I remember our 1956 Chevy 210 2 door wagon. 6 and a stick. Dad installed the radio. Was a 2 tone until Mom rolled it in a field. The body shop fixed it and painted it green. Had it for 6 years and put 97000 miles on it.Topped out at 93 MPH.
It's cool that they keep cars like that around at that yard. Most yards would have crushed that long ago once it was stripped of the majority of it's usable pieces. And thank you Steve for showing us these pieces of history. It's awesome. I also enjoy the things that make me smile every morning... Katie, lockjaw, the creepy deer and your funny statements. It all makes for a very enjoyable channel. Thank you so much
The u pull it yards here have very little that’s more than ten years old. We do have a couple of old car yards north of Denver off the interstate in Erie, Colorado
@@patdesrosiers6423 There used to be a super-crazy, loaded old yard just north of Brighton on old US85. It was all crushed out years ago (and is now the site of the waste water treatment plant) but before it became history - a friend of mine bought about 6 or 7 - "57 Chevys out of there including a convertible ! He told me that the old guy that owned the place was a hard ass !
While it is sad to see these cars wasting away in the scrapyard, it was nice to see this one and also the Impala yesterday we're both harvested at some point to save and possibly keep another vehicle on the road. We can't save them all, sometimes you have to sacrifice a vehicle or two to rebuild another
No salt used on roads in the n.w.corner of Oregon things rust from the rain but nothing like the n.e. I used to spend a lot of time at the local yard & worked there prepping cars for the crusher that traveled from yard to yard (when I was between jobs... back in the 70's
Hello Ron. Thanks for watching and writing. I understand your feelings about "defacing" the paper props but these items are part of my life long research archive and I see them more as tools than collectors items. Fact is, most of my stuff can easily be found on eBay and isn't as rare as it might seem. So I'm not defacing "the last one" of anything. The main reason I underline or circle significant pictures / paragraphs is to make it easy to instantly identify the data I want to share during the somewhat panicked experience of making these live, real-time, no-second take videos. It also helps Super Shane Richardson the cameraman to zero in on the right stuff rather than hunting the page for it. The one thing I NEVER do is cut or slice these paper items. THAT is destruction I won't do. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Right on Steve. That makes sense. You and Super Shane make a great team. Keep the videos coming.... I really dig them! You got me hooked. I always look forward to your next video. And your model collection is super cool 😎😎😎 also!😁😁😁
Thanks for showing us the Handyman Chevy wagon there's one for sale right now in a small town about 5 minutes from my house right now keep these very informative videos come !!!👍
Back in 1960 one of our neighbors had one just like that, same color and everything. It was their second car and used it primarily for hauling stuff and going camping. Even at four years old I thought it was strange it only had two doors being a wagon as we had a 1956 Dodge Sierra wagon with for doors.
Great Video! Very informative and I'm especially loving it since I just bought a 1955 2 door Handyman wagon with it's original title from 2/2/55 . Ground hog day!
I had a 55 Chevy 4 door wagon, thought about converting it to a two door handyman, that car would've been a perfect candidate for parts! Then I thought about making a gasser out of it but ended up selling it to buy a 68 barracuda. I'd love to have a Nomad!
another great video. The poor wagon is just about dust. Neat the junkyard videos are back but I will miss the all model kit videos so keep sneaking the models into play while doing the actual junkyard crawl
Hello james webster, fear not the model cars and vintage paper are integral to giving these old vehicles a "voice" and I'll keep them coming when there's an appropriate match...which is more often than not. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Hi Steve great video on this Handyman wagon. I was told be a really old GM mechanic when chevy first introduced their 265 v8 in 1955, they had a problem with excessive oil burning. one of the factory "fixes" was to have their dealer mechanics slowly pour something similar to Bon-ami down the carburators to help roughen up the cylinder walls. I always wondered if that was true. Sorry I'm slow to the show thus morning 😂. Have blessed day everyone 🙏🏼 Namaste 🙏🏼
@@tomwesley7884 Hi Tom If I'm looking at the same thing, I believe that's a B series Dodge van and not the 67 Chevy Panel truck from the hudcap game videos. I wonder if the yard has an engine room maybe Steve can do an engine game series. Thanks for commenting 🤙🏼Have a blessed day, Namaste 🙏🏼
@@radiodeletedude Hi Mr. Taylor I've never really thought about what the old fellow had said until these past couple of videos Steve has provided. I'm sure GM didn't want that kind of info getting out on their launch of the modern V8. I also didn't know about the 1918 V8. I may have to read up on that one to see why it wasn't a success. Thanks for commenting 🤙🏼 Have a blessed day, Namaste 🙏🏼
Production numbers for that wagon (and I dig the two tone paint on the dash) are higher than I was expecting. Contrast that to the 1953 Packard Mayfair 2 door hardtop I recently found that's one of 5150.
Im glad that you dont show the dogs face. The scammers would be trying to get him to buy an extended warranty on all of those cars if they knew who he was.
