I posted up some pics on another forum, I figured someone might be interested. If not, I don't care, and don't bother trolling, please.

Hokay, I uploaded some pics. Enoy.

In Santa Cruz a couple of weeks ago.




Club meets. That's me next to a normal size person.




Just cruisin the coast.






After I first got it.


My "Man Pedal" REAL men have 3 pedals! (Actually it is a left foot accelerator pedal, that is a dead pedal on the right. Nerve damage sucks ass.


My homeboy Joe tries out the horn. He really digs "red car".


Anyway, those are some recent pics (mostly) At least I didn't bore y'all with old pics, these are all new boring pics!

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Nice pics, Jeff! We had a nice show w/Hy and some of your compadres over at the Menlo VA today. Maybe we can check out your new ride next time!

JC

We wanted to go, but we would have had to get up way too early, and from Hy's description, it is an emotionally draining day. I guess we might have been a little selfish in our consideration of that. Plus some of your club would still like to see me arrested for something, anything, so there is that as well. I hope you had a good time, maybe next year.

Looks like you're living the life Jeff. Having a convertible in sunny California has got to be a blast. I'm even considering getting one myself, once we settle on which business we are going to invest in. My brother already bought himself a Miata to cruise around in. I'm thinking of getting myself a Saturn Sky when the time comes.

quote Originally posted by WhiteDevil88: In Santa Cruz a couple of weeks ago.

Ok... suddenly I want to watch 'The Lost Boys' for some reason...

"One thing I could never stand about Santa Clara... all the damn vampires..."

Miss ya Jeff.

Wow, those are sweet pics

Santa Carla, you mean.

[snicker] Chick Car [/snicker]

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John DuRette
Custom 85 SE/86 GT
"Kinda makes you nostalgic for a Members Only jacket"

Sorry my car isn't more penis shaped for your pleasure.

quote Originally posted by WhiteDevil88: I

^ This is obviously my favorite picture.^
We have a turquoise 2004 standard PT Cruiser.
Didn't choose it, it was inherited, but we love it!

It'll be getting custom wheels when the original equipment tires wear out, and some Von Dutch style pinstripes somewhere along the line as well.




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Do you have any more pictures of what looks like a panel van conversion in a few of your pics?

Brad

Not sure what you mean, we don't have any panel trucks in our club. That is one place where Chrysler dropped the ball compared to the HHR, I believe you can even get an HHR SS panel wagon, for a super fast floral delivery truck.

nice pics of a nice car.

There is one around here with just a little to much chrome on it for my taste, but I could see others liking it. I keep wanting to get a pic of it, but am always forgetting my camera in the house.

nice pics
whats the plate say?
post up the pic of your unibomber look
thats a great pic of you

quote Originally posted by USFiero: [snicker] Chick Car [/snicker]

Says the Fiero owner....

quote Originally posted by Formula88: Says the Fiero owner....

Dude, I own two and neither have power steering . Just 'cause some marketing dweeb at Pontiac thought they could only sell Fiero's to secretaries... well, this Forum is proof of that wasted education .
... My Mom drive a PT... and she loves it. I'm six foot, and I don't fit well. 70 year old ladies... juuuust right. Not really trashing the ride for you fans, I'm just a Fiero owner dishing it out like I've been taking it. I guess Giant Jeff needs the top down. Good thing he's in sunny Cali.

Got any more pics of the car with what looks like airbrush work on the back?

quote Originally posted by USFiero: Dude, I own two and neither have power steering . Just 'cause some marketing dweeb at Pontiac thought they could only sell Fiero's to secretaries... well, this Forum is proof of that wasted education . ... My Mom drive a PT... and she loves it. I'm six foot, and I don't fit well. 70 year old ladies... juuuust right. Not really trashing the ride for you fans, I'm just a Fiero owner dishing it out like I've been taking it. I guess Giant Jeff needs the top down. Good thing he's in sunny Cali.

That is odd, I have no problem with the headroom either in our sedan, or with the top up on the vert, 62mm lower. The top of the winshield is low, so you tend to have to accomodate that somehow, but it is one of the few cars that is big enough. I don't think they are for everybody, and the non turbo models tend to be grandma cars. But the reason I like Fieros is the same reason I like Cruisers. They are unique and do what they do pretty well for the money.

I always wanted to turn one into a surfmobile.
Paint some waves. Airbrush some old surf stickers onto the body or glass. Mount a couple boards to the roof. Shave the handles you know old school station wagon at Rincon beach type stuff.

I rented one and decided against it. I didn't feel comfy in it and it wasn't a turbo model(didn't know there was one) so it was really slow.

The turbo makes all the difference, especially with the SRT Stage 1 ECU. Dynos of otherwise stock turbo cars turning 235 at the wheels and 300 # of torque at 2200 rpm are common. I haven't tested mine, but it has a Mopar open intake and 2.5" exhaust. I would so run it against your Fiero with the 3.4dohc. On the freeway it has all the urgency my L67 Fiero had but with ABS and airbags, and a back seat for my dog.

Rentals are rarely good indicators of a vehicle's entire model lineup. The chassis does need some tuning, and they can be made into a very tossable car. And it is very easy to upgrade the interiors of lesser equipped models through a niche aftermarket of enthusiasts like Mr. Mike...

