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I like it, I prefer two door hardtop. The paint is nice, and the color is nice. As far as putting in a big block. Most won't out run a 373 built small block. Waste of time and money. Unless one likes to say mine is biggerđ!
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My first car was a 55 Chevy coverable. Green with a white top. V8 auto. Parents sold it when I went into the AF in 1963. Wish I had it now.
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A 55,56,57 have always been favorites of mine .
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
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Nice looking car. I prefer the 2 door also, give me a post though. I have a 1956 210 4 door sedan that I got when my father passed. He owned it a little over 35 year's and he loved that car. I use to tell him to convert it into a 2 door ( there is a guy around here who does it ) He was big on keeping it original. I had the engine rebuilt and am slowly doing some improvement's to it. My wife love's riding around in it. I like the Tri five chev's but late 60's early 70's car's are more in my interest, Having said that Dad's old chevy has a spot in the garage as long as I'm around.
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Yup, the old 2 door post looked different.
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When I was 14 or15 I'd decided I wanted a 55 for my ride when the time came. I looked & looked for a suitable fixer upper that a teen could afford & one never turned up. Loosing time & patience, I bought a 57 that I'd seen in the weeds during my searching. I turned it into a fairly sharp looking car for a teen & it served well. But to this day I wish it had been a 55, as I still like them better.
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Know fat, know flavor. No fat, no flavor.
I tried going vegan, but then realized it was a big missed steak.
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Just bought the wifeâs grandparents 56 Chevy as they are getting on in age and down sizing. Factory 210 4dr with the 235. Have all original parts as well as original bill of sale and purchase contract from feb of 56.
Has a Fenton dual carb intake and 2-2bbl carters. Grampa put the rallyâs on it. He was a hot Roeder back in day and had several cool cars. Have a 350 in the shop now being cleaned up so kids and I can build it this fall to drop in it along with a T-56 6 speed so we can cruise. Just neat old cars in my mind and amazing how simple they are That's better looking than the OP!!! Congrats!
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Whatâs the difference between a 55 and a 56 . I could never tell the difference?
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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Tail lights mainly. The '55 has a solid red lens cover, the '56 has a small red tail lamp in the middle of the tail light assembly.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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1955
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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That explains why I didnât know!!!!
Last edited by Whelenman; 10/01/23.
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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Grille is a bit different also. I think one of the few part's that is that is the same on the Tri five's is the trunk lid?
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I had a 56 4 door Belair as my first car. What great memories. 265 V8, yellow and black. The original bumble bee.
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Sweet! Love the continental kit and the skirts, correct mods of the era.
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I thought this "old school" '57 was pretty neat. Outside a Mexican place I go to in Sandpoint. If'n ya gotta screw up a Nomad - that's not a bad way to do it!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~MolÉĚËn LabĂŠ SkĂ˝la~
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Never been a shoebox fan. Give me slopey hot rods.
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I thought this "old school" '57 was pretty neat. Outside a Mexican place I go to in Sandpoint. If'n ya gotta screw up a Nomad - that's not a bad way to do it! But it's a 4 door, so anything goes.
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