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Owner Takes Her 1955 Chevy Bel Air to a Custom Car Shop, Goes Home in an EV

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A longtime client called the CEO of a custom car shop one day. He told him he wanted to convert his entire car collection into EVs, and his 1955 Chevy Bel Air would be the first to undergo the conversion. Months later, he went home in a Bel Air that she could plug in at any Supercharger. Troy Swope, an entrepreneur Troy Swope, called Ryan Friedlinghaus, the CEO and founder of West Coast Customs, and told him he had big plans with all the ... (co…

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In Los Angeles, West Coast Customs grafts the bodywork of a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air onto a Tesla Model 3 for a radical electric restomod. Between fifties myth and zero emission technology, this one-off raises as much admiration as questions.

At West Coast Customs, a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air is transformed on the basis of Tesla Model 3, until it connects like a real electric. Between Autopilot active, Superchargers and original silhouette, this Project B-Zero shakes the codes of the collection cars.

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autoevolution broke the news in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
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