In the 1950s Ford and Chevy were selling just about the same number of cars every year, and whatever one did the other had to copy. Chevy had the Corvette, so Ford created the Thunderbird. Ford had the Ranchero, so Chevy brought out the El Camino. And so on.
In 1955 Chevy introduced the Nomad, its premium two-door wagon. Although the Nomad was expensive to make and barely sold, Ford had to bring out a copycat car for 1956. Like the Nomad, the Parklane is a "hardtop" wagon with sliding windows in the cargo area. In 1957 the Parklane was rebranded as the Del Rio. But the two-door wagon was falling out of favor; 1957 was the last year for Nomad, and 1958 the last for Del Rio. The Parklane pictured here outsold the Nomad nearly two to one (15,186 Parklanes were produced in comparison to 7,886 1956 Nomads). But Chevy got the last laugh. Car collectors love the Nomad, but who remembers the Parklane?
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