Few automotive love stories can rival the 49-year bond between Steve Shelton and his 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-door hardtop. Growing up in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Shelton was just 8 years old when he spotted a neighbor’s black 1955 Chevrolet near his grandfather’s mountain house and resolved to buy one for himself one day.
Turning that childhood ambition into reality demanded 7 years of relentless a… (continue reading…)