My Chevys history

Photos and historys of my Chevy - all 16 owners - best documented 50´s Chevy sold new in Sweden ?

1. The first owner was the famous shipowner DanAxel Broströms first wife Ulla Broström
The Broström family traded in a 55 convertible at the local GM company Ragnar Jansson AB in Gothenburg
-- Owner in four years --

Ulla Broström was driving drunk and smashed the Chevy in 1961, she was in a divorce with DanAxel,
Later he was married a very young, well-known dancer from England, her name was Annabelle, the Swedish tittle-tattle magazines got much to write .. ...

The big house in the central of Gothenborg at Viktor Rydbergs street 16 there the Broström family and the Chevy lives in 1957-61
In the same area lived Ann Ida´s - mother to DanAxel, she was the most wealthy in Sweden this years

Axel Broström began with shipping 1865, 100 years later 1965 the family own´s 90 big ships and shipping company like
The Swedish American lines, Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet, Svenska Orient Linjen and Fermcompany,
The famliy also owned Eriksbergs shipyard in Gothenborg and 50% in the shipyard Uddevallavarvet

There is some books about the Broström shipowner family

2. The Chevy was rescued smashed to the GM company Ragnar Jansson as sold it new in 1961
-- Owner in one month --

This was the workshop as it looks at a advertisement in 1959

3. Jarl Andreasson have opened a workshop in Mölnlycke 1961.
He had a friend at Ragnar Jansson who giving him a tip that a known 57a convertible had arrived smashed
Jarl purchased the chevy, and start to repair it, Jarl also repainted it in the original white
-- Owner in four month--

And 1967-1969 a proffesional player in Baltimore Base in USA

He lives somwehere in USA, any tips ? I want info !

-- Owner in one year and six month --

5. Åke Johansson Trollhättan, had a lot of fun with this Chevy, he have told me a lot of storys
He purchased the Chevy 1963 , he was 18 year´s old in 1963 , he sold it in 1969
Nowadays Åke is driving a Pontiac -55
-- Owner in six years --

Trollroad in Trollhättan in the summer of 1964, Birgitta is testdriving ...

6. Torgny Fredricksson from Koppom
Now was the Chevy a teenager´s party car
-- Owner in three weeks in 1969 --

8. Georg Fredricksson Kil
-- Owner in nine month 1970 --

Phone contact only in 1992

9. Mats Omström smashed the Chevy, repair it, and repaint it white again
Mats drives Dragracing in the 70´s with a very fine T 27a , this car was imported from USA
To the rigth Mats T 27a on the cover on a swedish magazine Start & Speed in 1976
-- Owner in one year --

10. Ebbe Rydingsvärd
Wanted to buy this car for a couple of years
Unfortunately the chevy now had a small engine room fire so the insurance company wanted to scrap the Chevy
But Ebbe buy it back as a wreck for app. 160 $
-- Owner in eigth month in 1971 --

11. The Chevy was now owned by the insurance company
-- Owner in for two month --

12. Mats Omström purchased the Chevy (again) from Ebbe for app. 200$
And repair it and repaint it PINK !
-- Owner in one month 1971 --

13. Roland Ahlström from Storebro in Småland, had an Impala -58 conv. in 1972.
Mats arrive ( he dont know Roland at this time) toVimmerby and they have a conversation at the square
Roland asked Mats about a possible change of Chevys ... and they did it ...
The Chevy was now in Småland and Roland repaint the Chevy again, now in green metallic
-- Owner in one month 1972 --

14. Roland Håkansson, Nättraby, alias "Rolle Pedal" purchased the Chevy in 1972
This guy have many smallblock engines in it, sometime he change every winter ...
A big block have been there but the left header hit the steering column so ... no bigblock ...
Some years the ragtop had a 340horse Corvette 327" and 4 speed on the floor and 4/11 in the rear end
Rolle repaint the car ... oh my god ... again, this time some kind of gray/white mercedes pait in 1972-73
And in the car he mount Volvo Amazon seats and an Impala backseat, and black vinyl on every panels inside ...

