{"id":39522,"date":"2017-05-12T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=39522"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T17:53:07","slug":"repair-or-replace-chevy-nomad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/repair-or-replace-chevy-nomad\/","title":{"rendered":"Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-39522-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39526&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nKudos to JSBFoto for capturing a fantastic shot of one of America\\u2019s favorite station wagons. Well done! The Chevrolet Nomad could be one of the coolest vehicles to restore, hands down. The infinite amount of ways in which they are brought back to life is why anyone can spend boo-coo bucks in the pursuit of their dream Nomad. Maybe you remember a television show featuring a funny, DIY character named Tim the \\u201cTool Man\\u201d Taylor and his reliable partner Al Borland? If so perhaps you can also recall the hot rod that Tim\\u2019s wife drives around on the famous TV series called Home Improvement. That was the first Nomad I remember swooning over. Maybe you remember your first encounter with a Chevy Nomad too? Regardless, today these cars are worth a ton of money, that\\u2019s for sure! So much, in fact, it begs the question: Does a person buy a good, solid, previously restored car? Or do they find one to fix themselves? I suppose that all depends on how many old barns you\\u2019re aware of with an old, vintage Chevrolet Nomad buried in the corner.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed-1.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39523&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1955 Fun Facts From The Past&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad 1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;F.Y.I. The average price for a gallon of gasoline was .25 cents in 1955.\\n\\nLiving in 1955: The average yearly income was just over $3,300 dollars.\\n\\nIn the Movies 1955: \\u201cLady and the Tramp,\\u201d starring Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee and Bill Thompson, was a big hit at the box office in 1955.\\n\\nBillboard Charts 1955: The song \\u201cCherry Pink And Apple Blossom White\\u201d by Perez Prado was a smash hit in 1955\\n\\nFact: Unemployment in the United States was 4.4% in 1955.\\n\\n1955 NBA Basketball Champs: Syracuse Nationals\\n\\nMiss America 1955: Lee Meriwether&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed-2.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39524&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1955 Chevrolet Nomad\\n\\nOnline Pricing: $40k+\\n\\nQuick Look Paint:\\n\\nFenders x2-\\nDoors x2-\\nRockers x2-\\nHood-\\nRoof-\\nQuarters x2-\\nRear Gate-\\nAdd for jams on all parts-\\nUndercoating-\\nMisc-$$$$-\\nMaterials-\\n       =_________________________________________\\n\\n                (Paint) Labor and Materials- $10k + (Media Blast)- $2K\\n\\n\\n\\nQuick Look Body:\\n\\nBody (Glass, Chrome Trim, Interior, Exterior)- $5-10k+\\nRepair existing damage after media blasting.\\n2750 hrs repair at $100 a billable hr. (including prime and block).\\n       =___________________________________________\\n\\n                 (Body)-Labor and materials- $27.5k\\n\\n                 \\n\\nQuick Look Total:   (Body, Paint, Parts, Material, Etc.) = $85,000+&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/unnamed-3.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;39525&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad 1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Repair or Replace: Chevy Nomad 3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Chevrolet Nomad could be one of the coolest vehicles to restore, hands down.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":39526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3697,3470,4879],"tags":[4538,39,4892,41,4144,4888],"class_list":["post-39522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galleries","category-news","category-slideshow","tag-chase-clute","tag-chevrolet","tag-galleries","tag-news","tag-repair-or-replace","tag-slideshow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-ahs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39527,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39522\/revisions\/39527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}