Will it Run and Drive After 41 Years? | 1953 Chevrolet Two Ten

This 1953 Chevrolet Two Ten was a restoration project that was given up and sold in 1981. The next owner parked it in a garage and had no time to work on it. 41 Years have gone, abandoned and forgotten, so i decided to give it a new chance... But will this old classic Chevy run?.. and drive?..

[@sidebite2533]

Glad to see you have passion for cars. Most your age are playing games in a world they think is real. Good for you young Sir. 👍

[@davidnelson6893]

A piece of history

[@Circumsquare]

Beautiful.... One of my favourite cars

[@dhafersaleh4478]

Yeah, yeah , you got it.. wow wow 😳 , you are awesome 👍👍👌👍👌

[@douggillock]

I love it I had one just like it mine was green and white my first car and me and my dad over hauled it it ran beautiful i would love to have another one

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Wow, there's one happy, 1953, Chevy 210. Thanks for sharing!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

I kept yelling at the computer screen, "timing", "timing", but it looks like you figured it out, LOL. Most 235 I6 engines are 4 or 5 degrees BTDC on timing. Also, Chevy straight 6 engines LOVE choke upon a cold start. I've had many, many Chevy I6 engines and they all loved to have the choke set on a cold start, even on a warm day. The 235 is a great engine, my favorite actually. Great job getting it going!! I hope you have a great time with this car. It's worth fixing it up!!

[@garyrivera8405]

Congratulations sir on a fine job.

[@msnageshrao]

Hats off to your skill and patience

[@davidjones9518]

Rock solid bullet pruf

[@randybargar4916]

You did everything correct. Congratulations!

[@THX-kw2jh]

You Never Gave Up With This Classic! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[@anilsamaroo2038]

Excellent video

[@philrobertson9335]

You're very patient! I realized very early that I didn't have that, plus trying to access seized nuts and bolts, parts that are not accessible and you just get Pissed. Well done!

[@briancritchley5295]

My Dad had a 53 when I was young, it took the family many miles on trips up and down the east coast of NSW Australia towing a caravan, memories are a gift.

[@vincentconsolo5782]

Greetings from Washington state USA ! My dad also had a 53 4 door in light powder blue with a white roof in the late 60' s and early 70's as a replacement car when my parents divorced, and I was a small boy. My mom got the family car in the divorce settlement. Good little car, and , pretty peppy for a little six and three on the tree. We drove it to our cabin to an area called Crestline California in the San Bernardino Mountains where we had a cabin. I have pictures of it still.

[@davidroberson8030]

So weird my dad had one of these cars too he just got it like 2 weeks it was light blue 53 Chevy three on the tree six bear he just got home from work and a lady rear-ended his car out in the where it was parked on the road total both of them he had no insurance and neither did she so much for that 53 parents sitting in the junkyard somewhere probably with the rear end all bastion somewhere by Laurel canyon boulevard and Southern California wherever there's a big junkyard that they towed it to it might still be around who knows this was like 1965.

[@paulgrimm]

I was born in 53.We both still run.I love your dedication

[@Stevie671]

Same, was worried the starter motor would give up though.

[@jazzjokesjalopies]

One Chevy saved. Congrats!

[@DaysofCars]

Yes it is! New brakes and exhaust system is the next present for this car! Thank you for watching!

[@jimtomassetti8928]

I have watched several of your video's and you do a excellent job! The old car's take a licking keep's on ticking! Keep up the great job!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@arniet1]

Yee haa! 😬 I smiled too when you got it started. Also, it reminded me of the film....Christine....🤪

[@sncargo6375]

Good jobs 👍👌

[@sethm8432]

Love the video, it was exciting seeing her get better every time you’d crank her up. I recently bought a 52 Pontiac Chieftain with the straight-8 and it feels like one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made. Beautiful car, but that motor just does NOT want to live. Rebuilt the carburetor, all new spark plugs and wires, rebuilt the distributor, fresh oil, rebuilt the fuel pump and it just doesn’t wanna work. I got to drive it a few times since I bought it, but my most recent cruise left me stranded as I somehow lost spark. Still haven’t been able to fix it, a new condenser and ignition coil wiring job later. One of those motors that really knows how to make you feel dumb. Good luck on your build!

[@originalwyldthkng2334]

GREAT WORK,,, LOVE THE OLD IRON

[@marco-xq8nj]

Thank you. My first car!

[@johnclemente9168]

You have lots of patience! Also a lot of room to work on it! I just acquired a '60 Chevy Impala Sport Sedan with a 283/Power Pack. I'm 63 years-old and just learning how to do some of this myself!

