Vehicle Description
1957 Chevrolet 150 2 Door Station Wagon
1957 would be the last year for the tri-five era, but in most
people's minds the best as far as design and styling. It has the
lineup of the models ranging in price and options from the 150
which was the basic car, to the 210 which gave us some upgrades, to
the top of the line Bel Air, which was the "loaded version".
For consignment, a 150 version of a tri five wagon. This original
model came from the factory with 2 doors, a rear gate, and a back
bench for extra passengers. The car was mainly built for the
suburban family to get around or the sole proprietor to carry out
their trades with the use of this car to haul, store, and shuttle
to various job sites. That is where it ends for the utilitarian 150
and our consignment takes over with numerous mods, upgrades and
customizations literally to the nines, making it even better than
the top of line Nomad in several more modern ways. READ ON!
Exterior
All beautiful straight steel panels, with well minded gaps cover
the now deep green painted end of the pool exterior of this car.
The visored headlights, gold grille side mounted rubber tipped
"Dagmars", wrap around grille, and lower grounding bumper are the
essential for the 57 year. Also the hood embedded rockets with
their dip down in the hood are another nice 50's futuristic touch.
All this chrome, brite-work, trim and badging is excellent, having
been removed and polished to a sparkling shine. The front wrap
around windshield is trimmed with shiny chrome as are the windows,
and rear wrap around the corner side glass has a very beautiful
rake rearward from the side view. This in conjunction with the
slowly descending spear and stainless steel ribbed panel on the
rear quarter are making up the "look" for the iconic 57 models.
Large fins protrude way past the rear roofline and house the
vertical tail edge trimmings, crescent moon shaped tail lights and
rear backup light ovals firmly implanted within the rear bumper
below. Vertical ribs adorn the rear tailgate and above is a crank
down rear glass within a working up and down tailgate. Fins were a
big thing in this era and these take the cake with a protrusion of
at least another foot of bodywork past the tailgate. Don't pierce
yourself when loading that 4x8 sheet of plywood or 5 gallon buckets
of paint inside! 15-inch Centerline drag wheels are on all 4
corners and all wrapped with 215/70R15's in front, and larger
275/60R15's on back all fun black-wall form.
Interior
Custom is the word bird, for this car as the confines of the doors
which sport black horizontal ribbed vinyl panels and chromed
actuator and cranks is a brand new interior. It has a 10 point roll
cage with swing-out side bars for easy access to the front modern
buckets with large bolsters and stitched tuck and roll inserts.
Racing bets will keep you secure during the boost to hyperdrive.
The dash retains its original square bump up from the factory 57
look, however is now all black and sports more modern gauges
flanking the 50's styled round large speedo. Plenty of extra gauges
are peppering the remainder of the dash now set up to monitor the
healthy mill upfront, (more on the in a few, stay tuned...), and on
the dash to is a huge tachometer with a shift light imbedded within
its black and silver round exterior bezel. Vintage AC and heat are
installed, and a gold BelAir badge is next to a rectangular 50's
styled clock. All the dash front is full metal jacket black. For
the back, a simple bench/bucket arrangement is in and it will be a
quest through the roll cage to get to it! Jumper styled seats are
only as a second thought back here. For the remainder of the
storage bed area, all is nice, clean, and with black short pile
carpeting. A Hurst shifter sits on the hump and black carpeting
floods the floors where the chairs are. The headliner above is nice
and tight and has back metal ribs in the seams to ensure it stays
that way.
Drivetrain
Residing within a completely restored engine compartment, we see a
clean well done 502ci V-8 monster mill which is the consigner
stated cubic inches. Within it has hydraulic roller cams with a
.640 lift and a 264 duration @ .050. The heads are Edelbrock
Performer RPM rectangle ported heads with 315cc runners and
2.91i/1.88e valves pushed up and down by Crane Race Gold roller
rocker arms. On top is a single 4-barrel carburetor on top of an
Edelbrock Endura-shine intake and its a custom 850cfi double pumper
version. On back is a 6-speed Richmond manual transmission, with a
Lakewood bellhousing, it has a Ram billet flywheel, and a Ram
clutch. On back a 12 bolt Eaton Pro Posi axle with 4.56 gears.
Kooks headers with a 2-1/8-inch primaries lead to a 3.5 inch
FlowMaster custom exhaust. Our consignor states that all this adds
up to 638hp, although no documentation exists to back this up, so
we will take his word.
Undercarriage
All normal underneath with no rust present, although if you call
"normal" ladder bar suspension with leaf sprung sliders on the
back, and independent coil sprung front suspension with front disc
braking and rear drum braking all like new. Also a custom 3-1/2
inch driveshaft and a 15 gallon fuel cell with a 1/2 inch fuel
line...completely "normal" for a racer. Performance enhancing on
steroids.
Drive-Ability
Our resident Mot�rhead drove this car and stated it was like high
octane sex. The buckets keep you secure whilst the throttle snaps
your neck and the sound produced from all these cubes is just
melodious. Great stable braking and power steering and braking
making driving this former 150 wagon a breeze. He likes it, Hey
MIKEY!!
I have a sneaky suspicion after reading this description I've just
conjured up that the only "trade" this vehicle is now involved in
is that of pink slips when the competition saw the back end of this
car from the rag drop. A super duper 150 in straight line
competition form with all the comforts of home save for the
fireplace! Only that's under the hood one could say during this
holiday season?!
A57T276647
A-1500 Series 150
57-1957
T-Tarrytown, NY Assy Plant
276647-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. 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 www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
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