Katie says, "Ok, no roast beef, let me get a quick pet and get on my way here". That is one friendly dog, a real gem. No VIN, can't win, but might be A for 150 Series or B for 210 Series, 55 for 1955 model year, maybe G for Framingham, MA or T for Tarrytown, NY or S for St. Louis, MO assembly (among other choices) and the rest is the production sequence. Framingham closed in 1989, Tarrytown in 1996 and St. Louis in 1986. Since this was a six-cylinder equipped vehicle, there would not be a "V" as the first digit of the V, which would denote the V8 engine being installed. No tag, can't brag, but can be somewhat figured out, no doubt: 55 for 1955 model year, 1263 for 150 Series two door wagon or 1063 for 210 Series two door wagon, S for St. Louis, MO or T for Tarrytown, NY or G for Framingham, MA assembly (among other choices), possible 503 for Blue interior trim or 504 for Green interior trim, possible 587 for Neptune Green exterior paint or 599 for Regal Turquoise exterior paint, among other codes. Perhaps you had your Sears Craftsman tools in your Chevrolet Handyman.
Katie is a charmer alright but on Broadway they'd call her a "mean scene stealer"! Wherever she shows up, Steve vanishes. But I'll happily share the stage with her any day! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
To me, this is where GM stepped up the industry and made arguably the best American cars for the next three decades give or take. They weren't perfect mind you nothing is but out of the bunch they were the better cars in almost every area. I think it's a shame what became of these great car companies GM is a shell of what it was, Chrysler is just a name left over from the ashes, and Ford is more or less the closest to what they were. This goes beyond car companies too, greats like GE, IBM and so many others, makes me sad...
A friend has a RHD 1956 Chevy out of Australia. The 55 and 56 dash lends itself well to this conversion. The cars were sent completely knocked down and assembled Down Under
Never quite worked out if the roofline and windshield glass is taller on a wagon than a Nomad, I’m presuming it is…? Did Handyman wagons have the same height roof as the sedan while the Nomad had a lower roof shared with the convertible and coupe…?
I clicked not knowing what to expect. Two door wagon. My late brother had on in the early 70’s. 265 automatic I’m fairly certain. I remember he swapped it for a 64’ Impala. Someone in Colorado may still have it. No, it was not a Nomad. Would’ve been worth a lot more today.
@@googleusergp That seems obvious and part of my point. If you factor our different population size and divide 50,000 by 5 I still personally wouldn't consider a production run of 10,000 here as particularly rare either. 50,000 of a particular model made still would have been a regular sight on your roads at the time relative to your population number. Fast forward to today and survival rate has far more importance in describing something as rare.
@@erroneouscode Well, it's also relative to how many of that sub-model were made in comparison to others in the range. For example, very few relative Pontiac G6 convertibles were made compared to four door sedans and coupes of the same vintage. So, they are "rare" compared to what you'll find in the typical G6 population or even what was at the dealer when they were new. It's all relative.
@@googleusergp "It's all relative" I agree. As you pointed out the market here is much smaller so what we define here as being rare will be heavily influenced by much lower numbers, relatively speaking. 😉
If you ever find a car that has a torque tube style rear suspension… How does the system (space management, control linkages, mounts) handle suspension roll? In a corner the engine would be, basically, a sway bar, and hitting a bump with one side could be catastrophic!
Yeah, but I've never looked at the engine bay (of cars with a torque tube) knowing that everything moves that way. I'm now curious how they looked, knowing they moved like that.
Reminds me of that 55 Chevy wagon that sat by the entrance of the one junk yard. It's been there since 70 is what the owner said. Yard closed up in 2019 car went along with the rest . DD SPEED SHOP DD SPEED SHOP could probably fix that . No probably not.
I love your channel, but have trouble visualizing the cars from the the compost. This particular yard in Bernardson has an apparently diminishing value as a parts source. Hope you find a more preserved collection to excercise your gift of description.
Believe those add on oil filters were by pass filtering some but not all oil in one pass.some used a roll of toilet paper as a replaceable filter media
You are correct, sir! And yes, J.C. Shitney sold an add on toilet paper roll filter and a conversation for an existing by-pass filter to ass wipe. Crazy but true!
First time I heard the term was as a kid reading The Hardy Boy series - Aunt Gertrude who was always referred to as a “spinster”. Now in my late 50’s, I actually know a couple……😂
@@customkey - Yep, a time when all was right in the world and bad guys never won! Can I jump in my time machine and go back because to be perfectly honest with you, the last couple of years have SUCKED…….🤯
Tom, if this was the first time that you have heard the word "spinster", either you are extremely young, or you have led a very sheltered life.😁 A "spinster" was the term used to describe an older woman who had never been married, nor had ever had any children. Another term used to describe these women, was "old maid". I actually have an older sister who fits the description. And I jokingly never let her forget it.😁
@@willhorting5317 I think a spinster had been asked to get married, but refused. An old maid was never asked. Remember the card game 'Old Maid"? Nobody wants the Old Maid !! 😁
Chevy came out with the 265 in 55. Then, the 283 in 57. I cant understand why they increased the engine size by only 18ci.They should have bumped it up to around 300ci. I don't know. I just don't get it....