Rolle in the magazine Sydöstran, app 1975-80 ?
Thanks to Cocce and Magnus Karlsson for this pic
-- Owner in fifteen years 1972-87 --

Pics from 1988, Impala backseat and Volvo Amazon bucket seat ...
And the at this time very popular slotmags rims

Wedding car in 1989, now with the org. seats in the Chevy

16. Sune Gustafsson the webbowner - at this time I live in Kungälv, near the westcoast
Its the summer of 1991 and I´m hunting for a 57 Bel Air convertible
And found one after only two month of looking
-- Present owner since 1991 --

Photos from the fall of 1991, after the purchase, note the special cabtop window

The entire front of the frame was not so good after two accidents 1961 and 1971
I found a 57 station wagon frame, this was very fine in the front end but very rusty in the back
I repair the convertible frame with the SW frame front end

Here I´m visiting Åke in Trollhättan in the summer of 1992 , he was owner number five
New convertible top, and a new built 350" four bolt engine, rebuilt front end etc etc

The daily newspaper "Trollhättans tidning" write a story about the Chevy when i was at a local Classic Chevy meeting 1992

Many repairs have been done, "new" engine again , this time a rebuilt 283"
The TH400 switch pitch trans have to go ... in comes a TH350 rebuilt by myself
New rims and tires - American Racing Torque Trust
Now its start to look like a cool Chevy again ...

My third Chevy meeting with CCCS* - Mullsjö 1994
My Chevy is the first to the rigth
After this CCCS meeting my Chevy also come with a photo in the Swedish magazine Power 1994 after the meeting
*CCCS are Classic Chevy Club of Sweden

Vacation in the southern of Sweden with a small caravan behind the Chevy
We are lookíng forRoland Ahlström owner number 13, we dont call him before ... just knock on the door ...
And i tell him i have his old Chevy 57 outside ... my old Chevy ??? - big smile ...
After that we heard storys about the Chevys and i got some photos from 1972, se above - owner13

On the same vacation we are visiting "Rolle pedal" owner number14
Rolle appreciate a ride in the Chevy
Rolle said - the Chevy has never before going so smooth and fine
In the background the garage there the Chevy have been for 15 years

The gray/white paint job bores me to death ...
I was made a fast repaint, and i was made everything but the spraying

Until this (1995) i have app 1000 hour to get the Chevy perform lika a new 57
I have been rebuilt on the vinters and drive it on spring-summer-fall

1996

Vacation in Värmland, ( now I live there ) The Chevy have a little caravan behind
Check up what the restaurant named!

Vacation in Stockholm in the june of 1996

All years the Chevy have been to many Crusing´s and I have been driving with bride´s and groom´s

My sisterdaugther Helena on the student in Göteborg
First and the only time I have a brassband in the car .... ???

Now I live in Värmland
Wolfland Spring Meet in Ransäter
I have really been surprised with a second price in the 50´s class, William is happy ...

In the year 2000 i recieved a mail from a man in the USA,
he want photos of my Chevy for a production with the name Tri Chevy Anthology

When my kid´s have theirs birthday partys there have been a ride in the Chevy also, very much appreciated

One of this years bride´s and groom´s drivings, is the Chevy recently vaxed on the photos ?

Photos from Wolfland Spring Meet, Ransäter in Värmland, my ragtop and my caravan

New price again from Wolfland Spring Meet 2006 - a second in the 50s class ... how ? this is no showcar ...
To the rigth my Chevy and me is in the daily newspaper

My son William in another daily newspaper 2006 with his own little RC control 57 on the same meeting

Cruising in Rättvik at Classic Car Week

First time i was there, very fun

Between 1996 to 2006 not much have been done to the Chevy
Two childs, moved three times, purchase of a house, rebuild the house and the garden, then divorce and sell the house etc etc

I can now establish that I have owned The Chevy longer than all the others.
Celebrating The Chevys 50 years and this year I have owned my Chevy in 16 years

My Chevy have a new seat covers on all seat this winter from CARS http://www.carsinc.com/
This is "the before pic"

Ulla Broström , the first owners plate
I have receive this from owner # 5 Åke Johansson afterwards