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1960 Chevy Bel Air

This is a 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air owned by Tim and Donna Smith of Baltimore, Maryland. This car is painted in DuPont Purple Rain with blue pearl.


You can see the great attention to detail in the purple accents on this 350 bored .030 over with coated headers.


The off-white tuck and roll interior is complemented by a clean dash and Chevy emblems stitched in the door panels and on the rear deck.


Wow! The side rockets were a nice touch on the 1960 Bel Air, and these flames are a very elegant and classy way of accenting this rare feature without going overboard. Maybe that's why this ride has won, oh...about 130 trophies over the last few years!

1960 was not only a unique year for the Bel Air model, but it was also a unique year for Chevrolet. The chromed-out, roundish style of models from the 50's was being taken over by a new kind of ride that was very streamlined, sleek, and low to the ground (this car's owner told us that "even the ants have to duck!"). Impalas and Bel Airs from 1960 had a very unique feature -- the side rockets (officially referred to as "missile ornaments" but we think "side rockets" sounds a lot cooler). Although future models would include similar side panel detailing, it was only the 1960 models that sported such a pronounced rocket emblem. In fact, 1959 and 1960 Bel Airs, when viewed from the rear, truly look like massive birds with their wings outstretched. Chevrolet referred to this as "Spread Wing" fins, which perhaps inspired this vehicle's owner to affectionately (and appropriately) name his ride: "Wings of Steel".

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