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SPACE AGE STAR FEBRUARY 2015 EDITOR’S NOTES - RUSSELL HEIM I Hope Everyone Is Having a Great New Year SPACE AGE STAR FEBRUARY 2015 EDITOR’S NOTES - RUSSELL HEIM I hope everyone is having a great new year. 1990 Chevrolets. 1990 cars are now eligible for Last year at this time our region was only an AACA judging. I wrote the 1990 article one idea. We started a thread on the AACA General morning in December. When I brought in the Discussion Forum asking if there was interest in mail that afternoon, the new issue of Hemmings starting a non-geographic region devoted to Classic Car arrived with an editorial and article 1955 and later Chevrolets. We received enough about 1990 cars. This topic is popular. of a response to submit the region application. Once the AACA approved the region, our mem- As always, please submit photos and stories bership increased from the first 15 members to about your cars and trucks. It doesn’t matter if around 50 now. Not bad for a region that’s just the car is a show winner or a project, we’d like starting. to feature it in the newsletter. Feel free to submit stories about anything else Chevrolet This month we’ll focus on the X-frame and related that interests you. Restoration tips and station wagons. One of our newest members, memorabilia collecting are always interesting Ken Michaels owns the 1955 Bel Air sedan topics. featured on the cover. We included his car story in this issue. Also featured is an article about Collecting Literature appears to be designed for salesmen to use. In most years these are arranged like the Dealer Album, but they’re smaller and less lavishly illustrated. The 1961 Finger Tip Facts is an exception. It’s arranged like a dictionary. These were reference guides for salesmen and contain a wealth of information for current owners and restorers. Finger Tip Facts turn up a little more often than Dealer Albums and are somewhat expensive, but they’re worth it. Powerglide illustration page from the 1960 Finger Tip Facts Book. ANATOMY OF THE X-FRAME CHASSIS BY RUSSELL HEIM From 1958 through 1964, Chevrolet used an trol arms contributes to smoother, more level X-shaped chassis on their full-size cars. We cornering. Standard on all models except refer the these as “X-Frame Chevys” today. six-cylinder Bel Air, Biscayne, and Biscayne Chevrolet used “Safety-Girder X-Built Frame” Fleetmaster. and “X-Built Chassis” to describe the frame and chassis construction. - High over- all steering ratio of 28:1 and low-friction Ball-Race steering gear afford light, easy Chevrolet claimed that this design was ad- steering under all driving conditions. vanced for the day and that it contributed to the roominess, comfort and safety of their cars. - Rubber- cush- Detractors and safety experts claimed this ioned jointed steering column helps mini- frame design lacked the side protection offered mize road shock and permits more by a perimeter frame. comfortable steering wheel position. Chevrolet defended the X-frame by explaining - Direct-acting per- that it needed no bowed-out side members. The manently-sealed shock absorbers are diago- heavy-gauge steel double-box section body sills nally mounted for more effective resistance had the strength needed to resist side impacts. to roll and sway. The body sills, or rocker panels were located lower and farther outward than perimeter frame - Two-section side members, putting the protective strength propeller shaft with rubber-cushioned center where it was needed most, at the body’s widest bearing transmits a smooth power flow with point. Box section cross beams, integrated with a minimum of vibration. This special design the body floor, provide lateral support for the permit’s a low driveline tunnel for greater body sills. interior roominess. Here are some features of the X-frame’s anato- - Reverse-flow type my: muffler heavily zinc-coated for long life dis- charges exhaust gases with minimum sound - Exceptionally rigid box section de- and power-robbing back pressure. sign keeps body and suspension properly aligned and contributes to outstanding rid- - Controls rear axle ing comfort. movement leaving coil springs free to cush- ion the ride. Built-in leveling action helps keep car level during stopping or starting. Spherical joint suspension features low-fric- tion non-metallic joint liners that are quiet- - Per- er, automatically adjust for wear, and mit a smoother, quieter, more vibration-free contribute to easier turning. Built-in anti- ride and longer tire life. Front wheels roll dive action