Hot Rods Rarity of a 1955 2 door wagon?

So about my wagon... Which I still havent had time to tow home and sitting at my buddys tire store... and people are bugging me to death about it wanting to buy it... I guy came up today from Raleigh with a tralier (about 3.5 hours away) because his friend had told him he saw one...
After about hour and a half listening to him tell me about how much work its going to be to fix it and how horrible shape its in (note: we were standing in my restoration shop with 4 project cars in it) and that I need to just sell it to him, I told him to go away... He got very upset with me and left...

So theres the story now heres the question... Is this thing really that rare or do people just want it cause I have it. haha... The wife would kill me if I sold another project I told her I was going to fix...

 

Chevy made about 37,000 two door non-Nomad wagons in 55, about half were 150s, the rest 210s. They're kind of rare, but they're really desirable, they look so much better than a 4 door wagon.

 

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Need a bit more info please

Oldmics

 

All 55s, 56s, and 57s are Chevys, all 32s, 33s, and 34, are Fords, unless noted as otherwise. At least in my world.

 

If you sell it she needs to knock a knot on your head!

It's not that rare,it's just a two door station wagon and from what you said the other day this one is going to be a keeper. HRP

 

Okay, I play with it; whats a henweigh?

See now I did something foolish, so you don't need too!
Don't sell it, dont swap it, Do not make a big mistake, that you will regret for a long time!

 

About 2 pounds.
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Look... a hennway... lol

 

You haven't had time to bring it home from your friends tire shop, but you had an hour and a half to blow listening to some poor Bastard beg you to sell it to him?

With all these folks inquiring, you should bring it home before someone gets really pissed and steals it or vandalizes it. If you leave it there too long, you'll be classified as one of those guys that parks an old car in plain sight just so he can get the attention of turning down prospective buyers.

 

I think I have a selling cars problem... haha... But im not going to sell this wagon... at least not anytime soon that is...

 

My shop is visible from the road... So it wont change very much after I move it... I have "NOT FOR SALE" written front, back, and both sides...

 

What make of 2 dr wagon? GM, Ford, or Mopar?

 

its a chevy 210

 

Also, it probably won't be too long before someone insists it's a Nomad. There is a nice, solid 210 about 10 miles from me, that the owner thinks of selling every 2 years or so. He has visions of lakes pipes and surfboards on the roof, and wasn't too keen on my tube axle/tilt front/radiused wheel well plans, so he will no longer sell it to me.

 

The standard 2 door Chevy are cool and they are just not as common as the 4 door models. As a matter of fact, one styling factor that hurt the Nomads sales was that there were only 2 doors and families that bought wagons wanted 4 doors.

 

As with most cars, there is the 2dr vs 4dr bias, 2dr's are more desirable (sportier) to most people's eyes than 4dr's. Some people dig sedans/HT's over wagons, and vice-versa. There is definitely a group of longroof lovers out there and if it's a 2dr wagon, that will get their juices flowing. My 2cents

Do you have a rare car? The word rare, to me, also implies valuable & desirable. You have a lower build count car that has a following. As your backstory proves, you met one of the followers. You will meet more. As a generalization any 2dr tri-five is going to get more attention than it's 4dr equivalent, all things being equal. <put me down for another 2cents.

If asked to provide an impartial ranking of the desirability & value of the tri-fives, my humble ranking summary of perceived public interest would be:

tie:1 & 2: Convertibles & Nomads
3: 2dr Hardtops/Sport Coupes
4: 2dr sedans
5: 2dr Handyman wagons
6: 4dr Hardtops/Sport Sedans
7: 4dr sedans
8: 4dr wagons
wildcard: sedan delivery - hard to weigh it's desirability because of the limited visiblity it has, which can be a deterrent to some.

Enjoy the car and attention!

Scott/Gotta56forme

 

You want rare, try a '60 two door wagon...only 14, 657 built...mine is a Brookwood, the cheapest one made and yes, someone will eventually compliment you on your "Nomad"...happened to me yesterday as I was out cruising early evening in ColoRODo's cool weather...!!!

Enjoy your wagon, long roofs are hot...!!!

R-

 

i say this in the nicest way i know how..........

get off your ass and get it in the shop and start working on it and they will leave you alone........maybe.......hahahaha

oh and you wouldn't expect someone that randomly hooked up a trailer and drove 4+hrs on a tip to be an irrational type. it was sitting at a business. a rational person would get the business info and try to get your contact info before all that. he probably jumped in the truck thinking he was heading up to deal with some hick from the hills that don't know squat and he wasbout to score. again a rational person would be able to think ou the fact th the Boone area gets MILLIONS of vacationers a year and theres no way it would be a chance sighting.

theres just crazys everywhere. when i was managing a store taylorsville my daily drivers floated between a slammed 66 bug and my 67 vw squareback. the bug got lots of attention. the square was out of hand. i drove the bug most times because of the crazy people. anyhow it actually came to a head when a guy came in for the third time and this time started counting out hundreds on the counter while i was with a customer and told me to stop him when he reached my price. i told him his stack wasn't big enough. did i mention he was in a roll back and had already backed up to my car... crazy folks............

