Stock Ride Height Front an Rear Dimensions

[Fifty-Seven 210 Shoebox]

Stock Ride Height Front an Rear Dimensions
Could someone tell me what the stock ride height is for a 1957 210 2dr? My car was lowered at some point by captain short cut. This guy cut so many corners he started out with a square piece of paper and ended up with a circle. Anyway, I need to do some suspension work on the car . I really would like to know where the starting point is. How far off the ground is the front supposed to be, and where do you get that measurement, crossmember or bumper? Same question for the rear of the car. Do you measure from the center of the top of the axle to the bottom of the from or do you go from the ground to the bottom of the bumper and what is it supposed to be if the car was stock? Any help is appreciated.

[shoeboxpaul]

I am surprised no one has responded to your question. Chevrolet produced a manual entitled 1957 Chevrolet Passenger Car Specifications. There is a website called Old Online Chevy Manuals (https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.co...to/57index.htm). The manual I am directing you to may also be in the Documents Library on this site but in a quick search, I did not find it. Not a lot of specs from different points but enough to get what you should want to know for the ride height as the factory made them. Once you access the site, scroll down about 3/4 of the page and you will see a black area entitled Manuals, Booklets, Etc. Listed In Order of Year. Place your cursor in the black area and scroll down to the 1957 Passenger Car Specifications. Click on it and advance 13pages using the Next Page feature near the bottom of each page, the first thing listed is the overall height - loaded and unloaded. Unfortunately, every copy I have seen on the internet is blurred like this so using the symbols (letters in a circle) is hard to define in the diagram but knowing from the description, not hard to decipher. May this be helpful.