An HHR as a 53 Buick

I'm on the fence about this one.........

 

clever but am not too hot on this overall design;however I do like the front grill

 

Strange...

And why leave the Bowtie on the rear end?

 

The bowtie above the license is molded in with the chrome trim. The shop would have to create an entire new piece, or some kind of 'cap' to disguise it. There are so many HHR's around, I don't think anyone is going to be fooled.

Appears this HHR has some connection with the PTWoody company that makes 'woody kits' for a number of vehicles (PTWoody.com). Some friends of ours has one of their kits on their Mini.......

 

It's a clever idea, but like is sometimes the case, the end result turns out to be less than what was expected.

 

I am not a fan (OK, I hate) those 50s wannabes in the first place (PT Cruisers too). At least with this they take it the logical conclusion. Certainly different.

mike

 

I've seen photos of this on another forum (in the "doing it wrong" thread) of this thing in progress.

 

OMG! I actually like this one. But they could have easily covered the Chevy emblem with something that looks like an early Buick.
If I bought it I'd probably hate it in a few weeks.
I came so close to buying a red HHR panel. Glad I woke up!

 

Woody?

Me too T1. What the HHR could have been. Good thing you walked away from the HHR Panel tho'. The blind spots in that puppy will hide an 18 wheeler. As for hiding the bowtie, In the late '40s the Buick had a red glass setup on the backend of their entire car line that was a forerunner of left and right turn signals before #1157 bulbs.(Anybody 'sides me remember havin' to hang your left arm out the window for LEFT,RIGHT, AND STOP hand signals?) In the early '80s the then transportation secretary Elizabeth Dole had ah brain storm that we now know as the 3rd brake lite! WELL DAH, How hard to injection mold another red plastic bulb and run a little wire to cover up that Bowtie

 

BigBarney I only hung my left arm out the window to wave at pretty girls. I do remember those old Buicks too. Must have been in some modern picture book.As for that HHR rear emblem, there are many things that could have been done to hide the GM bowtie.
Besides the blind spots on the HHR panel there was very little actual space back there. I seem to remember the floor was raised. Maybe if it had a 350 V-8 I'd been more interested.

 

Here's a HHR Woody that I would actually LIKE........
I believe this kit actually has some real wood in it.



Saw one just like this when I was in L.A. sometime back. Looked pretty sharp.

 

Did great job capturing classic Buick woody look on modern vehicle without sending HHR to custom fabrication shop ($$$).
Fun, bit of tongue-in-cheek, new life for a HHR.
Rear trim with bowtie has got to be bolt on. Replace with clean stainless trim or..........

 

Sometimes less is more.

To me it's just overdone...granted I suck at photo manipulations but this is my attempt to improve the look from my perspective. HRP



This is the original photo.

 

I remember when GM announced they were going to build these HHRs. I saw some concept art and thought it looked cool. Then there was a TV show, I think it was called "Rides" that debuted the HHR and took three of them (If I recall correctly) to shops for a customization competition for the SEMA show. The first thing I thought of was how small it was. I was under the impression from the beginning it was going to be a full size rig, like Tahoe proportions. In the end I think they had a neat concept that wasn't nearly as neat when the production model came out. I like come of the wood grain kits, like the one Marshal posted. but for the most part I'm not really into them.

 

The HHR was a PT Bruiser wanna be. It should have been more of a Suburban could have been. A nice full size modern station wagon.