GM Tonawanda Powertrain Auto Show - July 2007
01-05-2007, 04:29 PM
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GM Tonawanda Powertrain Auto Show - July 2007
This is a very pre-emptive post here, but I'd like to gauge interest in coming to the annual GM Tonawanda Powertrain auto show and showing a metric buttload of HHR's. I can guarantee you that Stitch will be showing.
The show is in the last half of July, usually on a Saturday. My wife will have further information hopefully next week as to an approximate date (it's usually the second-to-last Saturday in July, but last year's was on the last Saturday). The show time is typically from 8am-6pm. There are also prizes involved, including I believe a category designed for clubs about showing the most of a single model: last year's winner of this trophy was an international Corvair club that showed 30 Corvairs.
I will also put this out: if you are interested and fill out an entry form for the show, I'll send you one of the many Tonawanda Powertrain license plate frames, suitable for car use. (we have a bunch of them, and I in fact have one on the front of Stitch.)
Post here if you're interested. As I get more info I'll post it here. When I get applications, I'll PM all those interested so I can find out where to send the apps.
Thanks in advance!
The show is in the last half of July, usually on a Saturday. My wife will have further information hopefully next week as to an approximate date (it's usually the second-to-last Saturday in July, but last year's was on the last Saturday). The show time is typically from 8am-6pm. There are also prizes involved, including I believe a category designed for clubs about showing the most of a single model: last year's winner of this trophy was an international Corvair club that showed 30 Corvairs.
I will also put this out: if you are interested and fill out an entry form for the show, I'll send you one of the many Tonawanda Powertrain license plate frames, suitable for car use. (we have a bunch of them, and I in fact have one on the front of Stitch.)
Post here if you're interested. As I get more info I'll post it here. When I get applications, I'll PM all those interested so I can find out where to send the apps.
Thanks in advance!
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01-07-2007, 11:31 AM
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Minor Update
My wife says she'll check this week about the exact date so that planning can start. She also mentioned that if I can secure enough HHR folks to come, we can count ourselves as a club and she miiiiight be able to talk the plant PR lady into giving everyone a group tour of the plant, including the L850 line which produces all HHR engines. This has precedent, as it was done last year for the Corvair club: even though the line is defunct, Tonawanda produced the air-cooled inline 6 for the Corvair, so those folks got to tour what they termed as "holy ground."
01-08-2007, 07:25 AM
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Up until about a year ago, I used to live 2 blocks from the plant. I have attended the last 10 shows there and they are great. There are engine assembly demos and transmission assembly demos, a band playing, food, chevy NASCAR cars (usually #8, #24, or #29), and lots of stuff for kids to do. Last plant tour I attended was in the late 80's. Our Chevy Suburban engine was made there (2002 8.1L big block). I now live about 35 minutes away, but I will definitely attend if there is no time conflict with another event that I have in late July. I'll let you know if I can attend when the show date is released.
Steve
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