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Next door neighbor has a 57 210 Chevy and he has read someplace that it may be a Del-ray , What is the difference in body or interior trim. What makes it different? He is about to add chrome trim but has a bunch of chrome from a Bel Air mixed in with his regular 210 stuff and would like to get the outside somewhat correct... Any ideas, pictures from Google image are a mix of body trim some are half Belar and half 210... Confused....Tedd
I'll quote this gentleman and provide you the link:
A Delray (model 2124) is a 210 2 dr. sedan that has an all-vinyl interior, instead of vinyl/cloth combination. They have a perforated vinyl headliner instead of the napped cloth, and they came with carpet instead of a rubber floor mat. In '55, the seat covers and side panels had a square stitched pattern vinyl in black, green or blue, the remaining vinyl was white. I'll try to find a picture.
Also, a Delray was considered a "Club Coupe" instead of a 2dr. sedan. On the body tag on the line for "STYLE", it would read 55-1011A. Exterior wise, it was identical to any 210 2dr. sedan. A Delray has nothing to do with a BelAir. The '57 Delray is my personal fave of all the Tri Fives because there are so few of them. And they have cool interiors. Love the Inca pattern vinyl.
DelRay was an upscale all-vinyl and carpeting interior trim level on the Two-Ten two-door sedan. 54 it was on the business/club coupe (short roof) body, 55-57 it was on the standard two-door sedan body. 1958 is the year it became the cheapest Chevrolet. It disappeared for 1959.
DelRay was an upscale all-vinyl and carpeting interior trim level on the Two-Ten two-door sedan. 54 it was on the business/club coupe (short roof) body, 55-57 it was on the standard two-door sedan body. 1958 is the year it became the cheapest Chevrolet. It disappeared for 1959.
It's against modern thought to think vinyl was more expensive than cloth, but that's because we think of modern cloth interiors with multiple layers and patterns. The cloth back then was much more rudimentary.
Frank has some interesting projects he is working on and that is not all of them and I enjoy going over there (next door neighbor) and playing cars with him. Sometimes I'll get a call" can Tedd come out and play" I know he needs a tool or advice, or coffee. Just like a couple teenagers and his adult kids think we are nuts..... Doubtful he will come over to the Olds side but then again I would slip over to the Studebaker side should I somehow end up with that 33.... 33 Studebaker, about 80 % there 57 210 Chevy, trunk full of trim and other stuff, it's a runner Love those headlights Yard art, for the life of me I can't think of anything I would do with it but it is fun to speculate. More stuff Can't find the 23 roaster T body and fire wall there is other stuff but I can't find the pictures.
It's clear back in his garage, three cars in a two-car garage but someday he will get ambitious and start working in it. When he does ,I'll get some good pictures. Right now the 210 is getting most of the love, but Frank is like this, when he gets bored with one project he switches to another, kinda drives me nuts as it seems to take forever to make progress He also has a 32 Dodge or Plymouth more door that is supposed to be a runner, haven't helped him on that yet....Tedd
DelRay was an upscale all-vinyl and carpeting interior trim level on the Two-Ten two-door sedan. 54 it was on the business/club coupe (short roof) body, 55-57 it was on the standard two-door sedan body. 1958 is the year it became the cheapest Chevrolet. It disappeared for 1959.
This pretty much is it.
I believe in 1955-57 it was a fancier 210 two-door sedan demonstrating some new-tech materials at the time. Pretty fashionable, and unusual it was in a mid-line model.
In 1958, it replaced the 150, and then it was eliminated for 1959 as the Biscayne took over the position, the Bel Air took over the the mid-line segment, and the Impala took over the top.
Common thread is the waffle stitching pattern. Look at some Cadillac and Buick interiors from same timeframe and you'll see their influence on the mid-line Chevy's dressy interior. 54 and 55 look especially nice.
