56 Chevy Utility sedan

Dick Butler · 11-27-2012, 03:32 PM

I have a friend who has owned the same utility sedan for 40 years. It has NO rust and is apart for restoration. All Nos or fresh parts, Many number matching parts including 4 barrel 265, 3 speed on the column. Original material for seats. Trying to help find the value for this as the friend is quite ill and wants to sell it shortly. He was a body /restoration man so imagine the care he has given to the car.
I assume it has been in his garage for most of the 40 years.
Thanks. Dick Butler 937-623-8126 cell.

Pistol Pete · 11-27-2012, 06:39 PM

Dick

Is this the car with NO side windows. Is it a panel wagon ????

Also, is the car painted or No ???

Thx

Pistol Pete

Rich Biebel · 11-27-2012, 06:53 PM

Sounds like one of these

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...=SC0512-125693

No back seat.....windows don't go down in the rear......maybe no radio and or even no heater.....

A "Business Coupe" was a popular term for cars like this....No frills.....Basic transportation for a door to door type salesman.....Fuller Brush Man.....Pots and Pans...... Small appliances
A buddy in high school had one......A Blue Flame Six with a 3 on the tree....A chrome pot air cleaner....I drove it a few times......Beat on it pretty good.......LOL....He wanted me to! I can still hear the carb. sucking air..........it had a chrome pot instead of the stock oil bath air cleaner......

Hemi Moose · 11-27-2012, 06:57 PM

Dick, can you post some photos of it on the forums...

Rich, that black '55 Chevy is pretty sweet lookin'...

Rich Biebel · 11-27-2012, 07:02 PM

Oops....I thought he said '55...........'56s were a lot different to me...

Another friend had one of those.......265 powerpack....P/G......Those cars were dogs.......The trans killed it.......It was almost always in the wrong gear since all you had were 2 speeds.....and a very tight converter......

I had a '55 Chev for a while.....Put an engine I had laying around in it......a '58 Pontiac engine.......with the hydramatic.......project went down hill when I discovered the block was cracked.....froze up from leaving it sit a long time and there was water still in the block.....2nd time that happened to an engine I had......I try not to let that happen after those 2 events.....LOL

Dick Butler · 11-27-2012, 10:24 PM

Pete it is a 2 dr sedan like the Black 55 in the pictures but a 56. Light Danube Blue...I will get photo this week end.

Dwight Southerland · 11-27-2012, 10:47 PM

I owned a '57 Business Coupe - my first race car. 283 2bbl 4-speed. The car was originally a service vehicle for Southwestern Bell. Originally a 265 2bbl 3-speed OD.

Pistol Pete · 11-27-2012, 11:22 PM

Dick, no need for pictures, i thought it was a 56 Panel Truck.

thx

55 Chevy · 11-28-2012, 12:52 AM

I bought my '55 business man's coupe in 1986 off a gentleman in Montana specifically to build as a Super Stocker. I have never registered it to drive on the road so the only miles it has are on the track. Speedometer "currently and always" reads 265180. Mine came with what was called a recirculating heater and only one sunvisor.
The only modifications done to the body are mini tubs and a hole in the floor for the "Long" shifter. It originally came from Nelson Motor Products in Bellingham,Washington.

Had it appraised two years ago. Number was $33,500.00 canadian.

Allan

Dick Butler · 11-28-2012, 08:46 AM

Value is what I am trying to assess. If it were assembled and running what $40K or more?

11-27-2012, 03:32 PM	#1
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	56 Chevy Utility sedan I have a friend who has owned the same utility sedan for 40 years. It has NO rust and is apart for restoration. All Nos or fresh parts, Many number matching parts including 4 barrel 265, 3 speed on the column. Original material for seats. Trying to help find the value for this as the friend is quite ill and wants to sell it shortly. He was a body /restoration man so imagine the care he has given to the car. I assume it has been in his garage for most of the 40 years. Thanks. Dick Butler 937-623-8126 cell.

11-27-2012, 06:39 PM	#2
Pistol Pete VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Punta Gorda Isles, Fl. Posts: 1,626 Likes: 3,403 Liked 779 Times in 209 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Dick Is this the car with NO side windows. Is it a panel wagon ???? Also, is the car painted or No ??? Thx Pistol Pete

11-27-2012, 06:53 PM	#3
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Sounds like one of these http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...=SC0512-125693 No back seat.....windows don't go down in the rear......maybe no radio and or even no heater..... A "Business Coupe" was a popular term for cars like this....No frills.....Basic transportation for a door to door type salesman.....Fuller Brush Man.....Pots and Pans...... Small appliances A buddy in high school had one......A Blue Flame Six with a 3 on the tree....A chrome pot air cleaner....I drove it a few times......Beat on it pretty good.......LOL....He wanted me to! I can still hear the carb. sucking air..........it had a chrome pot instead of the stock oil bath air cleaner...... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 11-27-2012 at 06:59 PM.

11-27-2012, 06:57 PM	#4
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Dick, can you post some photos of it on the forums... Rich, that black '55 Chevy is pretty sweet lookin'... Last edited by Hemi Moose; 11-27-2012 at 07:02 PM.

11-27-2012, 07:02 PM	#5
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Oops....I thought he said '55...........'56s were a lot different to me... Another friend had one of those.......265 powerpack....P/G......Those cars were dogs.......The trans killed it.......It was almost always in the wrong gear since all you had were 2 speeds.....and a very tight converter...... I had a '55 Chev for a while.....Put an engine I had laying around in it......a '58 Pontiac engine.......with the hydramatic.......project went down hill when I discovered the block was cracked.....froze up from leaving it sit a long time and there was water still in the block.....2nd time that happened to an engine I had......I try not to let that happen after those 2 events.....LOL __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 11-27-2012 at 07:08 PM.

11-27-2012, 10:24 PM	#6
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Pete it is a 2 dr sedan like the Black 55 in the pictures but a 56. Light Danube Blue...I will get photo this week end.

11-27-2012, 10:47 PM	#7
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,001 Likes: 64 Liked 778 Times in 193 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan I owned a '57 Business Coupe - my first race car. 283 2bbl 4-speed. The car was originally a service vehicle for Southwestern Bell. Originally a 265 2bbl 3-speed OD.

11-27-2012, 11:22 PM	#8
Pistol Pete VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Punta Gorda Isles, Fl. Posts: 1,626 Likes: 3,403 Liked 779 Times in 209 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Dick, no need for pictures, i thought it was a 56 Panel Truck. thx

11-28-2012, 12:52 AM	#9
55 Chevy Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Calgary,Alberta area Posts: 229 Likes: 23 Liked 18 Times in 15 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan I bought my '55 business man's coupe in 1986 off a gentleman in Montana specifically to build as a Super Stocker. I have never registered it to drive on the road so the only miles it has are on the track. Speedometer "currently and always" reads 265180. Mine came with what was called a recirculating heater and only one sunvisor. The only modifications done to the body are mini tubs and a hole in the floor for the "Long" shifter. It originally came from Nelson Motor Products in Bellingham,Washington. Had it appraised two years ago. Number was $33,500.00 canadian. Allan

11-28-2012, 08:46 AM	#10
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: 56 Chevy Utility sedan Value is what I am trying to assess. If it were assembled and running what $40K or more?