That ultra rare engine surely fuels interest in that iconic beauty 😏

The owner of this car has a great sense of humor. I'm so glad it's a stick. I can't believe that the interior is all original and this pristine. The question I would have asked is has he found a mechanic that is well versed in servicing these 50's fuel injection systems. Other than that great coverage of this very special car. The ride was a blast and the owner was able to laugh at himself on his driving miscues.

They have updated kits for the fuel injections that makes it run 100%better.

You can't lose showing a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. This color was popular back in the day.

Such a classic, highly desirable, '57 Chevy Bel Air with all the goodies. Judging by the sales literature in the trunk n' treats, it would have been an exciting and memorable experience for the new car buyer back in the day to peruse all the options and models from a fuelie droptop to a Nomad and everything in between. Thanks guys for letting the viewer get a glimpse of that experience and see and hear the terrific product. Nicely done.

This video reminds me of the episode of Andy Griffith where Barney gets that 1954 Ford from Hubcaps Lesch. It starts out running great and as he keeps driving it, all these things go wrong and they end up pushing it. You were channeling Don Knotts there when it stalled in the street with cars coming. You even had guests in the car. It's good nobody got carsick like Gomer. Thanks for showing us this rare and beautiful Sierra Gold/Adobe Beige fuel injected Chevy.

One of the most humorous My Car Story's. What more can be said about the 1957 Chevy - popular new, popular old and popular forever.

'57 Bel Air is truly magical. I praise every car on this channel, but Chevy Bel Air from the year 1957 is the best looking car in the world, not even muscle cars can touch it's beauty. Back in the '80s as a little boy this was my first toy car of an american car. It was black with a red/yellow flame and I bought it with my grandma. I still remember that day and I still have this Matchbox toy at home too. Thanks for the memory Lou, I'll never forget this car and my grandma. I enjoy every car you feature, but no matter what the '57 Chevy Bel Air will always be the king 👑 If I could make a trip around the world this would be the car for the ride ❤️ Funny how I love the classic muscle car segment the most, but these old cruisers touch my heart too 😍

"we gotta work on the brakes a little bit" lol.Not something passengers wanna here.Another great vid lou.Thank you Claude.Keep the past alive.

Reminds me my late dad's car on the 50's. He drove a yellow standard 1957 Bel Air with regular carburator. On 1961 he traded in for a white and blue 1961 automatic Impala. Now I'm 65 years old and still a Chevy fan. Thanks for good memories of classic cars!

Gem of a car, happy to see she’s in good hands

It must be the gas we use today, those 283 FI engines need a certain octane rating and gas that does not have the Ethanol we use. You have to remember that fuels was different in 57. Great car and this has to be one of the best videos you made, it really shows why it took years before fuel injection was reliable enough to be used everyday.

An EXTREMELY rare 1957 Chevrolet “FUELIE!” I knew they were rare, but only 100 of them made? I never knew they were THAT rare! Claude, now when you go to work on the brakes, if you wanna drive it, PULL-ease make it also a “DUALLY”, as in dual chamber master cylinder. Safety trumps originality! I’ve had my hydraulic brakes go out on me on the freeway once. Thank God I had a dual chamber master cylinder, or I probably wouldn’t be here.

Lol, fun time. Claude’s got a great sense of humor. Now we know why those fuelie’s had all the mechanics baffled back in the day. Beautiful no excuses original, not TOO shiny, not red, no goofy continental kit- just PERFECT. Work the buggers out and enjoy! Nice one Claude, love the color. Best wishes Lou, thx.

Has to be the prettiest car ever made, it is just perfect !

It's sad to hear that these 57 bel airs are becoming extremely rare to this day, I wish people would find a junkyard full of these and rebuild them, making them brand new, the 57 Chevy will always be the best icon

The '57 Chevy is a true icon for sure. That color is so nice looking and probably about as rare as that Fuelie engine!!! Another rare and special gem as seen on My Car Story!!!

Thankfully the bugs were worked out of fuel injection because cars today run so much better than the vehicles made just prior to the reintroduction. The early 80’s cars were really awful. My favorite color combination for a ‘57. This one is sure a beauty!

Hi, Lou! In defense of your eventful maiden voyage, fuel injection, while pretty much the rule today, hadn't quite been perfected in 1957, and I see a lot of commenters are saying it may be an issue of compatibility with today's gasoline. but it's great that you could all laugh about it! That said, the '57 Chevy, however ubiquitous it has been both in its day and in today's hobby, is already very special, and what can I possibly say that hasn't been said before. My dad had a '57 Bel Air Sport Sedan (4-door hardtop) when he was in the Navy and he used to race it. Thanks to all involved for your presentation of this sweet, smooth and sassy automobile!

