Vehicle Description
1953 Chevrolet 210 Club Coupe
The noun wolf whistle denotes a distinctive whistle, with a rising
and falling pitch, directed by a man towards a woman to express
sexual attraction or admiration. Wolf-whistling was popularized by
one of the most famous characters created by the American animator,
director, cartoonist and voice actor Frederick Bean 'Tex' Avery
(1908-80): this character, the wolf, first appeared in Little Red
Walking Hood (1937), in which he wolf-whistles at the fairy-tale
young girl and then chases her around town until he gets hit over
the head with a hammer. The wolf reappeared in Red Hot Riding Hood,
released on 8th May 1943. This cartoon resets the classic fairy
tale in Hollywood: the wolf is now a gentleman about town in a top
hat and tails, who goes to a nightclub where he sees Red Hot Riding
Hood singing. She is so sexy that the wolf goes 'bonkers': he
wolf-whistles at her; he pulls out a machine that wolf-whistles for
him; he hoots; he slaps the table; his tongue rolls out of his
mouth; his eyes pop out of his head; he even starts hitting himself
over the head with a hammer as if trying to knock himself out.
For consignment, you'll see what all the fuss is about regarding
the Wolf Whistle intro in this 1953 Chevrolet 210 Club Coupe. Here
we have a robin egg blue example of a nifty fifties hot rod which
has been shaved, frenched and maybe even lowered just a bit, but
it's definitely HOT! Some snaky snarling side pipes, a Corvette
grille, flourish painted accenting pin-striping, and plenty of
chrome mirrors and searchlights hanging off of this car. All
straight steel with their gaps being well minded, and a snappy
interior to go along with the exterior. I'm prompted who do a wolf
whistle at this car, and my eyes are popping out of my head because
it did it for me, right from its horn to my ears...I guess it
thinks I'm sexy, but that's a whole 'nuther path to go down if I
was referring to Rod Stewart!
Exterior
Simplify was the word bird, with frenched head and tail lighting,
and shaved of its chromed trimmings save for the front and rear
bumper and side pipes. Robin egg blue, from Emeron paint, floods
the exterior of this entire car and it is looking very smart, and
light blue! Some extra trimmings are still on around the base of
the roofline, glass, and a belt line trim spear running the gamut
of this car. It sports a chromed 1957 Corvette grille. Live chromed
side pipes are residing on each rocker on each side, and not shown
in the pictures ...the car has neon under lighting. Cue the Wolf
Whistle! It's an award winner and star of the small boob tube
screen, it appeared in a story about Carlisle Chevrolet meet...Film
at 11. On back it is aptly named the Wanderer, all buttoned up and
with two tone dark blue and deep maroon flourishes highlighting
various sections of this automobile. 17-inch polished 5 spoke
American Racing Torque Thrust wheels are on all 4 corners.
Interior
A swing of the doors and we shake hands with a robin's egg blue
door sill and then the hits just keep in comin' with white vinyl
uppers, a chromed delineation with a question mark shape and on to
the blue broadcloth with tuck and roll vertical ribs. Lowers are in
dark blue carpeting, as are the floors of this beautiful beast.
Seats are a split front bench in all custom with their silver
bowtie badge in the centers also showing a 53 within them... kewl!
The upper backs are made up of a white vinyl. The mids are light
blue vertical tuck and roll broadcloth and then on to more white
vinyl. Piping is seen throughout the seats front and back benches
and all have seat belts now installed. Upfront the dash has been
modernized, (Lions and Tigers and Bears...OH MY!), with a peppering
of blackface gauges in the round next to the original speedo. These
gauges now reside on a field of ribbed aluminum and off to the
driver's left hangs a tachometer. Below some black metal for the
knobs and pulls, a B&M transmission torque converter lockup
control box, and an aftermarket DMS AM/FM/CD stereo player. Just
above is a plethora of more vertical chromed ribs hiding the front
speaker and moving over to face the glovebox on the passenger's
side. The obligatory fuzzy dice are also upfront, and some flame
flourishes are next to the B&M box. Very apropos. On the hump
is a T handle shift lever. Press the horn button and the Wolf comes
out of this car clad in sheep's clothing.
Drivetrain
Under the hood and I'm goin' to Mot�rhead church and picking my pew
as there are more pipes than a Wurlitzer merry go round organ on
this mill! This wild and wooly setup is a 383ci V8 and it has EFI
in stack form on top and a 700R4 4-speed auto tranny on back.
Waaaay back is a 10 bolt 3.73 pumpkin. Headers help greatly with
the exhale and the side-pipes definitely "rack off", (a term we
used to use in High School but I'm bringing it back!), the sound in
a semi closed in area. I see an aluminum radiator, like new master
cylinder and the rest is detailed and tinted up to the nines.
Undercarriage
Words like clean, rust free, awesome, undercoated etc can be used
here as all is looking just fab. Clean stamped steel floor pans are
helping keep the underside structurally sound. Independent coil
springs are on front along with power steering, and leaf springs
for the back are bolted on. Aoll supported by a Camaro subframe.
Power disc braking has been put in replacing the tired old drums.
Also power steering is now on. Rock n Roll! (Oh! wait, it hasn't
been invented yet!)
Drive-Ability
I felt like nuthin' but a hound dog, as I slipped inside for the
test drive. This beast fired right up and off to the test track and
then eventually town to show it off and make some noise. Yup! All
was working swimmingly save for the tires rubbing at full steering
lock in front, and the exhaust leaks, so you may want to have that
checked before you go to sleep.
Tex Avery would be proud of this sexy beast and it is a fun driver
and definite head turner. It's done just right baby bear on the
mods, and it runs fab!
B53B007014
B-2100 Series 210
53-1953
B-Baltimore, MD Assy Plant
007014-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
STYLE 53 1027-1953 210 Club Coupe
BODY M219-Baltimore Body #
TRIM 243-Unknown
PAINT 499-Woodland Green
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This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
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