Photo: Barrett-Jackson
Back in the early 1950s, a Chevrolet production car by the name of Two-Ten (or 210) started being produced. It turned out to be not all that successful, and was discontinued in 1957, just four years after it made its debut. Yet the surviving examples are igniting the imagination of custom car builders in the U.S.
Over the years, we’ve seen our share of pumped-up 210s, but few were as inspiring to watch as the one we have here.
Painted in House of Kolor Apple Green Candy Pearl and featuring a smooth looking interior, the custom build seems serene and peaceful, a spec of green optimism in a bleak world.
But the car hides a secret. Instead of the usual Blue Flame powertrain and Powerglide automatic transmission that usually powered the model, the builder of this contraption went for a Chevy big block that is nearly double in capacity, and a much more potent transmission.
Back in the day when the 210 was mass-produced, the biggest displacement engine it had was a 283ci that packed at most 283 hp. This innocent-looking one though sports a 454ci V8 linked to a 4-speed manual transmission.
We’re not told how much power the engine develops, but the factory output rating for this unit back in the 1970s went to as much as 456 hp.
The builder of the car says he spent “thousands of hours” turning the 210 into what you see in the gallery above, with 400 hours going into making the body alone.
All that hard work may or may not pay off in January 2020, during the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is there that the car will go under the hammer.
As most of the cars taking part in this event, this 1957 Chevrolet 210 custom convertible also sells with no reserve, meaning it will go to the highest bidder regardless of price.
Update: sold for $44,000.
Painted in House of Kolor Apple Green Candy Pearl and featuring a smooth looking interior, the custom build seems serene and peaceful, a spec of green optimism in a bleak world.
But the car hides a secret. Instead of the usual Blue Flame powertrain and Powerglide automatic transmission that usually powered the model, the builder of this contraption went for a Chevy big block that is nearly double in capacity, and a much more potent transmission.
Back in the day when the 210 was mass-produced, the biggest displacement engine it had was a 283ci that packed at most 283 hp. This innocent-looking one though sports a 454ci V8 linked to a 4-speed manual transmission.
We’re not told how much power the engine develops, but the factory output rating for this unit back in the 1970s went to as much as 456 hp.
The builder of the car says he spent “thousands of hours” turning the 210 into what you see in the gallery above, with 400 hours going into making the body alone.
All that hard work may or may not pay off in January 2020, during the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is there that the car will go under the hammer.
As most of the cars taking part in this event, this 1957 Chevrolet 210 custom convertible also sells with no reserve, meaning it will go to the highest bidder regardless of price.
Update: sold for $44,000.
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