Wild Custom Chevy Tahoe Is an Unholy Bel Air Mashup

By Brett Foote - February 6, 2023

While we all love Bow Ties from the ’50s, the owner of this Chevy Tahoe went a bit overboard blending those two things together.

In the vast world of automotive customization, there’s a build to suit every taste – which is a big part of its appeal. You can quite literally buy anything and do anything you want to it, using cars like a blank canvas with which to express yourself and show the world that you are an individual. In that regard, the person that dreamed up and built this wild custom Chevy Tahoe currently up for sale at Somerset Automotive did precisely that by creating what is the only Bel Air-inspired version of that particular vehicle we’ve ever laid eyes on.

Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, well, we’ll leave that up to you. But there’s no denying that this truly insane Chevy Tahoe was put together by someone that worships 1950s vintage Bow Ties, an era when those cars were known as the styling kings of the automotive world. Many will argue that the ’57 Bel Air is the most beautiful car ever made, and not a whole lot of folks would argue with them. However, that doesn’t mean those lines (and fins) look at home on a modern-day utility vehicle.

Regardless, that didn’t stop the owner of this Tahoe from totally transforming it, starting up front, where it wears a heavily modified chrome bumper with a mesh grille and badge, as well as Chevrolet script on the hood. However, the sides of this particular vehicle are the most outrageous of all angles, with a lower body line that serves as running boards, cutting low over the rear wheel like a modern day lead sled. A set of classic five-spoke wheels is the perfect complement to that look, along with a white roof.

The biggest clue as to what’s going on here, however, are those fins, which have surprisingly been rather well integrated into the body work. They’re blended in with a chrome strip that runs the length of the big SUV, and even hide its fuel filler cap. Aside from those massive changes, this Tahoe is otherwise bone stock, both inside the cabin and under the hood, which is somewhat disappointing. But it’s clear that whoever dreamed up this wild, one-off build had a vision – for better or for worse – and if nothing else, they executed it flawlessly.