Real nice '57, also nice to see you Lou behind the wheel. Thanks for the treat.

Amazing piece of Chevrolet history! great color. My dad bought a new '57 283 powerpack convertible that year.

One beauty of a 57 Lou, and I really like that color combination. Even though she’s running rough now,!you can’t help but love the iconic 57 Chevy. That was a first for you driving that I have seen. Glad you guys made it back safe.

Hi Lou, I went to a car show yesterday. A gentleman was showing his beautiful black 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air with factory fuel injection. He explained the stalling issue has to do with HEAT created by warm weather conditions. It causes gas fume accumulation inside the injection manifold resulting in vapor lock and stalling. The design did not allow enough intake air flow for warm or hot weather. I believe he made a modification for greater air flow. Gasoline containing ethanol also creates a problem for this system. Thank you for your great videos!

Lou, the channel is on fire. This is another rare classic. Claude is a wonderful caretaker for this icon. And I agree with the other commenters, very cool that it is a manual. Thanks Claude and Lou for bringing this to us to enjoy!

In 1969 I bought a '57 Chevy 2 door hardtop with 31,000 miles that looked just like this one. I attribute the car's excellent condition to the six cylinder, 3 on the tree configuration. I put a 300 h.p. 327 and a four speed into it.

Thank you guy for the ride.

That's my dream car, only not my color, but a thing of beauty indeed!

One of my great car mistakes was passing up the opportunity to one of these a few years ago. Claude/Lou - thank you. Very special car.

Hi Lou! Thank you for one more great video! Wow! This Chevrolet is 65 years old! It looks very elegant for her senior age! :)

If I remember correctly Jay Leno sent his Fuel Injection out to a company that really understands these and if I remember his needed a diaphragm that was made out of Lambs Skin. My guess is that Jay would talk with Your Guy and share from his expertise. Hope that helps. P.S. So glad that this car has a Manual Transmission. Great Job once again Lou!

beautiful ride, just a little TLC and we have an excellent ride! the king of classics...none better! thanx lou!!

Great car and even better owner! Great sense of humor! I'm sure he'd be a blast to hang out with.

i see several comments about the fuel from the great days and today, glad to see more people are aware of this. one other problem we've run into even on the older carbs is the actual weight of the fuel when it comes to the floats. we had a problem with an early corvette with the float not working right no matter which one we used. finally found an old brass one and got some gasoline from a marina. i'm sure there must be other alternatives but this solved the problem at the time.

Sorry to hear of Ed's passing may he rest in peace it's cool to see a 57 fuel injection car looks great love the colors of this rare 57 love a 3 on the tree needs to run it more to keep it running smoothly the first fuel injection systems were very touchy cool he let you take her for a spin

This is one of your more entertaining reviews! Keep an eye out for more sketchy collector cars! This was great fun! 😛

What a beautiful 57 fuelie, and that was very funny at the end.

This Claude guy is fun, hopefully he will do more videos. Love the color combo on this unit and the white script on the red valve covers.. It's perfect.

Lou:gr8 car and owner. As for the running problem it seems like a fuel supply problem with the fuel injection system. While the Ramjet fuel injection system was cutting edge back in the mid 50's,it wasn't designed to work with today's unleaded gasoline. Therefore the seals and diaphragms in the system will be damaged due to the lack of lead in the gasoline. If this is the case which I'm almost sure it is, a lead additive will need to be used. In this case the fuel injection system may need to be rebuilt and a lead additive put in the fuel tank. I've seen this happen with carbs back in the mid '70's when unleaded gasoline was first used. I've worked on many different cars with this problem back then. I hope this'll help the new owner to get his newly acquired 57 Chevy bel air fuelie up in tip top running order. Have a gr8 God bless day.

Another nice car and nice visit with Claude! I love the color of his '57 fuelie, and the test drive was classic! Thanks, Lou!

What a beautiful machine and I bet he paid a fortune for it too, you did it again Lou!

I had no idea about the existence of fuel injected ‘57 Bel Aires! That car was certainly ahead of it’s time.

Such a beautiful and iconic car even with coughing issues, thanks Lou, great video!

