This is what I was saying about that suburban abomination.
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Conrad…what a boss!
So one time in Ypsilanti….want to hear the rest?
And kaboom…look closely, that half the block laying outside of the frame. Nitro puddled in the intake.
So one time in Ypsilanti….want to hear the rest?
And kaboom…look closely, that half the block laying outside of the frame. Nitro puddled in the intake.
This guy…Last year on drag week there was a lifted long bed square running with a nasty ls swap. Had 35’s at least and wheelhop for days! Reminded me of your truck!
Is that a family pic?
No. A friend sent it to me. Probably found it on FB.
Still cool though
Yep. Old school cool.
How common was a 2 door wagon in the 57?
Specifically, there were 6,534 Nomads built in 1957. Though you could get a 150 or 210 series 2 door wagon that didn’t have the Nomad’s distinct slanted b-pillar, ribbed roof, sliding side windows and deeply slanted tailgate.
150 Handyman 2 door wagons had 15,087 produced and 210 2 door Handyman wagons had 17,996 built.
Nomads by far had the lowest production each of the three years but 1957 was the lowest of the three.
I have a tendency to sniff out Nomad stuff.
Though after posting I remembered there probably was a rarer 2 door wagon, though it was technically a sedan delivery. Sedan delivery units obviously had no side glass past the doors, but there were some built for government fleet duty that had windows on one side or both sides.
On the surface the version with windows on both sides get mistaken for Handyman wagons pretty easily. But the key differences being sedan deliveries had a separate body number on the cowl tag and all sedan deliveries had a one piece liftgate vs standard wagons having a two piece clamshell gate/glass setup. There are some other sedan delivery details that only they had like bucket seats (the only car in the lineup to have them) and a wooden floor extension to extend the load floor all the way to the back of the seats.
I’ve never seen any numbers for the window delivery units, but it’s probably far less than the Nomad numbers.
I’ve seen a couple documented in magazines and only one in person at a junkyard. Dad and I made an offer for it but they knew they had a rare one and weren’t ready to let go of it. It was also the only ‘57 I’ve seen with a factory front sway bar.
my buddy had a 4-door nomad back in the day.. DD Speed just recently finished up hacking a 2-door.. forget if it's a 5, 6 or 7...
any of you guys watch John Doc?
I was there when this happened. This was a license pass.
Not familiar with him…
