This wagon actually had seat belts. Dad tells the story about the '58 chevy. We were going to drive to florida, he thought it was a good idea to install seat belts. Headed over to Sears (in Watchung) and when he drilled into the floor of the chevy the drill just pushed into the rusty floor boards. Took the belts back to sears and bought the wagon new off the showroom floor.
Plus it all changed the next year! Most body styles now go at least 4- 6 years before a major change.
| Looks like 210 4 door was the highest seller. Also, the wagons had models with tail gates, or with hatches. Some hatches open from the side or swung up. Their were certain sedan deliverys made for the us forestry service that had glass windows on the rear side windows like a wagon , but with sedan delivery swing up tail gate. I like the 150's bottom of the line. No flashy chrome, just the understated style. They did not even have arms rests on the front doos, and heat was an option. Speaking of options, you could order the 150 with the 283 FI engine, posi rear, 3-speed on the column with over drive. It was a sleeper with dog dish hubcaps and no radio/heater. A muscle car before the word was invented. 150 2dr Sedan | 71,135 |
| 150 2dr Utility Sedan | 8,817 |
| 150 4dr Sedan | 56,418 |
| 150 2dr Delivery Sedan | 8,907 |
| 150 2dr Handyman Wagon | 15,087 |
| 210 2dr Sedan | 162,851 |
| 210 2dr Hardtop Sport Coupe | 23,092 |
| 210 4dr Sedan | 273,696 |
| 210 4dr Townsman Wagon | 128,941 |
| 210 4dr Hardtop Sport Sedan | 18,206 |
| 210 4dr Beauville Wagon | 23,862 |
| 210 2dr Delray Club Coupe | 25,952 |
| 210 2dr Handyman Wagon | 17,996 |
| Bel Air 2dr Sedan | 62,942 |
| Bel Air 4dr Sedan | 264,449 |
| Bel Air 4dr Townsman Wagon | 27,822 |
| Bel Air 4dr Hardtop Sport Sedan | 142,518 |
| Bel Air 2dr Nomad Wagon | 6,264 |
| Bel Air 2dr Convertible | 48,068 |
| Bel Air 2dr Hardtop Sport Coupe | 168,293 |
| Total 1957 Production | 1,555,316 |
Usually I would hear them reffered to as a post car or a 210 post... My dad had a 210 as his first car and that's what he used to call it
Wow, 1.5m Jesus christ.... Now granted, it's not like chevy had the line up it does today in terms of different models... But that's an insane amount of cars.
That's only 4109.6 per day. The factorys were cranking. That does not include truck.
Those Pontiacs had the coolest dash board. My grandfather had a '65 grand prix, like airplane inside.
Some day we will say this about mid-size unibody SUVs.
. I picked up a cool vacuum coolant filler. You draw a vacuum on the system, then open a valve and the coolant gets sucked in. No bleeding required!
I have one of those, it works great to fill the tricky ones that get air bound. I stopped using it due to too many water pumps would leak afterwards. As it was being evacuated, could hear it pop. Then once running the pump was pissin coolant. I also had an older brass radiator collapse the tank. Kinda hard to sell a pump after the first price quote, and had to do a few for free. So F that!So, my friend was out in his 617rwhp 997 GT2 when there was a clunk and the oil light came on...
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It's at Bodymotion getting fixed and updated from 3.6 to 3.8L. Hopefully 650rwhp when it's done.
Finally finished the valve covers gaskets in my 360. Only took 3 months... Part of that was waiting on a couple parts from Italy. The rest was on me.
Make sure he hawks over Mike's work, I've had issues with him...
The factories use the vacuum method, even for brake fluid. So it's most likely these pumps were on the way out anyway. But, try telling that to the customer after they agreed to the repair price. Friggin pumps plus labor can easily reach $600 for a simple belt driven pump. Timing chain drive pumps can go over $1500++. I'll fill it the slow old fashioned way, been burnt too many times.
