1957 Chevrolet Chevy 150 Fuel Injected @ Volo Auto Museum on My Car Story with Lou Costabile

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On "My Car Story" we're in Volo IL on 2-5-16.
We're looking at a 1957 Chevrolet Chevy 150 with the Fuel Injected engine option. Usually when a person orders a base model and wishes to get outstanding engine performance (checked the fuel injection option box on the cars build sheet) the goal is to go fast.
Today I'm speaking with Brian Grams, Director of the Volo Auto Museum.
The car's located at Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Rd., Volo IL 60073.
Web site is www.VoloCars.com
If you love cars (Hollywood, Classic, Muscle, Antique), and Military equipment, memorabilia, and mementos then you must stop by this location.
ENJOY!

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@MarcioRSilva-ho1zj 3 жыл бұрын

I learned to drive in a '57 210! The year was 1965, I was only 14 and it was my father's car. Golden Sierra with India Ivory top, 4 door sedan, 6 cyl, 3 speed. The father of my best friend in high school had a '57 Bel Air Turquoise Blue with India Ivory top, 4 door ht, V8, 3 speed. We used to have long technical discussions about both cars!

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Marcio R. Silva, Happy to read this car brings back memories of the car you learned to drive in :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZfaq Channel, Lou

@craigjorgensen4637 2 жыл бұрын

What a museum piece! Volo sure finds some wonderful cars!

@loucostabile 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Craig, A good one for sure. Stay tuned, we have a 1957 Chevy Fuelie ride, and well....you'll want to see it :-) Lou

@Merylstreep1949 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool thanks for the link, Lou Awesome channel and it's nice to see Illinois again, especially with no snow ha ha

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Chris :-)

@renzeewhite5132 8 жыл бұрын

I love the 57 Chevy Bel Air one of my favorite cars from the fifties

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Renzee, Happy to read this is a favorite design of yours from the 50's :-) Lou

@anderpendragon 6 жыл бұрын

My grandfather had a 57 injector on his 55. Lots of other tasty things as well. Handmade headers, large journal 327, bored 90 over, and skirted. Lakewood bell housing, magneto, Hurst 3 speed, and much more. He also had a 63 Vette injector, that I got to detail prior to it being sold.

@loucostabile 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ander Pendragon, Your Grandfather had some fun cars :-) Lou

@anderpendragon 5 жыл бұрын

He built all of his cars from the frame up. He had a 57, 150 2 door post also with the 327 Vette engine, but it had a #DZ 302 intake, Holley, and a Duntov #7 cam in it. He had the 63 Rochester injector on it at one point, but hated fiddling with it. I think it also had the 302 heads, which he would've custom ported. Powerglide, 540-something rear gears. He said he never could wind it out. It just kept pulling. The 55 had a one off Schooler (hope I spelled it right) cam in it.

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

This car was definitely ordered strictly just for racing. Other than the color this exact car was the starting point for the Black Widow stock cars they ran in the 57 NASCAR season. This car is one of my favorite Chevy's ever made and really it's Chevy's very first high performance car along with the 57 Fuelie Corvette's. Gorgeous 57. I liked the 150 and 210 sedans better than the Bel Air. A bit lighter and cleaner styling imo.👍👍

@loucostabile 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeremy, Thank you sharing your knowledge on this model :-) Lou

@josephromano6825 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Lou! Very rare and interesting car! Nice!

@loucostabile 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Joseph Romano, Leaned down on the options, and beefed up on the engine :-) Lou

@fleetwin1 8 жыл бұрын

Gee, that is amazing, would love to understand how those early injection systems worked!

@loucostabile 8 жыл бұрын

+kramden Hi Kramden, Maybe one of our Viewers could help with that question. Thanks for viewing, and commenting. Take care, Lou

@Hot80s 7 жыл бұрын

150 FI another rare gem! Lou did you get to see the miami vice testarossa before Volo auctioned it off? Looks like its whereabouts are now unknown.

@loucostabile 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you like this one. Hmmm, I videoed the Miami Vice Daytona replica, however not the Testarossa. Here is the Daytona link, enjoy, Lou kzfaq.info/get/bejne/er9oi5Rpu9eqeJ8.html

@fleetwin1 6 жыл бұрын

Boy this one must be one of a kind for sure

@loucostabile 6 жыл бұрын

A ride built for racing :-)

@anderpendragon 5 жыл бұрын

They offered the base model 57 with the injected 283 in it. Just Google "57 black widow".

@clarkgriswold5903 5 жыл бұрын

My parents had a '57 Bel Air Wagon, blue with contrasting lighter blue and the steering was so big I could sit and play in it, swivel around like i was driving it. Any '57 is just way cool!

@loucostabile 5 жыл бұрын

1957 is a great year for cars :-)

@clarkgriswold5903 5 жыл бұрын

@@loucostabile Damn, that was 55 years ago when I sat in a steering wheel, WOW!

@dancerjim 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the chrome "rocket" inserts on the hood are correct for a '57 150?

@loucostabile 8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Waszak Hi Jim, If you google 1957 Chevrolet 150 it appears the "rockets" are on the hood. Thanks for viewing, Lou

@GlassTopRX7 6 жыл бұрын

So it's got the 283\283hp Corvette motor. Wonder how it would have stacked up to the more powerful and heavier 57' Bonneville which also had fuel injection.

