boosted bela

What Automotive Trends caught our attention in 2015? As usual, you look back on a closing year with a few takeaways regarding trends and styles. More than just trends, how about a fun look back at what we learned in a very busy year for car guys and gals. Enjoy 10 Things we learned in 2015. [products]

1. LED lights are a thing

[caption id="attachment_7136" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Rutledge Wood's awesome Plymouth wagon hot rod features some trick custom LED lamps up front.[/caption]   If you attended SEMA Show in 2014 or 2015, you know this. LED lights are everywhere and theyre getting brighter and more

There are certain cars and builders that create a lot of buzz before, during and after the SEMA Show. Boosted Bela is one of those cars, thanks to the tireless efforts of Andy Williamson, who was heading up the PR for the project. Progress photos, teasers, and lots of hype resulted in a SEMA reveal that blew everyone away. By now, you're reading this and thinking that the ratty looking '56 Chevy in the pictures can't possibly be the car we're referencing, but you'd be wrong. Boosted Bela is a slammed '56 Chevy that is rough on the outside, but super detailed everywhere else. The build was exclusively covered by Chevrolet Performance on The BLOCK, and it absolutely exploded on social media in the days and weeks leading up to the SEMA Show. Once it was on display in the Mobil 1 booth, the car was plastered all over Instagram and Facebook, gaining as much notoriety as cars with $50,000 paint jobs. In fact, Motor Trend Magazine named Boosted Bela one of the Top 15 cars at the SEMA Show. The truth of the matter is that Boosted Bela is just plain cool. It sits right, it has a killer supercharged LS-based engine and of course, it's rolling on a set of wide whitewalls and steelies from Coker Tire. Continue reading to find out more about Boosted Bela and enjoy the photos and video!