[@geodavid51]

Great find

[@ronaldcastleberry9389]

My dad had a 51,52,53,54, 56,57,63SS during my growing up years. He was always trading cars. Now I have a 38 Chev, a 41 Ford, a 53 Chev 3100V8 and a 55 Chev 2dr Belair. I am a chip off the old block, and I am 73 yrs old.

[@davidleavitt3804]

Yes but it looks like you were able to keep all of yours.Good job

[@rustumlarawan6707]

U sell IT?

[@flahmihidi3750]

Good bless you

[@almicareventos8039]

Congratulation friend, i from of Caracas Venezuela, i have a fleetmaster 48 and a Bel Air 55, preserve historia with great engines

[@chadaihstsu]

Presave it to your, kids.

[@christianvalenzuela225]

What skilled and patient! ❤ my respects

[@ernestoojeda6780]

That was awesome. The old girl was a bit beaten up, but that sure brings back memories of my dads 53 Belair. 😊

[@panasonicchrome7915]

I realy like this early 50s cars whit round and nice body 😎 Good Work 👍

[@mikelewis5152]

I bought my 53 chevy 210 in 71 for 50 dollars. It smoked like heck and I had to clean the plugs weekly. Went to work in my girl frie'ends stepdads body shop and one week I was away he and his son put a 59 - 6 cyl with 12 volt starter. He painted it yellow on bottom and black on top [ nicknamed bumble bee after that]. Had one electric start a day. Carried an xtra friend to push so I could pop the clutch. Loved your videos.

[@edwardestrada3758]

Great Job!

[@carloszjorge]

Congratulations!! I admired his perseverance and determination to get the old Chevy working again. the footage taken from inside the car when you put it back on the track reminded me of my Dad when we had a 1952 Oldsmobile. I miss those times. Once again CONGRATULATIONS!!! Strong hug!!

[@DaysofCars]

Very nice to read... Let`s keep the good memories alive. Thank you!

[@user-yj2uz9ug2c]

สุดยอดครับ Very nice

[@androrodriguez7793]

The old girl is back! Congratulations dude!

[@DaysofCars]

Thanks!

[@pdrphil8159]

Good luck young man..

[@Heisrisin3]

I never realized it before but the color of Bondo doesn’t fade.

[@clementthurn1992]

Yay !!! Very cool. Congrats

[@michaelgillette6770]

My dad his first car was a 1953 Chevy Belair he owned 2 first a white one and then a light green one a solid and heavy car dependable too with chains on rear wheels in the snow

[@almicareventos8039]

Súper engine, these 235 Chevy, the most confiable engine of the all time

[@clydepodvin5026]

Great to see those old cars brought back to life and getting a second chance. Keep up the good work 😃

[@DaysofCars]

I am glad you liked it. I will. Thanks!

[@chuckotto7021]

What sets you apart from many who want to get 'that' car running , is that you worked on the valves, ignition and carb pretty much in advance of trying to start it. Pretty much, but not completely! Your hard work did pay off! Great job!

[@fredkudsin8608]

Good job young man !😊

[@danielventura8073]

In the late 80s, my friend and neighbor had a 53 210, restored and was his daily driver for years. Until one night driving home he passed out and ran it into a guardrail. Restored it again and still has it to this day.

[@siegfriedstanzel3936]

And again: a pretty good video - I enjoyed it !

[@8lazingSaddles]

Perserverence pays off. Reminds me of the time I started, in much the same way, a 1949 Studebaker truck that hadn't been run in 40 years with the same old rotten gas that had been in the tank! What a smell-- I'll never forget it. Such a feeling of pride running that old junker down the road for the first time.

[@alexandershatzko8748]

poor starter----duty cycle too long,,,,,,, Ether works for me---had a ford sitting for 7 years----- got it going in 3 hrs

[@spamwagon]

OMG... that poor 6v starter cranking and cranking! I kept saying "timing, mess with the timing!!!" I found a beautiful old 52 Chevy Fleetline Deluxe in the Arizona desert, this totally brought back memories of coaxing that old gal to run. Nothing as exhilarating and stressful as that first drive under her own power! Congrats.

[@wilson42cc]

The old girl loves you lol 😂, I can tell by the look on its grill when you are pushing it’s a look of pure love,,

[@davidjones9518]

Love 3speed good oldies

[@shoknifeman2mikado135]

My Grandfather loved his 53 Chevy, literally his favourite car, since he'd learned to drive in the Model-T era.... He regretted selling it, in the late 60s, until the day he died (at 102), 30 years later!