@loucostabile 6 жыл бұрын

Hi GlassTopRX7, Sounds like a fun match up at the drag strip :-) Lou

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

The 57 Bonneville's were all convertibles so therefore they were definitely heavier than a Fuelie Chevy 150 . The 57 Oldsmobile 88 with the Tri Power J2 option was a hot car at that time too. But a supercharged F-Code Ford Custom 2 door post car or an F-Code T-Bird was probably the fastest car you could buy in 1957. The F-Code 57 Ford's are extremely rare. So many beautiful iconic cars were built in 1957

@opera93 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremythompson9122 ps:: thanks for mentioning all this a OLD, OBSCURE stuff , from my young days…. Interestingly I spent many days in couple of Service Stations talking ADS, ETC,;; & see quite a bunch….We never” seen” the Ford SUOERCHARGES, ETC AROUND MY remembering… All the others…. .to of rumors with the SPECIAL HIGH PERFORMANCE, AREAS..

@keithbandy8959 5 жыл бұрын

owner made it ,did not come with it the injected unit all put in 210 model . the cowl stamp would show it . i own last org 57 sedan delivery

@robinluck2922 5 жыл бұрын

I believe that the "black widow" was a fuel injected 150. Do you have any info on them, or were they a 210 as well?

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

The NASCAR Black Widows were 150 2 door post cars so the Fuelie 283 definitely was available in the 150 and 210.

@loucostabile 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a cool car too.

@timmitzlaff8960 7 жыл бұрын

that's called a 3 on the tree Lou,pal

@buick4013 5 жыл бұрын

57 was first year for the 4 speed in the corvette. A lot of corvette's still had 3 speeds on the floor. 62 was first year for 327. 67 last year for 283.Gm went to the large main journals in 68 which came the 307 with the 3.25 stroke and the 3.875 bore. 1961 was the last year for a performance 283. The 327 stoll all the thunder. 396 Big Block came on the scene in 65.

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tim for sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZfaq Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZfaq Channel, Lou

@TuneStunnaMusic 3 жыл бұрын

HOLD ON! The vacuum pump was also an oil catch can?!?

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

:-0

@user-qb2bk4kh9h 9 ай бұрын

Check it out

@loucostabile 9 ай бұрын

:-)

@jamesmummert3578 3 жыл бұрын

I thought only ragtops were fuel injection

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

Hi James, I've seen another hard top with fuel injection. Lou P.S. I should be coming up on the Channel in the next couple months, so stay tuned :-)

@opera93 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes it was confusing production times:: we never seen much of the SUPERCHARGED Fords….from 1957…… Convertibles ::Kind if what I remembered ..

@duayneveer8229 5 жыл бұрын

510"?

@loucostabile 4 жыл бұрын

My height.

@scolley0616 3 жыл бұрын

Did it really have only 33 miles on it?

@loucostabile 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott, Seems low. Not sure, Lou

@thetreblerebel 5 жыл бұрын

Not too many Fuelie 57s out there

@loucostabile 5 жыл бұрын

You're right Stevie Jo

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

Especially the stripper 150 and 210 sedans. Most of them got raced, modified, wrecked etc. The 150 and 210 2 door post cars were used by racers because they were cheaper, lighter, and more rigid than the Bel Air

@rollyhorton4803 6 жыл бұрын

It's a 2:10

@loucostabile 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing & sharing.

@philbarrows2431 2 жыл бұрын

This is a 150, he is correct.

@brianmcnellis5512 5 жыл бұрын

It is a sedan it must be a hardtop to be collectible. If it is a wagon it must be a 2-door nomad to be collectible no other two door has collectible from those days

@loucostabile 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian McNellis, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou

@philbarrows2431 5 жыл бұрын

You could not purchase a 150 hartop in '57. The 150s are prized by many. Most met an early demise as they were inexpensive work and race vehicle. All trifive Chevy's today are popular and quite collectable. Many, including myself, perfer the post car as it makes a more aggressive looking and more rugged (less body flex) hotrod.

@jeffcolt9185 5 жыл бұрын

this car is the cheapest made but it's also the weakest not the strongest

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

No the 150 and 210 post cars were lighter and had a more rigid structure than a Bel Air hardtop. That's why drag racers and stock car racers all used the 150 and 210 2 door post coupes instead of the Bel Air

@loucostabile 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts.

@philbarrows2431 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know where you got that idea. Same frame, plus, at least with the 150, it's going to have a sedan post. Also, all engine options were available for all three.

@jeffcolt9185 2 жыл бұрын

@@philbarrows2431 the cheaper the car the cheaper the steel to some degree, I tried to put a 60 Biscayne front end on a 60 Impala and the bumper brackets and braces where smaller, and the hood was about 20 lbs lighter

@philbarrows2431 Жыл бұрын

@@jeffcolt9185 That may be the case for the Biscayne and Impala, however the three '57 models had identical body panels, brackets and part numbers. Though there was an exception with the Belair's lower roofline - no mix n match glass or door frames.