ALMOST EVERYBODY KNOWS HENRY FORD AS THE INDUSTRIALIST WHO REVOLUTIONIZED THE  AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY,  MAKING CARS AFFORDABLE FOR AVERAGE FAMILIES ...APART FROM LESSER KNOWN WILLIAM C DURANT, A FOUNDER OF GENERAL MOTORS, FORD HAD FEW EARLY PEERS....BARNSTORMING LATER THROUGH THE RANKS AT FORD MOTORS AS A MARKETING WIZ AND PRODUCT INNOVATOR, LEE IACOCCA WAS AN OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY
AUTO EXEC, AND SUPER HERO, WHO WENT ON TO AUTHOR SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENTS, AND HELP SAVE CHRYSLER FROM BANKRUPTCY....
THOUGH, WITH OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF DOMESTIC MOTORCAR MANUFACTURING, IT WAS THE STYLISH DESIGN THAT BECAME A TRADEMARK OF AMERICAN CARS WHEN CREATIVE INPUT AND LEADERSHIP BEGAN TO HAVE INFLUENCE...THE EARLY MODEL T WAS BASIC
ONLY BLACK.... AND ABOVE ALL, CHEAP TO OWN...FORD CORNERED THE MARKET FOR HIS GENIUS OF AFFORDABILITY...HOWEVER, AS THE NATION BEGAN TO PROSPER, DISCRIMINATING EYES WANTED CHOICES, WHICH FORCED MAKERS TO PRODUCE VARIABLE SELECTIONS OF MODELS, COLOR AND DESIGN...IT WOULD BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A TWO- EDGED SWORD WHICH WOULD BRING ABOUT 'PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE" (REPURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE TO KEEP UP TO DATE FOR CONSTANT SERIES CHANGE) , HOWEVER WOULD PROVIDE AUTO ENTHUSIASTS WITH ANNUAL EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMING DESIGN CHANGES FOR THE FALL PREMIER...
CUSTOM COACH BUILDERS SUCH AS CADILLAC HAD BEGUN FABRICATING LUXURY MODELS, AND WOULD DEVELOP THE 1927 LASALLE, AS ITS RUNNING MATE...IT WOULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF A SUCCESSFUL CAREER FOR ITS DESIGNER, HARLEY EARL...THE SENSATIONAL FAVOR RECEIVED FROM THE LASALLE, PROMPTED GM TO PUT MORE FOCUS ON THE APPEARANCE AND DESIGN OF CARS AND WOULD ULTIMATELY DEVELOP THE GENERAL MOTORS, ART AND COLOR SECTION...OBVIOUSLY, EARL WAS SELECTED TO HEAD THE GROUP...WITH HIS USE OF MODELING CLAY TO DESIGN MORE ILLUSTRIOUS CREATIONS, EARL'S CONCEPTS CONTRASTED WITH THE STATUS QUO OF THE COMPANY HEADS' MORE (KEEP IT SIMPLE APPROACH), QUITE REVOLUTIONARY AT THE TIME...
IN 1938, EARL WOULD INTRODUCE THE "CONCEPT CAR" TO THE INDUSTRY....THE  BUICK Y-JOB IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST CAR MADE SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE NEW STYLING...AS SUCH, THE CONCEPT IS A MODEL CONSIDERED FOR THE INITIAL DESIGN ONLY, AND GOES THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND CHANGES...THEN, A FEASIBLE 
PRODUCTION INTENDED PROTOTYPE" IS CREATED TO ACTUALLY BE MADE...EARL WOULD EVENTUALLY RISE TO A VICE PRESIDENT AT GM, BUT BOASTING HIS STYLE DIVISION, CONCEPT CARS WOULD BECOME INFAMOUS AT MOTORAMAs OR MOTOR SHOWS...
