Ol' '56
The fading blue, white, and rust-colored 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air has been parked in the lot behind Castro Valley Lumber for as long as Your Boulevardier can remember. The tires still hold air, so it seems that it's not entirely derelict, but its registration does not appear to be current. The body seems to be in very good shape overall, and the original wheel covers are intact; perhaps someone at the lumberyard is waiting for the right opportunity to restore the vehicle.
A sidenote: The car's license plate -- AER 101 -- seems to hail from the very early days of six-digit letter-number combinations in California (assuming that AAA 001 was the first plate off the stamper).
Labels: cars, cool, CV businesses, parking
posted by Your Boulevardier @ 4:25 PM
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2 Comments:
My dad had one of those but it was a convertible. Same color scheme. I even remember the license plate number. DJA 689. When California went from the black on gold plates to gold on black, my dad put the old plates on my tricycle.
I love old cars. They have so much history.
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