Shortened 56 Two Ten

[Dosmo]

Occasionally, someone builds one of these where everything comes together in the right sort of flow.  I don't believe this is one of those times.  This is for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

[JACK M]

Never could figure just why someone would do this.

I see more wagons with this treatment than sedans.

[CarlLaFong]

Lop off the roof and you would have a pretty nice Thunderbird rival

[John348]

A two door sedan would have worked better with the longer door, just looks odd with the proportions

[capngrog]

20 hours ago, John348 said:

A two door sedan would have worked better with the longer door, just looks odd with the proportions

 

I agree that it looks odd, but I'm not sure why.  The pronounced "knuckle" in the roof line and the large sail panel aft of the 'B' pillar certainly don't help its looks.  With that said and from the available photos, it looks like someone put in a lot of work to make a fairly decent looking vehicle.  All I know is that the type of work done on this thing is way beyond my capabilities, so "hats off" to the builder(s).

 

Just my opinion.

 

Cheers,

Grog

[60FlatTop]

We still have a few floating around western New York for '55 to '64. The perception was that a four door wasn't worth anything and never would be. So they got chopped up.

 

"Sonny, don't waste your time on a four door car."

Edited August 13, 2018 by 60FlatTop (see edit history)

[mike6024]

My neighbors, back in the 60's did that to a couple chevys, to race them around in the wet muddy pasture. The short wheelbase supposedly made it fun. You could say it was a version of the modern sport of drifting. Or maybe auto-x, or autocrossing.

Edited August 12, 2018 by mike6024 (see edit history)

[bobg1951chevy]

A lot of work went into this '56, a lot of work that I am not capable of doing.

That being said, the roof line and the sedan doors do not work well together on this car, would have been better to make it topless, as in a roadster style.

[mike6024]

 

It's an attempt at an American version of a Nash Metropolitan.

 

 

[60FlatTop]

When I was in High School I had a '55 Pontiac 4 door that had the rear doors welded up and the roof shortened in this manner. The wheelbase was not altered.

 

There was a lot of stuff like that around at the time. Almost every body shop owner had a custom job in progress sitting in the back.

 

One shop had a '50's Studebaker coupe fitted with a Henry J roof to make a fastback. That one gathered dust for a long time.