My picks for collector values on these cars would be for GT models, headed up by the Dream Cruiser editions 2-4, before the 2006 redesign. The 2003 was the intro year for the GT and needs a fuel injector upgrade for Stage 1, and came with rather spartan interiors of cloth, sunroof optional, so they can be had cheaply now that they have 5 years on them. The 2004 GT was pretty much the high water mark,with GT's coming equipped with standard leather, sunroofs, and chrome 17". In spring of 04, the 05 convertible was introduced ( mine has a 2/04 build date.) to be killed off by disinterested new ownership 2 model years later after the 2007 model, it was killed along with the GT package. After the redesign it was a much different car, and one that continues to be de-contented. The so-called "Lite Turbo" in the Limited models from 04 on turn into GT+ with the $tage One computer, making them a nice way to get performance for less then the inflated GT price. By 07, though, the bulletproof Getrag availability went away with the Neon based SRT-4.

Nice pic Also to a Nice one you drive ... Love the color and the look of it .......Rob

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quote Originally posted by twofatguys: Do you have any more pictures of what looks like a panel van conversion in a few of your pics? Brad

Uou must mean this car...


That is a plastic insert sold by aftermarket that covers the rear window and ditches the rear wiper. The aftermarket sells panels to replace the rear doors and windows as well, but it involves more cutting and welding.

Gotta tell ya, I don't like PT Cruisers, but for some reason I like yours. It's clean, not overdone, I love it. I would love to drive it once, can I drive it?

quote Originally posted by Silentassassin185: Got any more pics of the car with what looks like airbrush work on the back?

You must mean Tony's car.




The PT gives some broad canvasses for airbrush and pinstriping, people tend to like to fill those spaces up.







I'm more of a mimimalist on my car,but I appreciate their sense of pride.

In my opinion, anyone who places stuffed dolls around their cars at a show, or anywhere else for that matter, should be immediately disqualified.
Banished from the club, and all shows no matter who organized it, for at least a year.
And finally, they should be urinated on by a small time local politician.

Are we car guys, or little girlie girls?

Yes, fortunately my wife is in agreement with you on that, so no danger of us picking up a faceless kid. I'd rathe hire a short homeless person to lean against my car.

So you mentioned that you got a torquoise 04. Is that the Sea Green Metallic? If so, that is a keeper. That is the most rare color for the PT, in fact, only 147 GTs were painted SGM. If you could find a SGM GT with a 5 speed, you would have a pretty rare Mopar. Some 16" smoothie wheels with wide white wall tires some red pinstripe would look very cool indeed. And turbo motor swaps are easy.

quote Originally posted by WhiteDevil88: Yes, fortunately my wife is in agreement with you on that, so no danger of us picking up a faceless kid. I'd rathe hire a short homeless person to lean against my car. So you mentioned that you got a torquoise 04. Is that the Sea Green Metallic? If so, that is a keeper. That is the most rare color for the PT, in fact, only 147 GTs were painted SGM. If you could find a SGM GT with a 5 speed, you would have a pretty rare Mopar. Some 16" smoothie wheels with wide white wall tires some red pinstripe would look very cool indeed. And turbo motor swaps are easy.

Yep, its the rare sea green metallic, with a grey interior.
Plastic wheelcovers (temporarily).
Plastic automatic transmission.
Plastic intake manifold, plastic cylinder head for all I know.
I shudder at the thought of actually having to work on this engine.
But the car is great. It drives well, is nimble and keeps up with traffic just fine.
Its full of little well thought out details like the multi use cargo shelf, the under seat storage bin, folding seats, mini captains chairs, even a little hook on the gas filler door to hang the gas cap while fueling!
I'm thinking gold and silver for the striping. I like the wheels on your car a lot, but Chris is partial to chrome.
We'll be getting chrome, no doubt.

Thanks for the pics of the airbrushing. Not really anything I care for on any car of mine but I do like seeing the skill.

If you can find a set of the chrome Empire wheels that I have, get them. They are the only 7" wide rim available on any years. They came on the 04 Dream Cruiser, optional on the convertible, and on the 06 Route 66 Street Cruiser. They are designed specifically for the PT, and they first were seen in 18x8 at the 2001 New York International Auto Show on the PT Cruiser Convertible Styling Concept.
These will be the ultra rare ultra expensive Mopar wheels in the future.

Feel free to add pics of your favorite Cruisers.

Here is an old pic of out 2004 GT in the middle, with my mom's 2004 Dream Cruiser 3 on the right, and my dad's 2001 Limited that he bought from the BigO dealership group, it was their showcar and had a metalflake paint job on it that would suit a bass boat. He used it as a courtesy car for his Big O Tires dealership and sold it with the dealership when he retired.

So we are a bit of a PT Family. I've been intrigued by them ever since the first prototype pics of 1998. When they came out, I eas a bit let down that they had not stuck closer to the Pronto Cruiser showcar design, but they are an automotive Swiss Army knife, The arrangeable seating allows you to carry a lot of stuff; I moved a 42" plasma, a washing machine, and a dryer into the back of our sedan, (separate trips, of course.) I didn't much care for the unfinished look of they grey bumpers, especially after seeing tape marks show up on every grey bumpered car. then in 2002, they restyled the front a little for the first Dream Cruiser and what would come to be the Turbo front end (even if the Dream Cruiser 1 did not have a turbom the following Dream Cruisers 2,3,and 4 came with standard High Output 2.4l Turbo engines.) The new front end features a smoother bumper and a wider lower grill to accomodate the air to air intercooler. Tha body colored paint on bumpers became the rule with 2003 models, but the smooth bumper is a dead giveaway for those hiding turbo engines that also power the SRT-4.