I remember in the sixtys I would see a lot of cars from the 50,s and late 40,s drive by on the road. Some of them had severe blowby and blue smoke would be puffin out of that down draft tube. Days of non detergent low grade straight weight oils.
huge difference with the lead in the gas , it produces carbon in the oil which is very abrasive. the engines in the mid 50s to the mid sixtys were considerably higher quality because of this than whats made today. the carbon these cars had to deal with would blow away a modern engine.
Am I the only one who is a little surprised that Chevrolet had production capacity for an additional 250,000 cars in 1955 - if you told that to GM today I don’t think there’s any way they could pull it off……..????
Because these were made in at least five plants: Framingham, MA, Tarrytown, NY, St. Louis, MO, Baltimore, MD, Atlanta, GA to name a few. They could spread the demand out across all the plants and one plant could pick up the slack from another.
Still many "experts" who insist all 2 door wagons are Nomads. I watched a guy at a car show explaining to his family that a Bel-Air 2 door sedan was a fake because all Bel-Airs are hardtops. Idiots.
I really want to take one of these things and shove some AMC Eagle equipment underneath. 4x4 tri five wagon would totally show up all the Subarus at the local ski hill or campground. You could use a truck frame but that’s just a truck wearing a tri five hat. Eagle parts makes it the tri five rally car that never was
I'd be surprised if there hasn't been a tri-five 4x4, tri-fives seem to have been through virtually everything, If you got the time and money, go for it, I'd like to see it, especially with all the high-brow SUV's these days
1955 first year of TRI-FIVE CHEVYS For me looks is the 56. I am bias to the 57 only because it’s my birth year But the 55 makes a great looking Drag car. There is a couple of them in the **SOUTHEAST GASSERS** Drag Cars. My favorite is a black one with A Gold two tone paint job. I hate to tear up the 56 to make a drag car and the 57 is to busy looking for the drag strip. 56 & 57’s should be daily drivers for those who can afford it or Trailer Queens fir show cars. So I guess what I’m saying is the 1955 debut Chevy for forward looking evolution towards modern era cars has got to be my favorite. WHAT ABOUT CHEW STEVE PHIL ROBERTSON from Duck Dynasty a good Christian man says **WHAT ABOUT CHEW ?** His southern drawl says chee instead of YOU. 😃🙏📖📖📖✔️🤷♂️
82 an 83 gm f bodys have Japanese lookin english numbers and letters on the gages and speedo. 84 f body onward it looked normal, i worked for several chevy , gmc and olds dealers, and one dodge dealer. I remember little details I've seen over the years
Lets not forget Ferrari's use of the tried and true GM Turbo 400 3-speed automatic in cars like the Ferrari 400i V12 2-door 'family" car of the 1970's - '80's. Rolls Royce also used 4 and 3 speed Hydramatics from the early 1950's through the late 1980's! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
I actually added that dual-pronunciation bit in response to some viewer comments chastising my inability to pronounce Barchetta correctly in the March 18th video on another '55 Chevy. Was it YOU that took me to task? I was an English major in college and even studied Spanish and Latin in high school. But somehow I have trouble allowing myself to use "proper" pronunciation when it comes to vehicle names. Like the Pontiac LeMans. I'll always say Le-MONS. I just can't bring myself to say "Le MAWWW". It seems pretentious to my junkyard pea brain. My last name (Magnante) doesn't help matters. The "g" is silent - like in the word lasagna. I have heard a dozen mispronunciations (MON-YAWN-TEE is correct) over the years. Anything close is fair game. And I draw the line on Renault. There is RE-NO-WAY I'll ever pronounce that brand name and ignore the letters A, U, L and especially the T. Like who came up with that notion? I am a luddite. Thank you for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante hi Steve! of course French is alien rubbish! But Italian is not... why? of course, because we use roman alphabet and roman phonetics! No criticism; if you (Americans) want to say barcetta no problem, but when talking about Italian cars, barchetta (barketta) sounds correct, barcetta doesn't. I have been following your channel only recently out of fascination for old american cars, and don't know much about you. I appreciate your style and knowledge. Probably your father wasn't first generation Italian-American, and that may explain why you say Miniani instead of Magnante. Being an Italian that troubles me a bit... but that's my problem...
