Auto Biography: 'Stored Away' Nomad Is An Original

Journal Staff Writer CRANSTON - Richard Verville's 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad Station Wagon is an original.It has spent most of its life stored away as the 92,000 miles - or less than 2,000 miles a year - on its clock attest. Indeed, Verville is only the third owner, acquiring it 12 years ago from a distant cousin in upstate New York whose husband had passed away."Her husband was a car dealer and a collector," Verville said in a recent interview. "He was big into cars and left her with almost 20 cars."That was almost 25 years after he'd bought the Nomad from the original owner in California.Verville, 72, is also big into cars. Consider that he also o

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