WITH a production run of about 6000 units, the ’57 Chevy Nomad is the rarest ’57 Chev of them all (see sidebar below). So, when it came time to give their treasured longroof a full rebuild, Donna and John McCoy-Lancaster didn’t want to start hacking it up.
Instead, they took the restomod route, maintaining their Nomad’s timeless styling while making it stop, steer, ride and accelerate infinitely better than it did when new. With three more ’57s in their shed, along with a host of other classic and collectible machinery, the duo know what they’re on about. Luckily, they had plenty of time to plan the rebuild, as the procurement process of the car they now call COOL took some 20 years.
“After landing in Australia in ’78, it