helps keep car level during sud- free and easy on new, more durable tapered den stops. roller bearings. - Rubber-mounted tor- . sion bar linking front suspension lower con- Let’s not forget the star attraction, the coil springs at each wheel that “soak up bumps and Regardless of the X-frame’s merits or faults, cars road shock with ease.” Chevrolet claimed that, from this era are a pleasure to own, drive or ride “Full coil suspension serves only to cushion the in. These cars have a (Jet) smooth ride, roomy ride - wheel movement is precisely controlled by and comfortable passenger compartments, and rugged mechanical linkage.” They also claimed they handle well. The X-frame wasn’t with us that the coil springs wouldn’t squeak, didn’t for long, Chevrolet replaced it with a perimeter wear out, and never needed cleaning or lubrica- frame on the 1965 models. tion. X-Frame illustration from 1962 Chevrolet Dealer Album. 1961 Impala Sport Coupe looks great riding on its X-Frame Chassis. 1955 Bel Air Sedan - By Ken Michaels This article originally appeared in the October When I arrived I couldn't believe my eyes. I 2014 Chevroletter, the newsletter of the Long was 10 minutes from Jones Beach. I could Island Region of the VCCA. We reprint it here smell the marigolds, it was 1963. She wasn't with the kind permission of the Chevroletter perfect but I knew that a herd of wild horses editor. could not stop me from buying this car. I met with the owner and began my usual fine tooth She was taken from me in the fall of 1963,we comb inspection. I was half hoping she was were both eight years old and in the words of good and half hoping she wasn't. I thought my Sam Cooke "she was too young to fall in love, mind was playing tricks on me by this point. and I was too young to know." I still remember Solid floors, solid trunk better that average the Malt shop in West Babylon and the smell of sheet metal, L.A. California plant. The worst the Marigolds on the walkway at Jones Beach. parts were the front fenders had been changed I remember the morning that I got the news, she and were loaded with bondo, the rear bumper was dead, but I refused to believe it. I went with had no chrome left and the deck lid had surface my dad to see the remains. It was then I realized rust. She had 4 mismatched tires and a very soft that my dad could not in fact fix anything. My brake pedal. She ran, and she ran well. The first love was gone forever. There are eight seats were early eighties Rayco and the door million stories in the VCCA. I'm a reporter for panels were shot. a great metropolitan newsletter and this one is mine. Next order of business was a test drive. This was fun, every time I hit the brakes something The story of "Elenore" else would happen, ranging from left pull to right pull to nothing at all. Nothing mattered, Forty three years had passed since that horrible she was going to come home with me (stupid morning. Life was not going too well. My Wild horses). We agreed on $4,200, I gave the Union was on strike. My dad was terminally ill guy a deposit and went home. What did I just and I was the primary care giver. It was clear do??? he was not going to be around much longer and if the illness didn't get him the depression The next day, after committing a hideous crime would. Nothing I could do would cheer him up. to obtain 4,000 bucks, I was ready to pick her He now believed that even doctors can't fix up. I talked the now former owner to lend me anything. I needed an answer, but what? It was his plates to get the car home. I conned my son just then that "she" came into my life. in law to follow me in case the brakes or the bad tires had any more surprises for me. I stashed It was a Newsday ad. 1955 Chevy Bel Air 4 her at my dads house and went back to drop off door. Blue and White 6 auto. The phone the plates (he didn't see me). The next day I number sounded Nassau County so I called. I went to visit my dad. He was forlorn and de- asked all the usual questions expecting and pressed as ever but this time I had a plan. I receiving the usual lies: good body, runs good, rolled him in his wheel chair out the front door $4,400. This fish just swallowed the worm, I and down the ramp and parked him next to a ‘55 was hooked. She was in Wantagh and I was on Chevy just like the one that he brought me the Southern State in minutes. home from the hospital in the day I was born, so she received 2 ebay fenders, a new paint job and I knew that for one brief moment he was and a set of Danchuck door panels.
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