Down On The Mile High Street: 1953 Chevrolet 210 Sedan

Murilee Martin
by Murilee Martin

I’ve been on a Junkyard Find roll lately, but I haven’t forgotten the old/interesting cars that are still among the living. Here’s a nearly-60-year-old Chevy that lives— more accurately, thrives— on the street near downtown Denver.

I’m pretty sure this is a ’53, what with the one-piece windshield and 53-ish gutted grille, but you never know for sure with all the parts-swappage that takes place with these things.

It’s good to know that such cars still get used for transportation these days.





Murilee Martin
Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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  • Daveainchina Daveainchina on Nov 10, 2011

    I wonder what kind of gas mileage he's getting?

    • Zenith Zenith on Nov 12, 2011

      The one I had in the late '60s got 15 in town, but I never calibrated the odometer to highway mileposts so it may have been less. Left town in it only once. The powerglide shifted itself down to low and stayed there 40 miles west of Omaha. Had it towed home and sold it for $100--just a $50 loss.

  • Moparman426W Moparman426W on Nov 11, 2011

    Dave, most old cars like this don't cover many miles over a year's time, so gas mileage doesn't much matter to the owner.

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