Bel Air's were 6 cylinder only upon release?

"cbell04" (cbell04) 10/16/2013 at 09:16 • Filed to: Bel Air

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Was checking this thing out so decided to wiki it to learn more. Noticed it's 235ci stickers (among many others) figured it had a 6 but didn't know it was the big 6 of two choices and no 8 was available. Kinda cool anyway minus the American rice.

cbell04 > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 09:19

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cbell04 > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 09:19

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CalzoneGolem > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 09:20

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The '57 is the "most desirable" but the lines on the '55 were always my favorite.

cbell04 > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 09:20

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Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 09:25

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The Bel Air was introduced as a 1950 car. The SBC didn't come along until '55.

Party-vi > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 09:27

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A lot of American cars from that era had a flat or OHV 6 cylinder. Chevy finally released the small block V8 in '55, about 5 years after Bel Air production began. Meanwhile Ford had been making them since 1932 and Chrysler had begun production in 1951.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi 10/16/2013 at 09:31

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And if one wanted more than six GM buckets, one needed to get a Buick Eight or a Cadillac, pretty much.

Party-vi > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/16/2013 at 09:48

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Or a Pontiac or Chrysler straight-8. I really really want something old with a straight-8 engine in it.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Party-vi 10/16/2013 at 09:50

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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/413219…

Party-vi > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/16/2013 at 09:54

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Sweet. There's one about 2 hours from me that looks solid.

ScootScoot > cbell04 10/16/2013 at 11:44

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