manual air conditioning!

 

Welcome from Santa Ana! looking forward to meeting your MIL and her cool ride!
As Jay said, we are pretty active and have a bbq g2g coming up soon -- keep checking the South Pacific link.

Usually the first thing to go is the 'fishing pole' aka, the antenna.

What color and we like pix!

@ & Sirius Blackie

 

Here's a quick camera phone shot with the proud new owner! -
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It's an amazingly clean 2009 LT with 46K miles - a little high for an '09, but we got a super deal on it and it is absolutely perfect shape, not a single ding or scratch. Only option appears to be a power seat. Here's some of the plans:
*Tire change - I posted a thread about "half price whitewalls" - I want to run 225/60-16 Michelin "Symmetry" tires with a very thin pinstripe whitewall (sort of like the old "pinner" whites or redlines from the 60's) - it is a factory tire for Lincoln Towncars/Ford Crown Vics - I wish it were a 215/60, but I think it will work - please let me know of your experience with a 225/60/16!
*I want to upgrade it to a "factory" style chrome package - chrome wheel "covers", grill, mirror and door handles and the back gate strip - it's all probably cheap stuff, but let me know your experience with the aftermarket items on eBay to do this; we can make this change really inexpensively with some of the parts I'm finding, but I hate for it to go bad in 6 months!
*I want to add factory fog lights, running boards, a roof rack and the factory chrome tail pipe - I will look for threads on this - the running boards look easy, but I wonder how hard it will be add a rack?
*Maybe only a few other "aftermarket" chrome additions, if any - I do like the tailight trim rings, and I will keep my eye out for any other cool stuff, but I want to keep it simple for now.
*When my mother-in-law retires from driving, we are going to buy the car and that is when I will take it to the next level - I would love to add one of those "3D" woody kits that go up and over the door windows - I have heard the company making those went out of business, any word on that?
*Final change eventually will be painted steelies with caps and trim rings, full wide whites, lowering and maybe a clean visor to go with the wood kit, so it will be a long term project, but looking forward to all of it!

Thanks again everyone for your warm welcome, we will look into that picnic in April!!

 

 

Nice '37! My father owns a '39 Chevy Master Deluxe.

 

You will see some very nice versions of HHR's. Our SoCal group has some sweet rides. Careful, you might lose your rear wiper.

 

Welcome Siva-

That's one Sweet '37 you have there !!!

Nice squat !!! Is it bagged ???

 

Oh yeah, full air ride on the stock knee action suspension, one of only 2 in the world that I'm aware of. She was in the December 2010 issue of Lowrider in a feature about my car club, and is slated for a 4 page spread later this year. The car is a "slantback" (no trunk, continental spare) Master Deluxe, the rarest US produced '37 in the world, one of only about 5 or 6 known to exist. Sorry, I love showing it off, here are some fun shots at the "Wings, Wheels and Rotors" show from about 4 years ago, with skirts and my other set of hubcaps (I switch it around once in awhile);
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I love comparing the photos above to this one, you gotta love this guy's style! -
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But I think we are heading in the direction of something like this for our HHR:
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But we'll see, airbagged with skirts and accessories (maybe not quite that many!) would look cool! HHRs are great, because they take to so many different styles, I can't wait to get started on ours!

 

Hoot !!! Yer ride is burning my retinas, it's so Hot !!!
That is wicked OG style !!!

I can see why it's been in LR mag & etc & more coming.. Beautiful..

There's a member here that cut up & bagged his HHR.. Lays rockers..
But I think since he finished it he traded it for some ricer ?

Anyway, thanks for posting the pics..

Yes, Mitzis' Woodie is an 06 & has taken some trophies too..

 

Nice old 37!