windshield, which tries to make up for it by having a continuously curved edge, drooping at the sides. The tiny wipers, the bulge around the headlights, the heavily blemished yet polished paint, the tiny turn indicators, the way the rear vents cup the small rear window (which matches the tiny rear view mirror), the peculiar mounting of the antenna, the artificial white rose next to the chrome radio grille. The roof and "A" pillars are a single stamped unit, and it extends all the way back to meet the engine cover, where the patina is revealed to be slightly different. The licence plate light could have come from a Fiat 500.

That Wolfsburg badge looks ceramic.