The Tri-Five’s are rapidly approaching 70 years of age, and it kind of strikes me how little automotive progress we’ve really made in that time. If you look at a ‘55 Chevy, it pretty much has all the same basic components that a modern vehicle has in terms of engine, drive train, basic features, etc. But when you think of the improvements a modern vehicle actually has, they tend to be ELECTRICAL in nature - infotainment systems and a plethora of electrical components that now assume functions that might have been handled mechanically on a Tri-Five - not the basic automotive mechanics! Conversely, if you reached 70 years into the past from when the ‘55 Chevy was built you would be living in 1885 - a time when (aside from steam locomotives) humans largely moved around the world on the backs of other ANIMALS! When you think of it in those terms, you can’t help but think that the last 70 years of humans aren’t NEARLY as bright as we fancy ourselves to be……🤔
By 1955 my grandparents were already in their 40s and were married nearly 20 years and had two kids. My grandparents did buy a Tri-Five Chevrolet brand new, and I believe it was a 1956. They had it for a number of years before they sold it. It was long before I was born. I believe it was a yellow car (I remember hearing it was a "lemon" and being "lemon" colored), so it was likely code 750 Calypso Cream exterior paint. My uncle had a 1959 Cadillac for a number of years, but sold it when he got married. Although he's not a car person by really any stretch of the imagination, he still wishes he had kept that. He would joke me, "Ah, stay single. I had it made back then when I had that car. I was single, had extra money, no responsibilities except for my job and life was easier". LOL.
@@googleusergp - Your uncle’s plan was MY plan - then I agreed to head down to Albuquerque to stand up for one of my college buddies at his wedding - D’OH…….!!!!!
Surprised by your comment this morning. Looking at the past 140 years, its just a blip in the time of human existence, much less the the earth. I still can't help to think why an internal combustion engine absolutely can't reach complete fuel efficiency.
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When I heard the jingle bells...I couldn't believe my ears. Just like the old days! Welcome back!
Steve, Wagons are always welcome.
It's now a stationary wagon
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The Handyman is now a StuckenSand😂
Ha ha cute.
Well-played
I remember our 1956 Chevy 210 2 door wagon. 6 and a stick. Dad installed the radio. Was a 2 tone until Mom rolled it in a field. The body shop fixed it and painted it green. Had it for 6 years and put 97000 miles on it.Topped out at 93 MPH.
How many words per minute can Steve put in with great Content. Those 2 doors are rare. Great Video Steve and Shane 🎥👍.
Harley Earl is one of my heroes he had real vision of what people want.
It's cool that they keep cars like that around at that yard. Most yards would have crushed that long ago once it was stripped of the majority of it's usable pieces. And thank you Steve for showing us these pieces of history. It's awesome. I also enjoy the things that make me smile every morning... Katie, lockjaw, the creepy deer and your funny statements. It all makes for a very enjoyable channel. Thank you so much
Rudolph Diesel ⛽️ Head is Not Creepy
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The u pull it yards here have very little that’s more than ten years old. We do have a couple of old car yards north of Denver off the interstate in Erie, Colorado
@@patdesrosiers6423 There used to be a super-crazy, loaded old yard just north of Brighton on old US85. It was all crushed out years ago (and is now the
site of the waste water treatment plant) but before it became history - a friend of mine bought about 6 or 7 - "57 Chevys out of there
including a convertible ! He told me that the old guy that owned the place was a hard ass !
A friend has a 1957 Handyman wagon. He has a little sign on each side of the rear quarter glass that says “I am not a Nomad”
While it is sad to see these cars wasting away in the scrapyard, it was nice to see this one and also the Impala yesterday we're both harvested at some point to save and possibly keep another vehicle on the road.
We can't save them all, sometimes you have to sacrifice a vehicle or two to rebuild another
No salt used on roads in the n.w.corner of Oregon things rust from the rain but nothing like the n.e. I used to spend a lot of time at the local yard & worked there prepping cars for the crusher that traveled from yard to yard (when I was between jobs... back in the 70's
@@speedfreak8200 yes, absolutely. Even our newer cars are rusting away.
Everything takes a beating up here with the salt that use every year
Some of the most beautiful cars ever built from the 50s! The 55-57 Chevy’s and the nomads!
Once again, I learned several new things.
Always learn from automotive historian Steve
I love how there is a never ending supply of cool cars, to talk about.
Cool stuff!
Only thing is every time I see a scribbled on old car magazine or dealer brochure , I can't help to shudder just a little bit😂😂
Hello Ron. Thanks for watching and writing. I understand your feelings about "defacing" the paper props but these items are part of my life long research archive and I see them more as tools than collectors items. Fact is, most of my stuff can easily be found on eBay and isn't as rare as it might seem. So I'm not defacing "the last one" of anything. The main reason I underline or circle significant pictures / paragraphs is to make it easy to instantly identify the data I want to share during the somewhat panicked experience of making these live, real-time, no-second take videos. It also helps Super Shane Richardson the cameraman to zero in on the right stuff rather than hunting the page for it. The one thing I NEVER do is cut or slice these paper items. THAT is destruction I won't do. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Right on Steve.
That makes sense. You and Super Shane make a great team. Keep the videos coming.... I really dig them! You got me hooked. I always look forward to your next video. And your model collection is super cool 😎😎😎 also!😁😁😁
My first car was a 55 bel air. Ford and Chrysler also stepped up their game in 1955.
