Restoration & other photos

This is a bit of photographic history of my fabulous Met!

Photos from the PNMOC Christmas Party taken by Jan Watson

The annual Christmas Party was chaired by Ingred and Wayne and was another huge sucess. There were three couples sorely missed at this party, Bob and Bea Collier, Leonard and Shirley Robison, Vane Walter and Marjorie Feller. We wish them all a Merry Christmas and hope to see them soon in 2012. Entertainment was Phil Bergh and his daughter singing us a few Christmas carols and a few members enjoyed some additional entertainment in the bar.

We bought our restoration rescue car July 18, 2004. Advertised as "80% complete", that just meant that someone else did the easy paart and we were stuck trying to figure out what went where, fix it, and stick it back on. We are making progress thanks to Dale Carrington and many other PNMOC members.

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A new arrival in our household.  This 1957 Met convertible (now re-named "Miss Cam") arrived from Lake Ozark, Missouri.  It was formerly owned by a gentleman named Joe Page who had this vehicle since 1992.  He restored it in the late 1990's and used it as a point of purchase prop in one of his seven "Summer USA" stores.  He has decided to downsize his worklife, so he sold 5 of his stores and along with it offered this little Met for sale.  I purchased it from him, and originally intended on surprising my wife (Cam) with it on Christmas morning.  I didn't quite have all my bases covered on hiding everything.  While I was at work, one of the three insurance companies that I contacted for quotes called the house, spilled the beans, and I had some explaining to do when I got home that evening.  Cam is "Very Happy" with her early present, and we both look forward to having fun with this amazing little car next year when we have good weather again.

Trunk N Treat at Marymount

The last get together of the summer is a great big crab eatin' Met touring, camp fire gazing, slow drag racin' valve cover shinin' get together with great friends and anything else you wish to do all hosted by Jan and Bob at their home on Whidbey. If you weren't there - you missed it!

The B.C. Mets hosted a Met Cruise from Nanaimo to Campbell River and back. This event was all about driving and showing off our Mets and a little bit about GREAT BBQs at the McClymont's and Klint's! Don Klint built a valve cover race track and the competition was FIERCE!! (I didn't have a chance ;^{(}  All along our route we met with folks who hadn't seen a Met in years or just thought they were cute, and of course - there were LOTS of smiles all along the way.

The Friendly OK Car Club show May 12^th

While it may be a bit of a drive to get up to Omak – it is definitely a beautiful one. We went over three mountain passes, saw spots of snow at times, and had the windows down enjoying the warm sunshine as we meandered along the Columbia River.

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The May 5^th Fix A Met

What a beautiful day to get the Mets out and take care of some needed maintenance! 10 Mets came out for a little help and parts of a couple more were brought in for work.  18 folks were there to inspect, repair, or assist in any way possible. Mike Jernigan performed an inspection on each Met as it arrived to make sure the basics worked – lights, brakes, electric, and went over things with the owner that they were having troubles with or needed improvements on. This inspection drove the focus of our Fix A Met so we can help ensure we’re driving safer and more trouble free.

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Trunk or Treat at LeMay Car Museum, Parkland WA

MET 1

The Walter's Doozer after his 2009 facelift.

group of Mets at Omak car show

Five Mets and Jeff's Chevy braved the drizzel.

Variety of pictures of mets, club members and miscellaneous stuff from events I've attended.

1958 Hardtop Metropolitan, still in Lewis county where he was first sold!

1959 Metropolitan Convertible

Misc pictures of Fire Chief Met

Various photos of our 1961 Metroplitan.

A brief collection of vintage photographs, advertisements, and interesting tid-bits.