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By the time 1956 rolled around Chevrolet built on the design they introduced with the 1955 model. The egg-crate style grille was replaced with a heavier looking design.

GM attempted to make the 1956 Chevrolet as visually different as possible within the context of mild facelifting.

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Although you can't quickly see it GM spent $40 million dollars in redesigning the 1956 Chevrolet. In general the designers task was to give the body a more bulked up appearance over the 1955 model.

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Below are some pictures of the 1956 Chevrolet prototypes, as they did in other years the car was first built in clay and refinements were made before it went into production.

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