Folks Of Interest 57 150 on bring a trailer

They look so much better without that huge side trim

 

The first thing I would do is blackwalls and poverty caps.
Probably lose the bumper bullets as well.

 

Gotta start somewhere!

 

???

 

I’m just glad that it’s on the west coast… fun looking at it though and daydreaming

 

Hell... I think I would have to lose whole damn front bumper!

 

The gills have got to go as well.

 

Yep, After all is said and done you will own a stripped down g***er only with more door ***le that may or may not get you legally on the street............................

 

Black widow clone

dropped in the dirt

 

How can the DMV make this claim? Vin plate nor trim tag does not provide info as to how many doors the car left the factory with?

 

I would think it would all start at the original "dealership" filling out the series body style? After that I have personally had the Licensing Dept. change that to whatever you built the car/truck into.

 

Curious. But you have two 2 door tri 5’s, do your ***les say 4 dr,sedan, etc?

 

^^^^^^^WA. St. does!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

Just looked at the 57 ***led back in 2021. I’ll be if it does not say “2dr”. Now my head is itching. I know my 56 back in 86 did not indicate anything about number of doors. When I go to the other house I’ll look.

 

To be clear, I wasn’t “calling you out” I was just curious, never had a tri-5

 

Did not take it that way. Learned something new. As in maybe DMV and Insurance companies teaming up maybe? After all, Boyd Coddington flipped registering cars in California upside down on us.

 

The only '57 Chevy I really, really like!!

Larry

 

In Pennsylvania the ***le code are cp for coupe, sdn for sedan, and conv for convertible. I have seen very old ***le's with rds for roadster. PA no longer uses that it will have conv on a drop top car. While sdn is considered a 4-door car today I have seen ***les for 50's 2-door sedans marked as sdn. Terminology has changed over the years. The ***le application was done by hand and the person doing the paper work listed it as what it was called at the time. Today the computer fills that part of the form if it can from the serial number. On an older car it can be changed easily when the ***le is transferred at the notary. We do not go to DMV in PA for ownership changes.

 

same with Oregon. They still list the door count to this day on new cars.

 

I have a '35 chev sedan delivery, ***le says 4 dr delivery when in reality there's only 3 doors!

 

On that note. The 56 in the avatar back when only stated sedan.

 

I love a 2 door sedan 57 and I like this car but I feel like the non-original 2 tone detracts from what makes a 150 so unique. Also I'd prefer blackwalls and dog dishes, plus deleting the gill trims and rubber bumper tips.

The conversion to 4 wheel disk seems unnecessary on a 235 car as well. And I like A/C but it's gotta be a dog on the 6.

I feel like someone talked the previous owner into some odd changes.

 

A 1957 VIN will denote a V8 or not, Make, year, plant, then sequence number. That's all. Body tag on firewall will denote body style, paint, trim, etc

 

The serial number should also decode between Belair, 210, 150, sedan delivery and Corvette. Does not break down door count though.

My 57's ***le said "unknown" in the body style blank when I got it and I told them to put 2 door sedan, no problem, even in notoriously picky Wisconsin. I don't think getting that corrected would be a big deal.

 

Full Nascar livery, slammed on the ground..

 

For the general unwashed public it should be pointed out that these cars were fitted with six lug hubs and wheels.



A lot more went into these cars than most people realize.






https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-chevrolet-1957-stock-car-compe***ion-guide/#jp-carousel-28965

 

I built this model a few years back, very accurate, 6 lug wheels and all.

 

Me, too.....like I did with my 150 years ago.

 

That's what a 150 should be. ^