I've been meaning to comment on this one for a while. Oh Lou, my dream car!! It will always remain that. That design is so pleasing to my eye from fender to fender. The front-end design was genius. Every curve and chrome piece made for an aggressive, yet pretty look. My top fav is a tropical turquoise and ivory example. One quirk I have with this car is if I was to own one, I would strip every extra dawdle off it except the driver's side view mirror. No rubber bullets, bumper guards, spinners, skirts, cont. kit, duals, etc. I love this car in its purist state. By the way, when you sit at the wheel in these, it's actually pretty cozy. You would expect it to feel very spacious, but you could stretch your arm out and touch the opposite side of the dash. I came close to buying a "driver" example once. THE ULTIMATE CLASSIC!!

What a treat! The comments about how rare this "Ol Gal" is, is almost an understatement. I knew guys who freaked out about "fuel injection" and like you mentioned in the video they swapped out and opted for manifolds and carbs! Glad to see there's "survivers" still rolling the roads. Thanks Lou and this was neat having you drive a little.

My late Father used to advise us boys "Never buy anything in it's first production year". He was right! It is, however, a BEAUTIFUL example of an iconic classic Chevrolet and I'm so glad it's found it's new home with an owner who appreciates it, and has a great sense of humor, and irony!

GOSH! That was a great video of a truly outstanding '57 Chevy! I grew up with a '57 Chevy Bel Air 283 three on the tree! The Trunk of Treats was awesome! But the ride was absolutely a fabulous was to start my day! Thanks for a super-great video, Lou!!

wow what a car … thank you both for this video

Very nice Lou, what a ride. One beautiful Fuelie!!

Everyone is having such a great time Lou! What a fantastic car!

Great car and owner. Fun ride and another great episode Lou!

What a Treat!!! Had no idea FI was available in 1957! Thanks for making this one. Great humor as well

Beautiful car! I got scared for a second when you guys stalled in that intersection lol

Wicked nice trunk and treats I loved all the drawn versions they show you.

Another beautiful car! You drove it like a boss Lou! Congratulations 👏

This car brings back memories of my older brother’s 1957 Chevrolet 2-door station wagon. It was the lowest-priced series, and like this model, had a manual transmission, and no power steering or brakes. I happened to tag along with him and my dad in the Summer of 1963 when he bought it from a used car dealer. The body had a number of “dings” on it, but with low mileage, my dad talked him into buying it. My brother had just turned twenty-year’s-old that year, and he felt that a wagon wouldn’t attract potential girlfriends. Thanks for sharing Lou!

The only way you are going to sort out these classic cars to make them reliable is by DRIVING them! Kudos to the owner for putting this on video and sticking with it to make the car right.

Awesome car! Awesome owner! Awesome presenter! Thanks Lou!

You got it baby.

I was lucky to have a '57 Bel-Air 2 Dr hdtp when I was a senior in high school, white with blue and black interior. 327 Camaro engine with 4 spd hurst. Keystone mags, chrome traction bars, rear air shocks, white letter tires. Even though my engine was not original and they usually had the 283, I have never heard of this car made as a fuelie in my 64 years.... Just WOW!

The quintessential 50s Classic and a Fuelie yo boot!!

in canada, the bel air was also called the pontiac laurentian, built on a chevy platform with chevy drivetrains, built in oshawa, ont.

WAOW !!! THAT IS REALLY AWESOME FUEL INJECTED MY FAVORITE

Nice Trunk and treats!... Cool 57 Chevy poster!!

Our neighbour in Vancouver had a 1958 chevy or Pontiac wagon the same BRONZE colour! That was in the 60s-70s.

Yep - 50's! Very nice! Also, imho "all original" is huge and adds to the value big time.

Hi Lou, That was a fun video, thanks. 👍😄

Rare and classic.... Great combo

Thanks, everyone:: great fun, chats, & overview.. Interestingly (* really), I spent a lot of time in 57 *Chevys, & *very little driving any……And just a great Video, including trials and tribulations….. Dennis M. , Helena Valley, MT……….

Our family car when I was growing up was a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Townsman four door station wagon. Onyx Black with an India Ivory top , a black and red interior, and a three on the tree transmission. Our neighbors down the street had the same model wagon but with the Larkspur Blue body, India Ivory top, and an ivory and silver interior. Our car had the carburetor and it was troublesome when climbing hills. We lived near a state park that had a switch back roadway down to the beach. On the way uphill the car would periodically stall and Mom would struggle to get it started. I would sit in the back seat gritting my teeth as the cars went around us stalled on the uphill. It must have been something to do with the carburetor float. One of the rare fuel injected models is in my area. I have seen it at a local car show. The owner discussed the fuel problem with me. He said it had to do with the temperature of the fuel/injection mixture. I think he had to retrofit his car with some type of cooler.

