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Year
1957
Make
CHEV
Model
BEL AIR
HI-MY NAME IS ‘CHRISTINE’ AND I’M NAMED AFTER STEVEN KING’S BOOK OF THE SAME NAME—BECAUSE I’M HAUNTED!!
MY OWNER IS SID KELLY: HE QUIT BROWN HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST END ON 5/6/1966 (THE DAY SID TURNED 16) AND SOON BOUGHT A DARK BLUE '57 2 DOOR POST BEL AIR: JUST BEFORE SID TURNED 17, HE’D GOTTEN INTO ENOUGH LEGAL TROUBLE THAT HE WAS GIVEN THE INFAMOUS CHOICE OF '5-7 IN JAIL OR 3 IN THE ARMY'--THE ARMY WON!! BEFORE SID CAME HOME FROM BASIC, HIS MOTHER HAD SOLD THE '57!! SID’S MOTHER DIED MARCH '05 AND HE BOUGHT ME ON LABOR DAY 2005.
SID’S WIFE NAMED ME 'CHRISTINE', AFTER SEVERAL STRANGE INCIDENTS WHICH STARTED THE DAY HE DROVE ME HOME!!
SID’S GRANDKIDS CALL ME 'THE FAST CAR'!! SID CALLS ME ‘A DREAM COME TRUE’-SID KNOWS HE IS BLESSED!!!!

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1956 Belair Sedan, Resto-Mod, Many Upgrades
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We never get over our first crush...do we???
 

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Nicely put together. Where did you get the cluster cover?
 

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Do you make mounting brackets for the seats or find something that worked from another model?
 
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