Thanks for showing us the Handyman Chevy wagon there's one for sale right now in a small town about 5 minutes from my house right now keep these very informative videos come !!!👍
Love the Nomads. Had the pleasure of going to see the " Chrome Roamers " car shows at Salisbury Beach when I was growing up. Thanks Steve.
In the 70s my grandfather cousin one older lady it was silver and wight with red interior beauty my friend and all loved it
Morning Steve another good day in the junkyard thank you brother another good video My very first car 1955 Chevy I was in high school
I didn't realize the Nomad was that different from the standard wagon. Thanks for the lesson Steve!
Back in 1960 one of our neighbors had one just like that, same color and everything. It was their second car and used it primarily for hauling stuff and going camping. Even at four years old I thought it was strange it only had two doors being a wagon as we had a 1956 Dodge Sierra wagon with for doors.
Awesome video Steve. Good to
See Rudolph is still chillin in the
Bone yard.
Good Morning Gents 🇺🇸
Good morning Steve.
Great Video! Very informative and I'm especially loving it since I just bought a 1955 2 door Handyman wagon with it's original title from 2/2/55 . Ground hog day!
I had a 55 Chevy 4 door wagon, thought about converting it to a two door handyman, that car would've been a perfect candidate for parts! Then I thought about making a gasser out of it but ended up selling it to buy a 68 barracuda. I'd love to have a Nomad!
another great video. The poor wagon is just about dust. Neat the junkyard videos are back but I will miss the all model kit videos so keep sneaking the models into play while doing the actual junkyard crawl
Easy access to the engine and frame,kinda cool; wonder if the grill belonged to that car
Hello james webster, fear not the model cars and vintage paper are integral to giving these old vehicles a "voice" and I'll keep them coming when there's an appropriate match...which is more often than not. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Hi Steve great video on this Handyman wagon. I was told be a really old GM mechanic when chevy first introduced their 265 v8 in 1955, they had a problem with excessive oil burning. one of the factory "fixes" was to have their dealer mechanics slowly pour something similar to Bon-ami down the carburators to help roughen up the cylinder walls. I always wondered if that was true. Sorry I'm slow to the show thus morning 😂. Have blessed day everyone 🙏🏼 Namaste 🙏🏼
I recall this too.
Was that the hubcap van across the way?
@@tomwesley7884 Hi Tom If I'm looking at the same thing, I believe that's a B series Dodge van and not the 67 Chevy Panel truck from the hudcap game videos. I wonder if the yard has an engine room maybe Steve can do an engine game series. Thanks for commenting 🤙🏼Have a blessed day, Namaste 🙏🏼
@@radiodeletedude Hi Mr. Taylor I've never really thought about what the old fellow had said until these past couple of videos Steve has provided. I'm sure GM didn't want that kind of info getting out on their launch of the modern V8. I also didn't know about the 1918 V8. I may have to read up on that one to see why it wasn't a success. Thanks for commenting 🤙🏼 Have a blessed day, Namaste 🙏🏼
Sounds far fetched, but maybe someone can provide evidence 🤔
Production numbers for that wagon (and I dig the two tone paint on the dash) are higher than I was expecting. Contrast that to the 1953 Packard Mayfair 2 door hardtop I recently found that's one of 5150.
Love wagons. Especially 2 doors
Im glad that you dont show the dogs face. The scammers would be trying to get him to buy an extended warranty on all of those cars if they knew who he was.
She. Her name is Katie.
Katie says, "Ok, no roast beef, let me get a quick pet and get on my way here". That is one friendly dog, a real gem.
No VIN, can't win, but might be A for 150 Series or B for 210 Series, 55 for 1955 model year, maybe G for Framingham, MA or T for Tarrytown, NY or S for St. Louis, MO assembly (among other choices) and the rest is the production sequence. Framingham closed in 1989, Tarrytown in 1996 and St. Louis in 1986. Since this was a six-cylinder equipped vehicle, there would not be a "V" as the first digit of the V, which would denote the V8 engine being installed.
No tag, can't brag, but can be somewhat figured out, no doubt: 55 for 1955 model year, 1263 for 150 Series two door wagon or 1063 for 210 Series two door wagon, S for St. Louis, MO or T for Tarrytown, NY or G for Framingham, MA assembly (among other choices), possible 503 for Blue interior trim or 504 for Green interior trim, possible 587 for Neptune Green exterior paint or 599 for Regal Turquoise exterior paint, among other codes.
Perhaps you had your Sears Craftsman tools in your Chevrolet Handyman.
Katie is a charmer alright but on Broadway they'd call her a "mean scene stealer"! Wherever she shows up, Steve vanishes. But I'll happily share the stage with her any day! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante She's very friendly and really a great dog. You can tell she just enjoys human company.
