Hot Rods This weekends "Barn Find" 55 Chevy 210

Well here is my find for this week. a 1 owner 60,000 actual mile 99.999% rust free 55 Chevy 210 4dr. 235 was just rebuilt, 3 spd, 1 repaint, no bodywork ever. Runs good but has bad gas etc in it. Fresh brakes all around and I mean everything. Missing the 1 pice of trim and 1 emblem, but Flattop Bob hooked me up with that stuff. New tires etc. It does need seat covers and some new bulbs , tune up etc. But ran like a champ until the points gave out. I already ordered a pertronix for it. This will be the "Family" car for the summer. It is so darn solid , straight and plain. I just could not leave it behind. I'm really not even a Chevy guy, but change is sometimes nice. I'll drive it until I find something else I want. Got a fair deal on it, and won't take much at all to get it ready to go. Might even be my daily for a while? Later, Rusty.

 

Here are a few more. The only rust is about a baseball size lacy hole in the pass floor board. The headlight brows and body mounts are as solid as the day it was made. I was amazed, easpecially for being a MO car all it's life.

 

nice find

 

That thing is f@cking awesome...nice score!!

 

great find.

 

Hell of a score !

 

Great score.

 

nice find, good luck and thanks for posting.

 

Sweet old moredoor

 

Great find!

 

WOW! throw some seat-covers on and cruise!

 

That is a sweet find.

 

very cool, will make a nice daily driver

 

Nice, It would look better with some 55 caps and 235 70s or a set of these 15s with 235s.

 

get a donor 2 door sedan and you could have a real hot rod.

 

This is WAYYY to good of a car to cut up or part out in my opinion. I would like to drop the front about 2", it has 215/70's now. I was thinking 195/70's up front and 235 70's out back on these wheels, I dig the little caps. But it has band new ties all around so I hate to spend unecessary $'s. I'm going to price some new seat covers and floor mats, a few other parts and just run as a stocker for now. Knowing me I'll have it for sale by summer, so I don't want to get too carried away. What is a good, safe cheap way to drop the stock front about 2" without messing up the allighnment much?

 

Cool deal, looks in real good shape. Patch the floors and call it done

 

Those floors & trunk are a good candidate for a rust encapsulation system. Almost a shame to do anything more than minor patching and try to preserve the rest. Amazing find there, great driver!

 

Amazing someone would repaint it that color, yikes!

 

Would be a shame to run it on winter roads in the salt and sand. From the looks of it, during it's life it saw very little of that service.

Sure it's a 4 door, but they are cool too and not many survive in that condition.

A very nice survivor and good find. I hope you treat it well.

Larry

 

do I see a Gasser in the future?

 

nice 55..... what would you take for it????

 

OH thats great! Just have fun with it.

 

nice find !!!

 

cool

 

Yeah those caps are O.K. but not original 55 dogdish caps, not that it really matters if you like them.

You might start a thread and ask, but I think cutting one full coil off those springs will get you a couple inches drop

 

Keep it original and drive it!!

 

Bless your heart! El mint-o cruiser.

 

Good advice lippy but it would be hard to not do anything to a newly aquired 55............just a little bit.............

 

cool find...... Have fun with it