Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible

 

 

By Brian Earnest

John Romppainen grew up during the “Happy Days” era of the 1950s. And there may not be a car anywhere that better represents that golden decade than Romppanien’s lovely 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible.

After all, how many guys have actually rolled with Mr. and Mrs. C. in the back seat of their 1950s cruiser and hung out with The Fonz? In Milwaukee?

Yup, Romppainen and his Bel Air really did turn back the clock a little more than two years ago, when the New Berlin, Wis., resident was picked to chauffer Marion Ross and the late Tom Bosley — aka Marion and Howard Cunningham from the long-running ’50s-era sitcom “Happy Days” — for a day of festivities and the unveiling of a bronze statue of The Fonz in Milwaukee.

It’s hard to beat provenance like that.

via Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible.

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