[@glennsrailroading]

Awesome to see and hear it run. Bringing back memories. Kill the music. I want to here it run...

[@tesla416]

I had a 1952 Chevrolet 210 as my first car. The 235ci 6 cylinder is a bullet proof engine, I wish I would have parked mine at my grandpa's farm instead of selling it.

[@mikesawyer4707]

This reminds me of our country fair. My dad bought a 54 Bel Air sedan grey and white. And my brother and I had a week to prep it for the demolition derby on Saturday night. That was over fifty years ago. I think dad to first place.Great memories.

[@martinmorab9516]

Great job!! I hope you can fully restore it!! I had a 64' C10, fleetside for 22 years. Great vehícules!!

[@panagiotisrokas187]

Nice car , beautiful. I like it.

[@saxongreen78]

A 1970s time capsule...one of the most underrated Chevy year models.

[@loboheeler]

The 1953 was a transition. The manual trans model had the old 216 splash oiling Babbitt bearing engine, and the Poweglide model had the new 235 full pressure insert bearing engine. Incredible that GM kept the old splash oiler this late!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The 53 150s might have had the old 216, but the 210 and Bel Air all had a 235, but yes, in the stick-shift cars, it was still a spasher.

[@6petrolhead6]

I love how methodically you work and it was all worth your time and effort 👌

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

"TOOK MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY..."❣️

[@peter7624]

Lovely old car. So much more character than the modern jelly mold designs, individual.

[@daved7024]

Nice work👍☺️ old Chevys never die.

[@fahadalfahad4579]

good job man.....from Saudi Arabia

[@glennsrailroading]

I did a 1/25th model of a 53 Chevy when I was a kid so I am partial to them, even though 57's are my favorite. ( 1st car and a 235 ,3 on the tree). I want a 55-56 GMC now for my retirement toy. Just a stovebolt will do, with a stick...

[@gojoe2833]

My uncle had a 53 4 door, either a 150 or a 210. All I remember is it sat for years in their driveway, became a hornets nest until one day they towed it away. It's always nice to see an old car like this back on the road, although in truth neither the 53 nor the 59 were the best looking Chevys...

[@williamadams7666]

Most excellent video production as well.

[@johnnieguitar5724]

It's a learning experience, isn't it! Lots of lessons learned here, congrats on bringing this excellent old girl back to life! Hopefully you'll leave it in the shape it is, just mechanically safe: a Survivor. :)

[@bradleyjanes2949]

Great vid👊

[@franktino6676]

This reminds me of my own 1989 " '53 Chevy 210 two door sedan " 'restoration adventure' that I embarked upon , completing it by 1991-1992. Great to see that you got yours running!

[@angelarias5820]

de Colombia excelente trabajo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@timbarnett3898]

This looks like my old 53', amazing!

[@eliasribeiro5607]

This car is a beautiful example, has a beautiful dashboard deserves to be restored

[@doughouston4741]

Love the Patina

[@edwardclarkjr6343]

Great job. Makes me think of my first car, a 1969 falcon 2 door..

[@johnhoffman2818]

Inline six. Chevys workhorse. Would’ve checked timing long time before the end. Gotta love an old car. Way too easy to work on. Lotsa fun.

[@hermanyanto1338]

The all dependable wooden hood supports. The good old days!👍

[@DaysofCars]

A highly desired item on the option list at that time

[@leeedwards9994]

wow some great classic tires on that gem ........

[@timothyroatenberry1274]

Luv those 53/54 very hard to find those ! Had a 54 210 25 years ago, being young & dum I let that car get away from me ! Love to have it back ! 👍✌

[@robertstapleton3598]

Nice job! That was fun to watch and brought back memories of a '53 210 I used to have. Love the old cars!

[@gdholmfirth]

Well, that was great.

[@michaelolsen2348]

I always loved older chevys. I loved how year after year you could see slight changes and progressions....especially from about 1946 and on. My favorites were 1950-57. My dad completely restored a 55 way before I was born. Was beautiful. Obviously the most beautiful and iconic one was the 57, but I love seeing the gradual changes to them over the years to get to that design. These new ones are crap. Lol. There's not a single new car I turn my head for. I always wonder why people stare at me while I'm driving. It aggravates me. But then I realize my daily driver is a 75 Fury and I'm like ohhhhhhh. Lol. Getting all these old cars going again makes me feel great. 😌

[@mikeguthrie5432]

Good on you Mike! I've had old Chevys and Fords and Plymouths most of my life. I currently drive a '67 Chev Caprice. My "Queen". Keep up the good work Lad. And..... NEVER GIVE UP !