 

I can't believe with all of the buying, selling, and bartering skills here on the HAMB no one has suggested the most obvious solution to keeping pesky buyers at bay. Over the years I've owned some desirable cars that people would try and talk me out of. Here is my solution:

Prospective buyer: "Is your '67 435hp/427 Vette for sale?"
Me: "Sure is, are you looking for one?"
Buyer: (trying to act casual) Ya, I've been thinking about getting one. Yours looks good, but I like blue better than red. I guess I could always paint it, but that would cost a bunch. How much are you asking?"
Me: "I'll take $85,000 cash today (this was when a fully restored one could be bought for around $40-45,000). I really like the car so if you want it decide now before I change my mind."
Buyer: "You're nuts, I can buy one cheeper than that."
Me: "You asked, take it or leave it."

conversation over!!!

Frank

 

I was told that the rarest 55 Chevy is the handyman two door wagon. It came with one bucket seat and no rear seat. Also one sunvisor for the driver. They had 16 inch wheels and heavy springs. My 55 Nomad is down the list of rare Chevy wagons

 

I don't think so, but who knows...urban legends are usually based a little bit on factoids?

1955 Chevrolet Production Model Numbers

Built Percentage of Total

150 Series, 6cyl & 8 Cyl
1502 2dr sedan 66,833 3.76
1503 4dr sedan 34,906 1.96
1508 2dr sedan delivery 10,639 0.60
1512 2dr utility sedan 12,139 0.68
1529 2dr Handyman station wagon 18,496 1.04
150 Series Total 143,013 8.04

210 Series, 6cyl & 8 Cyl
2102 2dr sedan 250,000 14.07
2103 4dr sedan 340,222 19.15
2109 4dr Townsman station wagon 84,239 4.74
2124 2dr Delray club coupe 116,406 6.55
2129 2dr Handyman station wagon 29,419 1.66
2154 2dr hardtop sport coupe 11,685 0.66
210 Series Total 831,971 46.83

BelAir Series, 6cyl & 8cyl
2402 2dr sedan 168,826 9.50
2403 4dr sedan 366,293 20.63
2409 4dr Beauville station wagon 25,772 1.45
2429 2dr Nomad station wagon 25,772 1.45
2434 2dr Convertible 42,278 2.38
2454 2dr hardtop sport coupe 189,269 10.65
BelAir Series Total 800,968 45.09

 

I think you mean sedan delivery. They made just over 10,600 of them from what I've seen on other forums before. My 55 delivery had 2 factory front seats... high option!

I think a handyman wagon was also rare, but they made 20-30,000 of them. Not many at all when you think they made over 1.7 million 55 chevys.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Shame to lose it to a thief when you could have gotten it to a safer place away from where it's apparently attracting too much attention.

 

Everything I own is for sale except for my 55 Chevy.


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Maybe the 57 Handyman and/or Sedan Delivery are in the rarest catagory. Any production numbers on 57 wagons, we have gots to know.

 

I've seen the production numbers but here's my experience:

I've been looking for a '55 four door wagon project for a family cruiser for about 2 years (with varying degrees of intensity). I found very few. I know guys dis more-doors a lot, but I've found 10 two door 55 wagons for every 1 four door wagon. And when you do find them, they are all really priced about the same (only talking about wagons, nomads being the exception). I wonder if many of the four doors got crushed because of two door biase over the years? Or maybe guys just don't think they are marketable and therefore don't advertise them for sale?

Just my experience over the last few years.

 

Any 55 Chevy 2door is rare these days.

 

I'd say a lot of the 4 door wagons of any kind got scrapped. Who would've ever thought that a 4 door wagon would be cool? I think they're cool but people 25-30 years ago or, even more recent probably never looked at a 4 door wagon bein CQQL!


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hey Hot Rod Cowboy, I know where one is, But im not sure where your located at. haha... The cars come home tomorrow... Hopefully... I have a 63 bel air, a 67 impala, a 69 triumph and a 1990 chevy truck in the shop right now... the 63 is just getting finished ( its a 4 door along with the 67) both hitching a ride to NY when theyre done... and the triumph is an original hill climb car that im putting back to how it was raced, and the truck.... Well my father in law owns a car lot and sneaks stuff in my shop for me to work on for him... (only person I will touch a post '72 car for)... Truck gets painted tomorrow, and out the door friday... So one of the 2 55s will take its place, with the 2 4 doors leaving in about 2-3 weeks, depending on when ever the dang 67s interior gets in... And I have a 49 ford truck rolling in...

 

At one time I looked for a 4 door 55 wagon as well and I finally came up with this one but it was pretty rough and it wound up going on down the road like they usually do with me but I also think the 4 door (55s) are more scarce around here as well because they were destroyed in one way or another in years past because of the long time, 4 doors arent cool mentality so only the 2 doors were kept.
Dont get me wrong two doors are cool but the way I see it if your gonna go looking for a wagon, ya may as well go all the way and make it a 4 door wagon, while you are at it.

Thats just my own personal preference, If I had a 2 door,I would be proud to own it but like I said if "I" were "looking" for one it would be a 4 door.