Great car! Lou, I very much enjoyed, this episode. 😀💯

It was called ramjet injection originally.. we have nomad wagon with ramjet and a 58 pickup ramjet and corvette 63 ramjet grandad Worked with Gm 1956 - 1980

Another sweet ride!!! Love it!!!

Hi Lou! I had a 150 Utility Sedan with a 265-2V carb and 3 speed. Along the way, it evolved into a 283-4V with a Muncie close ratio 4 speed with high perf hydraulic cam and dual exhausts and Velvetouch metallic brake linings..Any mechanic worth his salt could easily master the mechanical fuel injection..Some point out that the 57 Ford was all new and out sold the Chevy. In Wisconsin though, one thing the Chevy had on the Ford..Much less tendency to rust!! This presentation brings back many memories for this 75 year old guy!!

This is what on the show circuit we called a 'trailer queen'. A very valuable asset, beautiful, but useless as a car. There were only 68 of these built, no doubt many of them were modded. This is a rare bird indeed. I wonder what it would fetch on Mecam? Well into 7 figures, I'm sure. I doubt, after this, that it will be driven much by Claude. Imagine what an engine fire or a fender bender would cost you! But this is a really enjoyable video, and Claude seems like a fun person. He even let Lou drive, don't see that very often. This one gets saved so I can watch it on my six foot Sony. A laptop just doesn't do it justice. This is my fav Lou video...so far!

Hey Lou! I’ve never seen a fuelie 57 Chev! I’ve heard of them, but thought they were unicorns. You keep showing us such rare cars! Awesome job on finding these beauties! God, I miss colour on/in today’s cars! The “road” was a place of massive range in colour and tone, shade and light, and lots of chrome! Peace

Another dream car Lou !

Looks like a fun crew in that car! Yeah - cars need to be driven. I only get my '58 348 3x2 "tri-power" out only once a year and it runs rough for a while, but then after some spirited driving, it runs and idles great. My '56 235 ran like a new car when I was using it as a daily driver.

Oh mama!!!! Gorgeous "million dollar", rare car lou!! 👍. Would've been cool to have the taillights incorporated into the back of the fins instead of the round lights below...

beautiful car

Excellent

Perfection, provided it's issues get worked out, no joking, I love it, the color included

awesome!

Such a cool and beautiful car!

Класне авто! Дякую!

Nice ! Same year as me but in better shape ;)

VERY COOL

Me gusta el carro un Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop Coupe 1957; está muy bonito; es el primer carro de Fuel Injection; igual con el Chevrolet Corvette; está muy bonito el carro; saludos.

My Dad had one of those - he bought it new - with the 283 4-bbl., powerglide trans. I loved that car ! But the trans. went out at 18k miles, and made him so mad, that when he sold it in 1961 (I hated to see it go!), he became a Ford man for the next 20 years. He didn’t buy anything else until Mom drove one of my Olds and started fussing at him about loving the GM car.

just a beauty :)

What a beauty, my cousin had a white convertible, BTW these fuel ie units do not like today's gas especially with ethanol in it.

esse é um belo carro,meu avô pai do meu pai,tinha um desse,azul com branco,era a coisa mais linda😍😍😍

Now thats nice.

Great video! What a temperamental car. That's OK. Could have been the driver(-;. Thanks for posting. God bless!!

yep he needs to Alex work on it.....Lou and friends....Rock stars......thank you....gotta make an exception to the rule nissan turbo engined scout II....come on Lou do us right...lol you have fun channel

Another great video Lou. Don't see many 57 Chevrolets in that color. They actually built 1,530 Fuel Injection 1957 Chevrolets 30 of those were convertibles .

Amazing car!😍🤗🥰

I would like to see a video on the Rochester fuel injection and how it worked. Just on the fuel injection only system only.

Yes! A Driver 2 car!!

Had a neighbor when I was a kid in the seventies who bought one of these, promptly took out the engine and trans, dropped a 327 in it with I believe was a Powerglide trans. My dead almost passed out when he heard what my neighbor did. Dad was a car salesman for Chevy at the time, lol. Thanks Lou!! 👀🏳️‍🌈

Excellent content. Image how cool it would have been to own one of those as a young person circa 1957-58. My dad said the 57’s ran better than the 58, 59 and 60s because while the 348 was a good engine they were more like an industrial V8 than a performance engine. My grandmother had a 57 Roadmaster that my dad said was a real flyer for the the time. BTW, did any of the 55-57s have a three on the floor or were they all column mounted?