How do you know it was Katie? The dog’s identity was obscured. 😅
@@mattskustomkreations The Google Man knows.....LOL.
Morning Steve....
My 55 Chevy had the 265 Power Pack with a Power Glide.
Thanks so much!
I can just picture Sammy Davis Jr at the wheel, and Dean, Frank and Joey inebriated in the back, sort of a reverse "green book" scene.
Always like your video’s thanks Steve
Some one will snag that grill eventually since it's the only piece left.
Would look cool on the garage wall
KEEP UP THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF THE STEVE MAGNANTE YOU TUBE VIDEOS WE LOVE EM BROTHER STEVE
To me, this is where GM stepped up the industry and made arguably the best American cars for the next three decades give or take. They weren't perfect mind you nothing is but out of the bunch they were the better cars in almost every area. I think it's a shame what became of these great car companies GM is a shell of what it was, Chrysler is just a name left over from the ashes, and Ford is more or less the closest to what they were. This goes beyond car companies too, greats like GE, IBM and so many others, makes me sad...
I’m noticing more and more how dashboards were designed to accommodate left OR right hand drive.
Bit of a stretch but ok.
The 55-57 built in Australia as RHD were. Even the 57s had the same dash because it was easier to convert.
Never thought of it that way, just a nice symmetrical look
@@jeffs7944 It's actually probably the reason why it was done because these cars were indeed sold for the export market.
A friend has a RHD 1956 Chevy out of Australia. The 55 and 56 dash lends itself well to this conversion. The cars were sent completely knocked down and assembled Down Under
Great video Steve. Miss Lockjaw
Thankyou my half piasano steve....lol
Did the dog not want his face on video?😂
May be in Witness Protection
@@patdesrosiers6423 Witness PAW-tection? Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Perfect Jr. Stock, at least before the Northeast chem milling.
Tom Cotter would say "This one will clean up. An afternoon of washing and waxing, and it will look a lot better!"
If that engine isn’t stuck or have a valve cover full of mouse nest it would probably run
@@patdesrosiers6423 I bet it would. Then a bit of polish and it will drive too
Good morning, I am late! Slept in.
I remember Hotrod Magazine displaying corvette with a 55 chevy grill
I blame you for my now obsession with altered wheelbase cars!. Great stuff
When i was young ,i thought all 55 chevies came from the factory like the Badman model 😂
All I know is that the red Barchetta was from a better vintage time.
Never quite worked out if the roofline and windshield glass is taller on a wagon than a Nomad, I’m presuming it is…? Did Handyman wagons have the same height roof as the sedan while the Nomad had a lower roof shared with the convertible and coupe…?
I clicked not knowing what to expect. Two door wagon. My late brother had on in the early 70’s. 265 automatic I’m fairly certain. I remember he swapped it for a 64’ Impala. Someone in Colorado may still have it. No, it was not a Nomad. Would’ve been worth a lot more today.
It always amuses me when someone in the states references a production run of
The market is vastly smaller there than in the United States.
@@googleusergp That seems obvious and part of my point. If you factor our different population size and divide 50,000 by 5 I still personally wouldn't consider a production run of 10,000 here as particularly rare either. 50,000 of a particular model made still would have been a regular sight on your roads at the time relative to your population number. Fast forward to today and survival rate has far more importance in describing something as rare.
@@erroneouscode Well, it's also relative to how many of that sub-model were made in comparison to others in the range. For example, very few relative Pontiac G6 convertibles were made compared to four door sedans and coupes of the same vintage. So, they are "rare" compared to what you'll find in the typical G6 population or even what was at the dealer when they were new. It's all relative.
@@googleusergp "It's all relative"
I agree. As you pointed out the market here is much smaller so what we define here as being rare will be heavily influenced by much lower numbers, relatively speaking. 😉
Good one
235 is for a great for cutting the block down for shorter stroke.
any Auction results videos possible?
Doesn’t burn any oil ,doesn’t burn any gas either.lol
Just wondering if the dog is in the witness protection program.
Witness pawtection
Here before that guy that isn't allowed his own YT account. Can't imagine....
His wife must be a real treat. Probably more like a real piece of work.
Hey Steve is that a 50000 dollar tune up and a little body work lol 😆 😉 😜
It's ready to roll with the go-fast weight reduction
@@tomwesley7884 that is so true. Does need the v8
If you ever find a car that has a torque tube style rear suspension…
How does the system (space management, control linkages, mounts) handle suspension roll?
In a corner the engine would be, basically, a sway bar, and hitting a bump with one side could be catastrophic!
The torque tube articulates at the transmission and is solid from their back. A pain to work on. Ford banjo rear ends and many others also like that
Yeah, but I've never looked at the engine bay (of cars with a torque tube) knowing that everything moves that way. I'm now curious how they looked, knowing they moved like that.
Luv the videos
This is more like an archeological event
Reminds me of that 55 Chevy wagon that sat by the entrance of the one junk yard. It's been there since 70 is what the owner said. Yard closed up in 2019 car went along with the rest .
