Thanks all for the replies!
Prykie - i gather you like 'em chubby (-:
ibeam -- the 2-door sedan bodystyle has been present since the days of yore. The model year 53 had a business coupe with a shortened greenhouse and no rear seat, the proverbial traveling salesman's driver, which was discontinued in 54. The regular 2-door sedan shared the greenhouse with the 4-door sedan. A bit of twaking and vertex/edge stitching will convert this model into a 2-door. But only after it 's fully done and revised, lest the nightmare of correcting multiple models will take place...
tom, tiberius, carme-- thanks!
Nik -- well the Volvo was aimed at the American market, in a way it embodied some American styling ideas. I must agree with you regarding the taillights, while the front was definitely 55 Chrysler-inspired.
Tol@te -- yes the 54 Chevy is the quintessential bread-and-butter transportation but its homely stance is appealing somehow. I was spurred to model it after seeing the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" in which Anthony Hopkins purchased a light green/white 54 210 to make his way to Daytona. I read that 3 cars were used for the movie, one of them a 53 in disguise.
Progress. Chevrolet lettering to be done before i get to the interior. I have replaced the Bel Air hubcaps for "dog-dish" 210/150 ones.
