Historically significant drag cars will always carry a prominence above the “average” muscle car, everything else being equal. We’ve seen as-raced drag cars sell for large amounts of money via private sellers, dealers, and especially at auctions. The prices of these examples far exceed those of the same car in original or stock form.
This ’57 Chevy 210 hardtop (Most 210s were sedans) named In-Bomber, was supposed to be a play on words combining “injected” and “embalmer.” We’re not sure where the embalmer part of the equation was, unless one of the original owners/racers carried that job title, but the “injected” part came from the car originally being powered by a Rochester fuel injected small block. And apparently, zombies are nothing new since the car’s side graphics show a zombie squirting a syringe full of embalming fluid on the doors.
The 210 was campaigned by the Patrick Brothers from Omaha, Nebraska from 1966-’70, and was raced all over the midwest, but also made a trip out west to the 1968 NHRA Winternationals. The car had its best outing at the ’68 NHRA U.S. Nationals, where it won H/Stock and finished runner-up in Stock Eliminator.
The In-Bomber was part of a three-car team, including Don Stephenson’s “Tension” ’57 210 sedan and Fred Anderson’s “Good In-Tension” ’57 Bel Air. For 1969, when it raced at the Winternationals, the NHRA Springnationals, and the U.S. Nationals, the car received dual carbs, and the top of the car was painted white. This is how the car is presented today.
The In-Bomber would be a nice addition to any vintage drag racing collection, or perhaps to be put back on the track to once again run in anger.
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