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LOT #1052.1 - 1957 CHEVROLET 210 FI 2-DOOR POST
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The design of the 1957 Chevrolet components. The original engine was
Bel Air is pure 1950s - straight out of painstakingly rebuilt and believed
Harley Earl’s GM styling department, to be one of the less than 1,000
and complete with gun-sight hood passenger car Fuelies produced in
ornaments, extensive chrome and, 1957. The under-hood compartment
of course, fins. These cars were the has had every surface refinished
cruisers of choice - stylish, fast and and incorporates the famed Chevy
affordable. This Chevrolet 210 was Orange paint and distinctive insignia
custom ordered with performance valve covers. The power is put to the
in mind and features one of the pavement via the close-ratio column-
most fabled powerplants of the era. shifted 3-speed manual transmission
To best the competition Chevrolet and BFGoodrich Silvertown blackwall
had a few aces up its sleeve for 1957, tires adorned with factory steel wheels
when the automaker released the and poverty hubcaps. Inside the cabin
Rochester-produced mechanical is a bare-bones interior featuring two-
fuel-injection system its engineers had tone silver and black upholstery and
been secretly working on. Under the spacious bench seating. The factory
hood of this sedan is that legendary black vinyl floor covering continues
283ci fuel-injected V8 engine that the no-nonsense theme, as well the
produces a solid 250hp. A recipient fact that the car was ordered as a
of a comprehensive full frame-off radio-delete model.
restoration in 1999, this Onyx Black FROM THE RASER COLLECTION.
210 2-door post is in great condition NO RESERVE.
and refurbished with all its factory
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