The frame-off rebuild of a 1957 Chevrolet 210 sedan

       I've always loved the '57.  I've owned a couple of '55 Chevys in my younger days but never had the opportunity (money and a good deal) to purchase one. Now that I'm going through my 3rd mid-life crisis, I've decided that it's now or never. I already had other car projects in the works ('51 VW split window - now finished) which have their vital parts  strewed all over my garage so starting another project car could send me over the edge. But the desire remained strong so my quest for a non-project car, a car that I could just buy and drive started. As luck would have it, I found a car, a car that had a lot of potential, but alas, it needed a bit of cleaning up and a paint job. September 18, 2004, I purchase the car.

    My good friend, Bob Spencer, who just finished doing a roadster for someone else came to the rescue. He would tidy up the car and do the paint. So, Bob talks me into getting the car sand blasted and so we take the car apart and the car is in such good condition that it would be a shame to put these "old" parts back on...........Can you see where this is going? Yup, now it's a full frame-off "Retro Mod"!  So, with Bob's help, a second mortgage,  and a good "head shrink" we are off and running. 

            September  2004                                                  May  2005

MMarc Buehler's historical 1951 VW sedan

I've owned this car since 1972, doing a body-off remake in the late 70's and now in 2009-2010, a complete restoration to its 1975-1978 personality.  This web site documents this process.

The rebirth of the car was completed in 2011, using  as many parts and pieces from the seventies as I could.  I am surprised and pleased at the overwhelming response the car has received including landing on the cover of the August, 2011 Hot VWs magazine.