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Barrett-Jackson brings us this beautiful example of a popular rodding trend, a pro-tour, ’57 Chevy Bel Air with a polished motor and complete, Corvette drivetrain.

Photo: Barrett-Jackson

This super-clean, Bel Air custom has over $218k invested in parts, excluding the costs of the car itself. The project took three years to finish, but with an old shoebox Chevy that’s this close to pro-touring perfection, not a single man hour building the rod was wasted.

Under the cherry-red hood of this ’57 shoebox sits a C5 ‘Vette drivetrain complete to the polished LS6 powerplant. The chassis is a custom-tubed frame, and it goes without saying that the Bel Air has undergone a complete transformation. The car’s custom interior is all-leather, and Billet Specialties custom wheels adorn the lead sled.

This custom, ’57 Chevy was recently sold off of lot 689.1 of the Barrett-Jackson auto auction, for a price of $106,700. Substantial amounts of both time and money have been invested into the full-custom ’57, but thankfully the car does come complete with photo documentation of the ground-up build, parts receipts that total-out to $218k and a build book.

For all of the work and hard-earned dollars that have been invested into the Bel Air, the car is a turn-key ride that has been built to professional, showroom quality, and Barrett-Jackson is proud to have sold the sled at a price that’s more than reasonable with all costs considered. But for anyone looking for an LS-powered show car with all documents and receipts in-tact, then Barrett-Jackson clearly holds the answer with this ultra, ridiculously clean ’57 shoebox.