I was looking at what I call a 1957 chevy 210 two-door wagon at a car show. The owner walked up to me, so I said "nice wagon". He told me it is a nomad. I said that it's not, it's a 210 wagon. Nomads are hardtop models with full chrome and a slanted B pillar. He said they made 210 nomads. I'm like, no they didn't. Anyways, I am not a nomad guru, so does anyone here know for sure if they made a 210 nomad? Also, it was a straight 6 motor. I don't know if they made nomads with 6 cylinders in 1957 or not. I did see a 1955 nomad with a factory 6. The owner said it was one of only six ever made. Maybe or maybe not, but it looked like an untouched original car.
As far as I know, the Nomads were all Bel-airs, they were top of the line back in the day, as far as 6 cylinders, I'm not sure if they had any in them.
No, never made any '210' Nomads...as for a six in a Nomad...in 1956/'57 you could order nearly whatever you wanted from the factory...I've seen plenty of convertibles with sixes in them so I'd suspect if someone wanted a Nomad wagon with a six for family vacations, they prolly ordered it. R-
As said..All 55-57 Nomads are Bel Air series cars..Engines ranged from 6cylinders to dual quads in 56 to fuel injected in 57 ( 55 's biggest engine was a single quad )...A 57 210 2 door wagon is a 57 210 2 door wagon...nothing more..nothing less...it is not a Nomad...ZZZ
I have a 56 One-Fifty wagon, often people will remark, "Nice Nomad". Often, it's really 90% of the time, if they look interested I'll tell them it's a Handyman wagon, back in the day a working mans car. But if it looks like the conversation will go no where I'll simply say thank-you. To some people it's a buzz word that takes in all TriFive 2-door wagons and nothing more.
Non-Real-Car Guys always swear that there Uncle, Grandpa, Neighbor, Friend, Etc., "...had one just like this, only different." OR, "...exactly like this one, in Brown, and it was a 4 Door not a Convertible, and it had blackwalls and a different interior, and a 6 instead of an 8. But it was exactly like this one ! Now is this a Pontiac or a Mercury ??" I guess sometimes "Ignorance Is Bliss." JK www.legends.thewwbc.net
Stole from the net... 1957 Bel-Air Series Body Styles Bel Air Convertible (production - 47,562) Bel Air Sport Sedan 4 Door Hard Top (137,672) Bel Air Sport Coupe 2 Door Hard Top (166,426) Bel Air 4 Door Sedan (254,331) Bel Air 2 Door Sedan (62,751) Bel Air Townsman 4 Door Station Wagon (27,375) Bel Air Nomad 2 Door Station Wagon (6,103) 1957 Two-Ten Series Body Styles Two-Ten Sport Sedan 4 Door Hard Top (Production - 16,178) Two-Ten Sport Coupe 2 Door Hard Top (22,631) Two-Ten 4 Door Sedan (260, 401) Two-Ten 2 Door Sedan (162,090) Two-Ten 2 Door Delray Club Coupe (25,644) Two-Ten Beauville 4 Door Station Wagon (21,083) Two-Ten Townsman 4 Door Station Wagon (127,803) Two-Ten Handyman 2 Door Station Wagon (17,528) 1957 One-Fifty Series Body Styles One-Fifty 4 Door Sedan (Production 52,266) One-Fifty 2 Door Sedan (70,774) One-Fifty 2 Door Utility Sedan (8,300) One-Fifty Handyman 2 Door Station Wagon (14,740)
Its funny as hell to me that youd call out some random guy face to face about what his car is or not, before you actually knew the answer.
I have a 1956 Ford Customline and some guy said "My Uncle had one exactly like it" He then said his uncle's was a 1960 Pontiac
I think OP knew the answer but just wanted confirmation. I think it's hilarious that some clown with a 210 2 dr wagon thinks he has a Nomad. The six was the standard engine. V-8s were optional.
40 Standard, that is correct. I wonder how many people know that the base motor for tri-5 Chevy cars (Corvette excluded expect for a handfull of 55 Vettes) was the 235 inline 6. V8s were optional, even on BelAirs. In 57 the buyer had the option of a 265 or 283. Primed 55, The Corvette Nomad was just a one off show car that received so much attention from the public that Chevrolet decided to go with a BelAir version. A fun fact was that the roof was suppose to be telescopic but there was concern about water leaks so they left those lines on the roof to mimic a telescopic roof.
I had a 56 2 door wagon that I raced at the local drag strip and it was always called a nomad by the annoucer so I painted on the roof " ruffles and nomads have ridges " I don't know if he ever figured it out.
I thought the last "Nomad" was in 1961. From 1958 up they were the top-line four door wagon in the Chevy line-up. The two door hardtop wagons were 55-7 only.
That is right. There was even Vega Nomad in the 70s but only the tri-5s are true Mads. Those other wagons just had the name Nomad stuck on the body. Big deal, anybody can do that. P.S. The Corvette Mad is the mother car.
Nomads were all top of the line Bel-Aires all other wagon were known as the Handyman wagon. Although they still used the Nomad name for wagons tell the early '60's they were not true Nomads like the 55/56/57 with the slanted pillar. CRUISER
ah but in 58, BelAir was no longer top dog and the Corvette/tri-5 Nomads were Station wagon hardtops.
It makes you wonder if the owner of the wagon was told that it's a rare 210 Nomad when he bought it........"Yup, just like the one that just sold a Barret Jackson for $800K, yeah, that's the ticket, yeah....for you kid, $85K today"
In '58, the Bel-Air was still the top trim level. Although the Impala hardtop and convertible had different body than Bel-Air, Chevrolet still classified '58 Impala as a Bel-Air option. Impala did not become separate model (and top trim level) until '59. The Nomad was still the highest level trim model wagon in '58, followed by the Brookwood and Yeoman 1961 was last year Nomad name used on full-size Chevy wagons. The Nomad name was also used on the lowest-priced Chevelle wagons, 1968-1972.
I continue to expand my knowledge base a lot at car shows...most of the new information shouldn't be confused with factual data already stored though. I gave up years ago trying to correct car owners who have muddy facts...just nod my head and move on.
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