![]() ![]() It seems that it only recently found its way to its current location. There’s no point tempting fate, is there? The lack of rust may have something to do with this Nomad’s history. However, if I were to buy this wagon, I’d address the corrosion ASAP. The owner admits that the underside has some surface corrosion, but it appears that the dreaded tin worm hasn’t sunk its teeth into the wonderful Chevy steel. The panels look straight, but the big news is the vehicle’s lack of rust. There are no flaws or problems that would demand immediate attention, and the paint holds a respectable shine. Looking beyond that question, the wagon presents pretty well as a survivor. I’m willing to be corrected if I’m wrong, but I suspect that a previous owner may have treated the Nomad to a color change at some point. I can spot a few spots on the car that reveal a lighter shade that I believe is Glen Green. The owner believes that the Tropic Turquoise paint that the vehicle wears is original, but I’m unconvinced. The second was purely for photographic purposes, and the car will roll to its new owner on the factory wheels and hubcaps. Some of you will have noticed that the wagon wears its original wheels and hubcaps in some shots and a set of Rally wheels in others. I once again need to say a big thank you to Barn Finder Larry D for spotting this classic wagon for us.īefore we delve too deeply into this Nomad, there is one thing to note. Solid bidding has pushed the price to $7,100, although this figure remains short of the reserve. If you feel that you have the right answer, you will find the Nomad located in Mahopac, New York, and listed for sale here on eBay. That’s a tough call to make, and it makes me glad that the decision won’t be mine. ![]() However, there’s no doubt that a light cosmetic restoration would transform this already eye-catching classic into one that genuinely turns heads. Its overall condition would seem to be good enough for them to retain it as an original survivor. The person who buys this 1958 Chevrolet Nomad will face some with this classic. There was also plenty new in the aesthetics department, with wider, longer sheet metal, dual headlights in front and cone-shaped parking lights.Ah, decisions, decisions. It was joined by a new full-coil suspension that provided improved ride quality. ![]() The utility of the Chevy wagons was no doubt helped by the sturdier new “safety-girder” frame that arrived in 1958 and was said to be 30 percent more rigid than the previous version. They were available with a choice of five different V-8 engines or the 235.5-cid, 145-hp six-cylinder, and four different transmissions, including three-on-the-tree, which is what came in Moore’s Nomad.Ĭhevrolet called its new-look Nomad the “luxury leader of the station wagon line” with its “dazzling new design - from a smoothly sculptured hood to gull-wing fenders… There’s a new larger windshield and a sweeping new wraparound window at the top gate” There was also a four-door Yoeman, and fancier six- and nine-passenger Brookwood wagons. The two-door, six-passenger Yoeman station wagon was the low-budget option. The Nomad was one of five wagons in the Chevrolet lineup for 1958 that the company bragged were “the five most exciting new station wagons of the year!” And buyers could still get a two-door wagon, just not a two-door hardtop Nomad. It’s got factory air, dimmer switch, the luggage rack on top … It’s got a few extras on it.” It’s got the 283 engine, and I think that’s original. “And I don’t think he did much to it, either. Otherwise this is the way I bought it eight or nine years ago,” Moore noted. “I’ve only done minor things to it, tires, brakes, stuff like that. The car was originally all black but at some point was given a black-over-white two-tone paint scheme that looks fantastic. Moore isn’t even sure how much restoration - if any - has been done to the car. The previous owner had the car about 13 years, according to Moore, but neither man knows much about the Nomad’s previous owners or what kind of life it led in its early days. A person from Kiel, Wis., owned it, and I knew him and I told him he’d never sell that car, and he said ‘Yeah, I’m going to sell the Nomad.’ I said no way, and he said yes he was going to sell it, so I asked him how much he wanted for it … I asked him if he could keep it for me for a bit and he said sure, ‘When do you want to pick it up?'” Moore also owns a beautiful 1958 Impala two-door hardtop and a ’58 Impala convertible, and never had any real designs on adding a wagon to his stable until one he knew about unexpectedly became available. ![]()
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