ALL THOSE WHO ARE FANS OF THE 50s "TAILFIN" CRAZE NEED TO THANK EARL FOR AUTHORIZING THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1948 CADILLAC BY (FRANK HERSHEY), THE THIRD
OF FIVE SERIES OF CADILLAC 62 SERIES STYLE...THOSE CADDYs ARE DISTINCTLY USED IN FILM AND TV TO DRAMATICALLY REPLICATE THE TIME PERIOD...SEVERAL VERSIONS ARE NOTORIOUSLY SEEN THROUGHOUT DON CORLEONE'S, "GODFATHER" TRILOGY, RUNNING SEVERAL DECADES TO THE 50s... IT WAS "THE" DOMESTIC LUXURY CAR OF THE ERA.... EARL'S MOST INFAMOUS STAMP PROBABLY CAME WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 1953 CORVETTE... SPANNING NOW ALMOST SEVEN DECADES IT IS OFTEN CONSIDERED "AMERICA'S FAVORITE SPORTS CAR", BUT IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS NOT TO BE, GETTING ROUGH REVIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC,,,
CREATED UNDER "LOCK AND KEY", AND CODE NAMED "PROJECT OPEL", IT WAS A CONCEPT CONVERTIBLE WHICH PREMIERED AT THE '53 GM MOTORAMA WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM, THAT JANUARY...SO CALLED, EX-122, THE PRE-PROD PROTOTYPE, (300) PRODUCTION MODELS WERE AVAILABLE IN JUNE..HAND BUILT, ALL WHITE, BLACK CANVAS TOP, WITH RED INTERIOR AND MADE OF FIBREGLAS, AT ABOUT ($3,500) A POP.... IT WAS HUNDREDS ABOVE EARL'S FORCASTED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS...THOUGH HAND MADE, IT WAS NOT WELL CRAFTED, REPORTED WITH POORLY FASTENING DOORS, WATER LEAKS, ALONG WITH BODY FINISH AND OTHER COMPONENTS BEING COMPROMISED, BRINGING UNMET EXPECTATIONS...WHEN OWNERS CRIED, SALES DISAPPEARED WITH THE 'VETTE ALMOST BECOMING EXTINCT AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK...SUBSEQUENTLY,  PERSISTENCE AND IMPROVEMENTS PAID DIVIDENDS TO BECOME THE COUNTRY'S FAVORITE SPORTS CAR....
IN THE DESIGN INCEPTION, THERE WERE THREE BODY VARIANTS TO BE CREATED, THE " ROADSTER", WHICH BECAME THE CONVERTIBLE CORVETTE,  THE "FASTBACK", A CORVAIR, WHICH NEVER GOT PRODUCED, AND THE NOMAD, "STATION WAGON" WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY INTRODUCED IN 1954 AS A  GM "DREAM CAR", PREMIERING ALONG WITH THE PONTIAC BONNEVILLE AND THE OLDS 88...THE CONCEPT FRONT OF THE CHEVROLET NOMAD FAVORED THE CORVETTE IN DESIGN...WHEN IT WAS PRODUCED FOR THE 1955 MODEL YEAR, IT WAS BUILT ON A LARGER "A-BODY" CHEVY CHASIS (STANDARD FOR MOST VEHICLES) AND THE GRILL HAD A FACELIFT UNLIKE THE VETTE..
MAYBE IT WAS THE VETTE'S.EARLY UNPOPULARITY WHICH CHANGED MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL NOMAD CONCEPT...HITTING THE STREETS FOR THE 1955 MODEL YEAR, THE CHEVY NOMAD HAD TRANSFORMED AND  APPEARED TO LOOK MUCH LIKE A CHEVROLET BELAIR SEDAN, BUT IN WAGON FORM...BORN TOO, THE SAME YEAR WAS A PONTIAC SAFARI COUSIN, A WAGON WHICH MOCKED A PONTIAC STAR CHIEF, SEDAN...THE NOMAD WAS A PRICEY CHEVY
WITH A PRICEY PACKAGE, BUT  A THOUSAND LESS THAN A VETTE AT ABOUT $2,500...IT WAS AN EXCLUSIVE, 2 DOOR WAGON, WITH FRAMELESS DOOR GLASS, INTERIOR CARPETING  AND CLOTH SEATS (UPGRADES ON MOST CARS), ALSO WAGON STANDARD WAS A FOLDING REAR SEAT AND TWO PIECE TAILGATE...
MANY WERE DISTINQTIVELY TWO TONE, WITH RIBBED ROOF AND SLANTED PILLARS, IT IS REPORTED THAT (8,530) WERE PRODUCED FOR THE INAUGURAL YEAR, (8,103) THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND (6,534) IN 1957..AFTER THE INITIAL TRI-FIVE NOMAD SERIES
MADE THAT THREE SEASON RUN, IT BECAME OFFICIALLY BRANDED AS A BELAIR WAGON IN 
58-61.....CHEVELLE WOULD REVIVE THE WAGON LINE AS THE THIRD SERIES FROM '68-72
BUT WAGONS WERE LOSING THEIR FLAVOR, BECOMING EXTINCT IN FAVOR OF VANS AND WOULD DISAPPEAR...SEVERAL GM IDEAS AND CONCEPTS WOULD LATER GET THE NOMAD LABEL, BUT NONE WOULD FLOURISH OR WERE AS CLASSIC AS THE ORIGINAL...
TWO-TONE, TRI-SERIES TOUGH, CHEVY ROUGH...1955 CHEVROLET NOMAD COIN BANK
1:24, APPX 7 INCHES , MADE OF DIECAST BODY AND STURDY PLASTIC ACCESSORIES... COMES LOOSE, IN EXCELLENT TO MINT CONDITION WITH KEY...(SEE ALL PHOTOS)
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