The most visual new change was the flat, wing shaped tailfins. From the headlights, placed as low as the law would allow, to the cats-eye tail lights, the 1959 Chevrolet was a brand new car with all new sheet metal. From the front or rear the 1959 Chevrolets resembled nothing else on the road. įor the second time in as many years, Chevrolet again came up with a totally new car. This design was later criticized as providing less protection in the event of a side impact collision, but it persevered until 1965. The rear was tied together by a channel-section cross member. These "X-frames" were used on other 1958 to 1964 Chevys, as well as some Cadillacs.
Similar in layout to the frame adopted for the 1957 Cadillac, it featured box-section side rails and a boxed front cross member that bowed under the engine.
59 EL CAMINO TAIL LIGHT FULL SIZE
Like the rest of Chevrolet's 1958 full size car line-up, the Brookwood featured Chevrolet's new "Safety-Girder" cruciform frame. The next year Brookwood would become the base model wagon and offer a 2-door effectively replacing Yeoman.īuyers could order any engine and transmission choice, including the 348 V8 and the fuel-injected 283 V8 engines. Like the 1958 Nomad, the 1958 Brookwood was also 4-door only. As Chevrolet's mid-range wagon įor its first year, Chevrolet's 6 and 9-passenger Brookwood wagons replaced 1957 Chevrolet 210 Townsman 6-passenger 4-door wagon and 1957 Chevrolet 210 Beauville 9-passenger 4-door wagon as their mid-range station wagon model between their plainer 1958 only Yeoman and the now 4-door only top-of-the-line Nomad. The value of a drag coefficient for 1958 Chevy wagons is estimated by a-c, is Cd = 0.6. The Nomad station wagon name also reappeared in 1958 when the vehicle bowed as the premium four-door Chevrolet station wagon, lacking the unique styling of the 1955-57 Nomads. 1 make of automobile (beating Ford, which held the title in 1957) and the Bel Air was at the core of Chevrolet's popularity. Complementing Chevrolet's front design was a broad grille and quad headlights that helped simulate a 'Baby Cadillac' the wagon's tail received a fan-shaped alcove on both side panels, similar to the sedan's, but wagon's housed single tail lights instead of dual (triple on Impala) to accommodate the tailgate.ĭespite being a recession year, consumers made Chevrolet the No. The first ever production Chevrolet big block V8, the 348 cu in (5,700 cc), was now an option.Ĭhevrolet's design for the year fared better than its other GM offerings, and lacked the overabundance of chrome found on Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, Buicks and Cadillacs. For 1958, Chevrolet models were redesigned longer, lower, and heavier than their 1957 predecessors.
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