Art & Inspiration Happy 210 day ... Feb 10??

I've never liked the numbers game for cars. For a while, a lot of modern cars had them.

But I don't like modern cars. I like Impalas and Imperials, Suburbans and Savoys, Crestliners and Catalinas, Buicks and Bonnevilles, Custom Royals and Country Sedans, Supers and Specials, well, you get the picture.

So how did I end up with a 210? Wasn't there a Datsun B210 at some point? Uuugh.

I'm talking about Chevys from '53 - '57. Top of the line gets a nice name. Bel Air. Say it. It rolls off the tongue so nice. BEL AIR.

Prior to '53, Chevy had the Styleline, the Fleetline, the DeLuxe and the Bel Air. Then along comes an updated new body for '53 and '54 and Chevrolet goes with 150 and 210? Of course the kept the Bel Air, but what gives?

Why did Chevrolet drop the names in those 5 years and go with numbers. At least they didn't make a chrome emblem to bolt on the quarter panel. Real car names returned to the Chevrolet line up in '58, thankfully.

Here's my '54 210 when I got it in 1980, wearing Bermuda Green and India Ivory. And then when I got it on the road in 2009, wearing Roman Red and India Ivory.

Let's see your 210's both kustoms and hot rods.

 

Sorry, I no longer have the 53 210 but these are still around.

 

57 210

 

Well please, count me in. Someday I'll get a camera.
The #1 spot in my 2 car garage is a 210 '57.
It is sort of ( in appearance ) a clone of the one I drove in HS.

 

I've owned four '55 210s since '63. All have been Delray's. The white one was originally Harvest Gold/India Ivory. My current '55 is mostly original paint same colors as my G***er was from the factory.

 

It has something to do with body series being 2100, or that is just coincidence. Which in that case please forget I said anything

 

Exactly, they all had series numbers including the 2400 that everyone clings to.

 

This warms my ****les!

 

great idea, 210 day!

 

by wicarnut posted Nov 6, 2021 at 1:58 AM

My avatar, my one and only 57 Chevy 210.

 

Don’t forget hard tops!

 

OK
My high school car, all BelAirs are 210's but not all 210's are BelAirs.......right.



Station wagon bumper, I guess to cover the holes in the trunk lid required telling people what year it was too, hey I was 17!

 

@DDDenny Hard Top 210 have unique belt line and garnish trim vs a Bel Air Hard Top so no.

 

Know that Johnny, just wanted to play.

 

My High School car 210

 

Happy 210 day to you too, @54delray It`s Dad`s birthday as well. One of a few 210`s made in 1941.

 

Tell him a belated from me! I knew he was one of a kind!!!

 

He still is.

 

Dad's 210 in 1963.

 

My daughter's 210 and my 210 Delray.

 

210 sport coupe.

 

My High School 210 Chevy (1959).

 

Here's my 210 I finished in about 2012. I always liked the 210's more.

 

Here's a ****py scanned picture of a 56 210 hardtop I had back in 82. Fun car 327, 4 speed wish I had that one back. Sold it for $2200.00.

 

Dad's '56

 

Pretty cool mild custom your Dad had. Here's my Dad's 210