-=> Quoting Don Dellmann to Richard Argo <=-
 DD> There WAS a "210" (I never heard of the "B") from '53-57.  They had
 DD> the 150, the 210 & the Bel-air.
 DD> In '58 the 150 became the Del-ray, the 210 became the Biscayne, and
 DD> the Impala was introduced as a 2 door HT or conv. as a "top of the
 DD> line" car, basically a "dolled up & souped up" Bel-Air.
 DD> (There were also Del-rays in '54-55, I'm not sure about '56-57, they
 DD> appeared to be somewhere "between" the 210 and the Bel- air, I believe
 DD> during those years the Bel-air name was only used for 2-door
 DD> HT's.{actually as early as '51})
        I don't know about 1954, but we had a 1955 Delray (I believe
it was called a "Delray Club Coupe."
        It was actually a 210 (and sold as such) two-door hardtop
with a plastic interior.  Since we had a small child, we thought this
would be nice because the plastic would be more resistant to the
things small children do.
        It turned out as we hoped.  However, this was the first year
there was a Chevy V-8, and ever since I have cringed when somebody
says they have a "state of the art" anything.
        I don't want "state of the art"; I want something that has
been around long enough to get the bugs out of it.
        We later had several other Chevrolets with this engine and
it derivatives, and they were generally reliable and trouble free.  But
not the first year.
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