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Chevrolet 210

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A car produced by Chevrolet.  It shared bodies with the downmarket Chevrolet 150 and upmarket Chevrolet Bel Air.

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History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Chevrolet 210 page on 11 January 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

The Chevrolet Two-Ten, or 210 was the midrange model of the Chevrolet car from 1953 to 1957. It took its name by shortening the production series number (2100) by one digit in order to capitalize on the 1950s trend toward numerical auto names. The numerical designation '"210"' was also sporadically used in company literature. It replaced the Styleline DeLuxe model available in previous years. The Two-Ten was discontinued after the 1957 model year to be replaced by the Biscayne.

The Two-Ten series, introduced for the 1953 model year, replaced the Styleline DeLuxe series. It was actually the best-selling Chevrolet model during 1953 and 54, offering a balance of style and luxury appointments unavailable in the base 150 series, but was less costly than the glitzy Bel Air. Two-Tens offered the widest choice of body styles for 1953, including a convertible, Sport Coupe hardtop, two- and four-door sedans, and four-door station wagons.

As the American public began to prefer posh to economy, the Bel Air began to outsell the lesser series, including both 150 and 210 models. As a partial answer to this, Chevrolet re-introduced the Two-Ten Sport Coupe hardtop in the middle of the 1955 model year, and also added a four-door Two-Ten hardtop Sport Sedan for 1956. Neither achieved the sales of their Bel Air counterparts, however, since they were only about $100.00 cheaper than the Bel Airs, which provided more luxury and premium exterior trim.

Unlike the 150 series, Two-Tens were always available with the same luxury options as the Bel Air, including the Powerglide automatic transmission, power window lifts and seat adjuster. The Two-Ten Townsman was the top station wagon model offered in 1953, but the Townsman was moved up to the Bel Air series for 1954, only to return to the Two-Ten for 1955. The lower-priced Handyman station wagon, a four-door model in 1953-54, became a two-door for 1955-57. Both were joined by a nine-passenger Beauville four-door wagon in 1956-57.

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	Subject:  Modified 1953 Chevrolet 210 Custom Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  2008 Lakemoor Dollars For Scholars Car Show Location:  Lakemoor, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1953 Chevrolet 210 - 427KB
	Subject:  Modified 1953 Chevrolet 210 Custom Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  2008 Lakemoor Dollars For Scholars Car Show Location:  Lakemoor, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1953 Chevrolet 210 - 338KB
	Subject:  Modified 1953 Chevrolet 210 Custom Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  2008 Lakemoor Dollars For Scholars Car Show Location:  Lakemoor, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1953 Chevrolet 210 - 428KB
	Subject:  Modified 1953 Chevrolet 210 Custom Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  2008 Lakemoor Dollars For Scholars Car Show Location:  Lakemoor, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1953 Chevrolet 210 - 432KB
	Subject:  1954 Chevrolet 210 Advertisement Source:  The Saturday Evening Post Date:  12 June 1954 View image of 1954 Chevrolet 210 Advertisement - 25.3MB
	Subject:  1955 Chevrolet 210 Handyman Advertisement Source:  The Saturday Evening Post Date:  5 February 1955 View image of 1955 Chevrolet 210 Handyman Advertisement - 21.2MB
	Subject:  1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Miller's Dog N Suds Cruise Night: 2 June 2008 Location:  Ingleside, Illinois View photo of a 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 2.9MB
	Subject:  1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Miller's Dog N Suds Cruise Night: 2 June 2008 Location:  Ingleside, Illinois View photo of a 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 2.4MB
	Subject:  1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Miller's Dog N Suds Cruise Night: 2 June 2008 Location:  Ingleside, Illinois View photo of a 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 2.6MB
	Subject:  1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Miller's Dog N Suds Cruise Night: 2 June 2008 Location:  Ingleside, Illinois View photo of a 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 2.3MB
	Subject:  1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Miller's Dog N Suds Cruise Night: 2 June 2008 Location:  Ingleside, Illinois View photo of a 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 2.0MB
	Subject:  Custom 1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Fatboyz Cafe Cruise Night:  August 2, 2008 Location:  East Dundee, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 3,605KB
	Subject:  Custom 1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Fatboyz Cafe Cruise Night:  August 2, 2008 Location:  East Dundee, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 4,511KB
	Subject:  Custom 1955 Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  Fatboyz Cafe Cruise Night:  August 2, 2008 Location:  East Dundee, Illinois View photo of a Custom 1955 Chevrolet 210 - 3,837KB
	Subject:  "Public Nuisance" 1955 Drag Racing Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  2010 Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals Location:  Rosemont, Illinois View photo of 1955 Chevrolet 210 "Public Nuisance" - 3,168KB
	Subject:  "Public Nuisance" 1955 Drag Racing Chevrolet 210 Photographer:  Bill Crittenden Event:  2010 Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals Location:  Rosemont, Illinois View photo of 1955 Chevrolet 210 "Public Nuisance" - 2,773KB
	Subject:  1995 Fallbrook Vintage Car Show Artist:  Ken Eberts Car:  1957 Chevrolet 210 Event:  Fallbrook Vintage Car Show Source:   View 1995 Fallbrook Vintage Car Show Poster - 1957 Chevrolet 210 - 99KB

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