Vehicle Description
Great classic car restorations don't just happen, they're
meticulously planned and executed, and if you get it right, the
results are something like this 1956 Chevrolet 210 sedan. Yes, we
know it has four doors, but look closely and you'll find an
extremely well-built cruiser with room for the whole family and a
vintage look that will turn heads everywhere it goes.
Any 1956 Chevy is a great-looking car, and this 210 4-door sedan
wears the same sparkling trim as its 2-door siblings and wears it
well. With twice as many doors, there are twice as many gaps to
fit, twice as many doors to align, and two extra panels to sand and
straighten, but the guys tasked with this job delivered in a big
way. This car just looks awesome in the flesh, with glittering Onyx
Black and India Ivory paint that shows off the vintage sheetmetal
to great advantage. And the 4-door carries its own cool details,
including the way the rear doors invisibly blend with the quarter
panel, giving it the look of a sporty 2-door, as well as the
decorative stainless trim at the base of the rear windows. This car
also offers a lot of chrome (which was surely expensive to
restore), plenty of stainless trim, and correct taillights that
always look like some kind of trick custom aftermarket piece. No
matter how many doors it has, this is one great-looking car.
A four-door like this really shines when it's time to hit the road
with some friends, with plenty of room for everyone. Stylish
period-style upholstery helps to uphold the classic good looks, and
wide benches fore and aft are all-day comfortable. And you'll
undoubtedly hit the road frequently thanks to the many creature
comforts this Bel Air offers, including a powerful heat/defrost
unit under the dash and a Kenwood AM/FM/Cd stereo radio stashed
away inside the glove compartment. Crisply rendered gauges look
fantastic through the spokes of a color-matched factory steering
wheel, and they kept it pretty OEM without even so much as an
aftermarket temperature gauge under the dash. Recent black carpets
protect the floors and insulate the cabin, door panels look great
at the flanks, and the headliner is taut and beautifully finished.
Out back, the spacious truck features a simple rubber mat, along
with a full size spare tire and jack assembly.
Easy and reliable cruising was the goal, and with that in mind the
restorers installed a 350 cubic inch Chevy V8, and it's topped with
a Rochester Quadrajet 4-barrel carb and a polished aluminum intake
manifold. There's plenty of flash under there, too, because you're
going to want to take this one to the cruise night and open the
hood, and you'll dig details like the chrome valve covers, chrome
air cleaner, and blacked-out inner fenders and firewall. A TH350
automatic transmission offers quick reflexes, while the front end
has sturdy control arms, shocks, and coils, while the stock rear
end hangs on a set of upgraded shocks so this car always has just
the right attitude. A dual Glasspack-style exhaust system sounds
awesome, and although there aren't any power options this 4-door
still feels great out on the road. Classic Cragar S/S wheels finish
the slick look and wear 215/70/15 front and 245/60/15 rear
BFGoodrich T/A white-letter radials.
Quite honestly, it's remarkable that someone built a 4-door that's
this nice, but that also means you get a screaming bargain on a
fully-sorted Tri-5 that's ready to cruise today. Call now!
