Another Tri-Five! 1956 Chevrolet 150
Listed by the same seller that has a 1957 210 that I have written up recently, this 1956 Chevrolet 150 has also been in a shed for 30 years until recently (presumably the same one). It’s now listed for sale here on eBay where bidding is all the way up to $9,600 without a reserve. This car is also in Barnesville, Minnesota.
I’m one of the rare folks that actually prefer the 1956 Chevrolet styling over the 1955 or 1957 models. This one has just the right amount of shiny trim, too — not overly flashy but enough to highlight the pretty lines.
While the body looks solid at first glance, looking closer at the pictures provided by the seller show that you will have some rust repair to do if you want to restore this car.
This picture is a little more worrying, with not only the mounting pad pretty much gone but the flooring edge is pretty lacy as well. I don’t think you are going to get away without some metal work here even just to make the body sound.
The interior according to the trim tag was originally beige or gold vinyl w/gold dot black cloth. It was a two-tone car with Sherwood Green over Pinecrest Green. The buyer will have to decide what they want to do with it now.
The seller tells us that the (non-original) 327 V8 fired up once gasoline was poured down the carburetor throat. It has a three-speed transmission with factory overdrive as well. Some of the electrical accessories actually work, although the seller hasn’t tried driving it yet and suspects there are no brakes. Do you see anything that would make you throw the brakes on, or would you be full speed ahead with this ’56?
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Nice potential restoration I’m with you Jamie of the the three years the 1956 is the best looking how ever I still like the 1958 Impala more Minasota is a long ways away from Alberta so even if I could afford it its just to far away.
I haven’t seen any documentation where Chevrolet referred to the lower series by number. It was always “One-Fifty” or “Two-Ten”.
Is that a horn mounted on the left side inner fender?
Could be an Oogga horn
Hi Andre,
I believe that is a siren for a car alarm.
Cheers,
Bob
Ah! makes sense. Thanks.
It is not a siren for a car alarm, it is an aa-oo-gah horn.
Known as a Klaxon horn. ‘Cept mine makes an “arugala” note. Like it’s trying to hack up a mouse nest. The motor housing at the back of the unit gives it away.
Jamie, I’m with you on the design issue, but the price is ridiculous.
That is a good way to name this listing.
Another Tri-Five.
I tend to like base-model versions of cars, but tri-fives in general make me ZZZZZzzzz…..
The last ’56 I did was a 150 Handyman wagon in Sherwood and Pinecrest in the factory way. Roughly half of the paint was original. This sedan must have just had the roof top in the lighter color given the jambs and lack of the small trim piece at the top of the fender opening (unless an earlier repaint messed with all that). The floor rust Jamie points out along with the somewhat substantial bubbling of the quarters makes me wonder why this is bid as high as it is. But, each buyer sees what he wants to see……
Looks like a very well represented ’56 by a reputable Seller. Always nice to see a solid Tri-Five with original serial number tag and trim tag not messed with.
OK, I’ll bring it up. Barnesville, Minnesota.
Uncle Bob, Love your Handyman, perfect stance , Wheels and Tires work, and paint sets the whole thing off. I am guessing you built this for someone else, because you would be a fool to sell it and I know your mom didn’t raise no fools!
You’re very kind Joe, but I don’t have a long enough attention span to keep a car for 5 decades + like you. That’s why I find what you’ve done so admirable.
Me, I fix them up the way I like, use them for awhile, and then it’s time to move on to another on that long list I had in my head of cars I’d like to own. Though I’ve knocked off close to a couple hundred there’s still more list left………………just not near enough time and energy anymore.
I hate the thought of anybody else touching my cars, so I keep most of what I buy.
Who else is going to care for it better than I? Nobody.
I still have my first car I bought back in 1982.
Great Parts Car! I’ll up my normal price I pay for parts cars & offer $600.00 on this one!!!!
Uncle Bob, I have only kept one car that long, and it wasn’t planned ,it sort of just happened. I think the first time it dawned on me, I had owned it, 18 to 20 years, and needed some money, and I went, I can’t sell the 34, I have had it too long to let it go now. One of my better decisions.
However, I am like you my wish list is still very long, and I am always robbing Peter to pay Paul, so far about a 100 times. Also, like you the wish list is still too long, but the energy level is off a bit, and the time is a problem, I don’t work as fast as I used to, and the recovery time is also a lot longer. I ran a DA for about 5 hours today, getting my 53 truck bed ready for paint, tomorrow much of the same, if I can get up!
Yeah.. where are all the pain relief ads now? Hammer and dolly times are greatly reduced these days. The ads show people walking dogs along the beach, playing shuffleboard, and painting a landscape or fruit. “Just take two small pills a day. “
You realize the young studs on here are rolling their eyes and wondering “are they gonna start swappin’ Dr. stories now?” LOL