DD SPEED SHOP DD SPEED SHOP could probably fix that . No probably not.
Sure, maybe a Canadian perspective would help
I love your channel, but have trouble visualizing the cars from the the compost. This particular yard in Bernardson has an apparently diminishing value as a parts source. Hope you find a more preserved collection to excercise your gift of description.
Bellissimo !!
AM BACK 🦌👌 !
210, has chrome around the front windshield
Believe those add on oil filters were by pass filtering some but not all oil in one pass.some used a roll of toilet paper as a replaceable filter media
You are correct, sir!
And yes, J.C. Shitney sold an add on toilet paper roll filter and a conversation for an existing by-pass filter to ass wipe. Crazy but true!
Did Steve say "spinster?" Where's he coming up with this stuff. Numbers matching changes everything, I'm all over this.
First time I heard the term was as a kid reading The Hardy Boy series - Aunt Gertrude who was always referred to as a “spinster”. Now in my late 50’s, I actually know a couple……😂
@@ddellwo Damn, Frank and Joe...I also read those books as a kid, good stuff.
@@customkey - Yep, a time when all was right in the world and bad guys never won! Can I jump in my time machine and go back because to be perfectly honest with you, the last couple of years have SUCKED…….🤯
Tom, if this was the first time that you have heard the word "spinster", either you are extremely young, or you have led a very sheltered life.😁
A "spinster" was the term used to describe an older woman who had never been married, nor had ever had any children.
Another term used to describe these women, was "old maid".
I actually have an older sister who fits the description. And I jokingly never let her forget it.😁
@@willhorting5317 I think a spinster had been asked to get married, but refused.
An old maid was never asked. Remember the card game 'Old Maid"? Nobody wants the Old Maid !! 😁
Chevy came out with the 265 in 55. Then, the 283 in 57. I cant understand why they increased the engine size by only 18ci.They should have bumped it up to around 300ci. I don't know. I just don't get it....
That will buff out. 😅😂
I remember in the sixtys I would see a lot of cars from the 50,s and late 40,s drive by on the road. Some of them had severe blowby and blue smoke would be puffin out of that down draft tube. Days of non detergent low grade straight weight oils.
huge difference with the lead in the gas , it produces carbon in the oil which is very abrasive. the engines in the mid 50s to the mid sixtys were considerably higher quality because of this than whats made today. the carbon these cars had to deal with would blow away a modern engine.
Hi Deer
Hi katie !
Am I the only one who is a little surprised that Chevrolet had production capacity for an additional 250,000 cars in 1955 - if you told that to GM today I don’t think there’s any way they could pull it off……..????
Because these were made in at least five plants: Framingham, MA, Tarrytown, NY, St. Louis, MO, Baltimore, MD, Atlanta, GA to name a few. They could spread the demand out across all the plants and one plant could pick up the slack from another.
Good
Still many "experts" who insist all 2 door wagons are Nomads. I watched a guy at a car show explaining to his family that a Bel-Air 2 door sedan was a fake because all Bel-Airs are hardtops. Idiots.
Not a perimeter frame...a ladder frame.
I really want to take one of these things and shove some AMC Eagle equipment underneath. 4x4 tri five wagon would totally show up all the Subarus at the local ski hill or campground. You could use a truck frame but that’s just a truck wearing a tri five hat. Eagle parts makes it the tri five rally car that never was
I'd be surprised if there hasn't been a tri-five 4x4, tri-fives seem to have been through virtually everything, If you got the time and money, go for it, I'd like to see it, especially with all the high-brow SUV's these days
@@tomwesley7884 I've seen Tri-Fives put on 4x4 chassis, mostly GM square body chassis from what I remember.
I doubt it, but if that 235 wasn't seized, it'll run in 15 minutes.
No matter if its seized
1955 first year of TRI-FIVE CHEVYS For me looks is the 56. I am bias to the 57 only because it’s my birth year But the 55 makes a great looking Drag car. There is a couple of them in the
**SOUTHEAST GASSERS**
Drag Cars. My favorite is a black one with A Gold two tone paint job. I hate to tear up the 56 to make a drag car and the 57 is to busy looking for the drag strip. 56 & 57’s should be daily drivers for those who can afford it or Trailer Queens fir show cars.
So I guess what I’m saying is the 1955 debut Chevy for forward looking evolution towards modern era cars has got to be my favorite. WHAT ABOUT CHEW STEVE
PHIL ROBERTSON from Duck Dynasty a good Christian man says **WHAT ABOUT CHEW ?** His southern drawl says chee instead of YOU. 😃🙏📖📖📖✔️🤷♂️
12-volt ?
Yes, Chevy cars beginning in '55, would have been 12 volt.
When those cars were put there im sure non of those trees were there
Hard to say, I guess the trees don't seem to be too old
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Who's back?
Rudolph Dieselhead
@@tomwesley7884 Amen.
