May 20, 200718 yr What year was the Last Bel Air 2 door hardtop made by Chevrolet? Hint-they built 14 SS ragtops for every one of these they built this year. Chris
May 20, 200718 yr Wild guess: 1972 EDIT: Officially shocked by the answer... Edited May 20, 200718 yr by balthazar
May 23, 200718 yr Author The answer is 1962...key to the question is Bel Air 2 door hardtop, others were Biscayne or Impala line automobiles. The 62 was a "Bubble top" design similar to 1961. It was one of the lightest bodies out that year and set quite a few records at drag strips and on stock car tracks. A cool car, but kinda sad in a way...used to be an awesome (red) pro street 62 Bel Air buble top running around here that was a factory 409 car that the guy made into a pro street car. He did an awesome job but it seems a shame to "cut up" such a rare, rare car. The other car that was cool was a white on red car that the owner converted from a 327 powerglide car into a 409 clone. It used to run around (still runs around?) the Cleveland-Medina area. Teh guiy that owned that car raced one like it back in 62-he had lots of cool photos of the early days of drag racing. It was awesome meeting the guy and getting to know him. Chris
May 23, 200718 yr Yeah, once Impala came on the scene, Bel Air lost its top of the line status, and usually only top-line models were available in hardtop form. Still, the answer is a surprise.
May 23, 200718 yr Clarification: >>"...usually only top-line models from Chevrolet were available in hardtop form. "<< Not the case for Buick or Olds or Pontiac. Which is how I missed this one by so much (not a big Chevy fan).
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