[@1818ju]

Que belleza ese coche!!🤩🤩🤩

[@grahaml6668]

Looks like the old girl was originally painted in Metallic Green. That was the color of my Dad's '53 Bel-Air, the first car we had when I was a kid. Bought new in Ontario, Canada.

[@guillermoferraudi6093]

Well done!!!!

[@gorgeesteves422]

Felicidades 👍por la puesta en marcha saludos desde argentina

[@fivegiga5523]

Any 4 stroke gas engine will start if: 1- Engine has good enough vacuum and compression. 2- Engine has good enough gas/air mixture. 3- Engine has good enough spark at right time.

[@Kelly-fk3oi]

The 1953 Chevy badge on the hood looks in way better condition than the one on my 2009 Chevy HHR! 👀

[@abdullahbukhari7528]

Very Nice, I love old cars, 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰❤️👍👍💐💐😍😍😍😍😍

[@MUN.A1988]

I feel not happy.. This car is very beautiful and clean from rust..it is a royal car. It needs more intrest like polishing croom and new standard painting and replacing some stuck peices like carporator, distributer and a like. At any way I give you "like"and "share" wishing you more success. Dear..talk to us about what you're doing while working even your plannings. So thanks.....

[@michaelashcraft8569]

You work hard, you persevere, you WILL succeed GOOD JOB, you saved a piece of automotive history!!!

[@DaysofCars]

Thanks! Yes, and many more cars to be saved and fixed, so i just have to continue working and make videos so you and others can enjoy!

[@r100scammellpioneer9]

Great achievement...Quite sensitive straight 6 surprisingly, but maybe carb jet or 2 was awkward, and there timing. Very good vid

[@patrickcannell2258]

Put himself through a lot of physical torture pushing the car in and out.

[@SmittySmith-lu9bh]

Hes young - he can take it...

[@williamadams7666]

OK... this channel has the best music and audio of any. Many good shows out there but always way too much jabbering. My new fav.

[@roopeshkrishna34]

Awesome machines..!

[@z2sam]

Liked it when you finally could drive the car after all the work, great video :)

[@johnsampson1096]

Great car, Alv! My first car was a 53 Chevrolet. I bought in 1966 from a high school teacher for $75.00. It was a solid car at the time, but burned a quart of oil every 50 miles. A real smoker, but fun to drive. The Beatles sounded great on that car radio. I just restored one and have it on my electronic bench. Hope yours is working. Thanks for the video!

[@ronhytoff6385]

My first car also, $ 100 purchased in 1962 whilst I was in high school. Mine was a 2 door, blue original paint of course, burnt oil like crazy....I used to buy .75 cents worth of gas (about 3 gallons) and one quart of oil. My exhaust color was same color as car. No heater core or radio which I purchased at a junk yard. Straight six, shifter on the column...what a wonderful car for a couple of years.

[@42lookc]

Good job! I was pretty sure it was a timing issue, and when I saw the timing window part of the vid, a smile spread across my face. :-) It was just a matter of 'time' then. ;-) You sure worked long and hard for that one.

[@rongendron8705]

My father bought a used 1954 Chevy Bel Air (same car) in 1959 for $400. or $450. from a local car lot! It ran well & I remember that the ignition had three settings,i.e. On, Neutral, Lock, so in neutral you didn't need a key to start, but could be easily stolen! Unfortunately, it only lasted until about 1964! But, in Cuba, you can probably see some of them still 'running around' after nearly 70 years! Hooray for simplicity!

[@williamllorens2141]

Like the old saying goes; persistence pays 👍😃

[@dominickcarcione8446]

He's persistent, WOW.

[@noampitlik2332]

This car looks great as a convertible. Remember Wally's car on Leave it to Beaver?

[@lovetocrank]

Glad you got it running! But I also enjoyed listening to the starter motor when you were cranking it!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Me too!

[@lovetocrank]

Did you like the sound of the starter when you were cranking it?

[@DaysofCars]

Thanks! Then you must be a real classic car enthusiast!

[@lovetocrank]

I am.

[@lovetocrank]

@ THROTTLE POWER Do you like listening to the starters when old cars are cranking during a hard start?

[@stevegabbert9626]

I'd give my right arm for a 53 or 54, but then I wouldn't be able shift that "3 on the tree", so forget that. I had a 53', brush painted John Deere Green, sold that and took a step up....to a 54', 4 door Bel Air, with fender skirts. Good job getting it going, wish it was mine.

[@SmittySmith-lu9bh]

This reminds me of a 1954 Chevy I had that wouldnt start no matter what I did. I ended up having the firing order 180 degrees around! lol