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We started a trivia thread over at another forum and it has been a lot of fun.

Here are the ground rules. It starts with one question. The first reply with the right answer gets the floor for a new question. It continues like that unless, A) the person who has the floor doesn't ask a new question, or B) no one gets the correct answer. In that case, the person with the floor asks a new question. No more than one question on the floor at a time, and discussion/clarification is welcome until the floor is taken over by a new question.

See this thread for an example of how it goes: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/trivia/1454/page1/

First question: In the 1952 Indy 500, what type of fuel was burned in the record-setting pole-position #28 car? Hint: it won pole position by a full 4 mph over the second-place Ferrari
 
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Bob I just double clicked on it and it opened right up. I'm running goggle chrome. I think it's on your end. Just search out Toyota 2000GT and you'll see the car. The convertible I posted was one of two built for a James Bond movie. All totaled Toyota only built 351 of them n 1966-70. The car was a collaboration between Toyota and Yamaha with Yamaha actually building the car. One sold recently for 1.2 million. I really haven't found a definitive answer as why so few were built. They were relatively expensive for the time. Road & Track magazine summed up the car as "one of the most exciting and enjoyable cars we've driven", and compared it favorably to the Porsche 911. I personally believe the car was built just to prove they could. A very stylish car for its time that holds up well today.

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#10,760 ·
Interesting, I never knew it existed....very much reminds me of the Ferrari 250 GTO, especially from the firewall back and from the rear.
Looks a little goofy when the headlights are up, should have just decided one version of lights or the other instead of both IMO....wish they had sold it more mainstream like a Datsun 240Z so it would be available to the average guy.
 
#10,770 ·
OK - now you're gonna make me feel stoopid when you point it out. This one is a model 210, (I have a '57 210 - hence my screen name!)

OK mine is a 4 dr ht (Sport Sedan) , so I can maybe be forgiven if I miss some Sport Coupe - specific stuff

I gotta say that it looks a teeny bit out of proportion - like the roof is too tall or too short. My first guess was that it had been shortened in the pass compartment - maybe using sport sedan doors instead of sport coupe doors, but I don't think that's it.

Rear fender top (short) spears are correct for a 210, lack of "shark gill" inserts on front fenders is correct for a 210. Script in rear fender insert is correct for a 210

The more I look at it, the less I can see!
 
#10,775 ·
You are correct in a 57 hardtop 210 most HT were belairs in 2 dr version this is a close friends car it is a 39000 mile original paint and it has a 265 instead of a 283 the engine is a blueish greenish color also original.
only change I am aware of is the wheels and tires but he still has the stock ones.
this is a couple more of his cars ,the white one he bought new and drove on his honeymoon
the blue 55 needs no explanation.

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#10,778 ·
There were a LOT of 210 hardtops

The main difference from a 210 to a Bel Air was "about 7 truckloads" of chrome.

Stuff that was standard on the Bel Air (like a clock) was optional on the 210, and not available at all on the 150 series. Carpets were an option on the 210 - standard on B/A

Depending on date of manufacture and which factory assembled it, a 265 may have been the "standard" V8 (a 6 was the base engine, so any V8 was an option) or a selection of 283's could have been checked off in the order book

My 210, for example, had a clock and a radio, but rubber flooring.

Mine was produced with a 265 and "three on the tree" , but at some point it wound up with a 6 in it before I got it (now a 350/350 combo)

The only body styles NOT available on the 210 were the Nomad and the Convertible (both of those were B/A only) and the sedan delivery (150 model only)

Some VERY basic models were 150 only - like the sedan delivery and the Business sedan (not even a back seat!)

A LOT of 210s later "became" Bel Airs through the addition of the B/A trim and upholstery, etc

Only the Bel Air had the wide stainless along the (outside) window ledge - 210s had a very narrow strip. Only Bel Airs had the long spears on the fin-tops

Bel Airs had gold-anodized grilles and "inserts" in the front fender shark gills

When I got mine, I also scored a wrecked Bel Air 4 dr HT, intending to "upgrade" mine. Then I found out that there were only some 1700 Canadian-built 210 4dr ht's ever made ,(thousands of 4 dr ht B/As) so the B/A chrome etc is now a wall decoration in my shop. There were a LOT of 2 dr ht 210's
 
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I didn't know there were a lot of 210 HT ,I guess around here if they bought a 210 most would put Belair chrome on them ,I thought it would be rare ,probably is as a survivor,, speaking of business coupes this is David,s 55 business coupe ,no back seat and rear windows don't roll down

also a better picture of the 210-57

on this side by side ,I see the gold grill and fender emblems you were referring to.
 

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#10,781 · (Edited)
The rubber "dagmar tips" were an option, just as the vertical "bumper over-riders" on both of the cars shown

All Canadian-built cars had one-piece front bumpers, as did the cars assembled at the Los Angeles plant. All other assembly plants used the 3-piece bumper. The white (B/A) car definitely has a 3-piece bumper - I cannot see the joints in black car's front bumper, so it may have a California-spec (or Canadian spec) one piece front bumper. The joints are visible on the white car, just about straight below the parking lights.
 
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