Still parts on it,lol.
I've seen Ferrari influence GM a lot. I think the whole second gen fbody profile (70-81 Camaro and Firebird) took a lot from 250 GTO and others.
It’s gone both ways. Ferrari uses GM mag ride in the newer stuff
82 an 83 gm f bodys have Japanese lookin english numbers and letters on the gages and speedo. 84 f body onward it looked normal, i worked for several chevy , gmc and olds dealers, and one dodge dealer. I remember little details I've seen over the years
You can thank John DeLorean for that. He was always into the trendy, chic and jet set type life style that often pervaded Europe during that time.
Lets not forget Ferrari's use of the tried and true GM Turbo 400 3-speed automatic in cars like the Ferrari 400i V12 2-door 'family" car of the 1970's - '80's. Rolls Royce also used 4 and 3 speed Hydramatics from the early 1950's through the late 1980's! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante They also used them later on and also used "The Log", the A-6 Frigidaire/GM axial compressor as well.
Wow you eventually remembered the right pronunciation of the name "barchetta"! Your only surviving Italian chromosome must have been celebrating!
I think he stated he's half Italian, surely on his father's side. I want to say he said he was possibly Hungarian too.
I actually added that dual-pronunciation bit in response to some viewer comments chastising my inability to pronounce Barchetta correctly in the March 18th video on another '55 Chevy. Was it YOU that took me to task? I was an English major in college and even studied Spanish and Latin in high school. But somehow I have trouble allowing myself to use "proper" pronunciation when it comes to vehicle names. Like the Pontiac LeMans. I'll always say Le-MONS. I just can't bring myself to say "Le MAWWW". It seems pretentious to my junkyard pea brain. My last name (Magnante) doesn't help matters. The "g" is silent - like in the word lasagna. I have heard a dozen mispronunciations (MON-YAWN-TEE is correct) over the years. Anything close is fair game. And I draw the line on Renault. There is RE-NO-WAY I'll ever pronounce that brand name and ignore the letters A, U, L and especially the T. Like who came up with that notion? I am a luddite. Thank you for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante hi Steve! of course French is alien rubbish! But Italian is not... why? of course, because we use roman alphabet and roman phonetics! No criticism; if you (Americans) want to say barcetta no problem, but when talking about Italian cars, barchetta (barketta) sounds correct, barcetta doesn't. I have been following your channel only recently out of fascination for old american cars, and don't know much about you. I appreciate your style and knowledge. Probably your father wasn't first generation Italian-American, and that may explain why you say Miniani instead of Magnante. Being an Italian that troubles me a bit... but that's my problem...
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(Who cared?!) Was great!!
❤️🙏🖖
Where did you go? Oh you were in rut,chasing the girls!
Put the poor deer down lol
Nooo!
What deer? Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Must have been seeing things
Hi Dan the deer !
Why do you hide the dogs identity?
Poor old car haha
The Tri-Five’s are rapidly approaching 70 years of age, and it kind of strikes me how little automotive progress we’ve really made in that time. If you look at a ‘55 Chevy, it pretty much has all the same basic components that a modern vehicle has in terms of engine, drive train, basic features, etc. But when you think of the improvements a modern vehicle actually has, they tend to be ELECTRICAL in nature - infotainment systems and a plethora of electrical components that now assume functions that might have been handled mechanically on a Tri-Five - not the basic automotive mechanics!
Conversely, if you reached 70 years into the past from when the ‘55 Chevy was built you would be living in 1885 - a time when (aside from steam locomotives) humans largely moved around the world on the backs of other ANIMALS! When you think of it in those terms, you can’t help but think that the last 70 years of humans aren’t NEARLY as bright as we fancy ourselves to be……🤔
By 1955 my grandparents were already in their 40s and were married nearly 20 years and had two kids. My grandparents did buy a Tri-Five Chevrolet brand new, and I believe it was a 1956. They had it for a number of years before they sold it. It was long before I was born. I believe it was a yellow car (I remember hearing it was a "lemon" and being "lemon" colored), so it was likely code 750 Calypso Cream exterior paint. My uncle had a 1959 Cadillac for a number of years, but sold it when he got married. Although he's not a car person by really any stretch of the imagination, he still wishes he had kept that. He would joke me, "Ah, stay single. I had it made back then when I had that car. I was single, had extra money, no responsibilities except for my job and life was easier". LOL.
@@googleusergp - Your uncle’s plan was MY plan - then I agreed to head down to Albuquerque to stand up for one of my college buddies at his wedding - D’OH…….!!!!!
@@ddellwo How did that change your plan? LOL.
Surprised by your comment this morning. Looking at the past 140 years, its just a blip in the time of human existence, much less the the earth. I still can't help to think why an internal combustion engine absolutely can't reach complete fuel efficiency.
I won’t go into details but it had long hair and nice curves…….😂
Friends don't' let friends grow goatee's.
Just say no.
(you're just that much closer to a "man" bun)
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