How About a Nice Red Coupe?

This month's feature ride is a super clean red 37 Chevy Coupe. Dennis tells me it has a MSD fuel injected 383. It must be the cleanest, shiniest engine bay I've seen in a while. (Or am I just comparing it to mine?) This is a beautifully presented 37 Chevrolet. It is difficult to stand out in a group of 37 & 38 Chevys and Dennis does it!. 

Seems Like We Prefer Red!

It appears that the favorite color for our 37 & 38 Chevys is RED! I found another one Saturday at a local cruise night. Bryan has a collection of Chevys at his house. As you can see in the background, he has a Chevelle and his wife has a nice Berlinetta Camaro, But it's Bryan's 38 Chevy Sedan that is of interest here. This sedan becomes one of dozens that fall into the "red" category. Bryan bought the sedan from a friend and has made it his own; including solving an over heating problem. If there is one thing that makes us a club it is that we have all dealt with heat problems! Bryan's car is on the left and top right.

Here is Don’s 37. Don bought this car in Illinois and drove it to Houston. It was a nice finished car until, like all of us, Don started to improve it. It was out for a season as he installed a new cam & heads…but then we thought we had lost it when he decided to rewire it and enhance the interior. We thought it might be found years later as a “nouveau barn find.” Happily, it found its way back to cruise nights all in one piece!

Jimmy has owned this beautiful black 1938 Chevrolet Master Deluxe since he was a young man; a long time ago in the late 50’s. You know the car and driver are old when Jimmy tells you he paid $7.50 each for the fenders! The car was a fixture at Houston area drag strips way back. We’re all glad that he finally got around to restoring the 38. It’s hard to make a black car look straight, but this one does! The state insists this is a '37, but we know better.

Our friend Johnny (see his new ride above) bought this car in North Carolina. He immediately took it on its first road trip: driving it 1200 miles from NC to Houston. Brave guy! He then proceeded to revamp the car. Johnny replaced the SB 400 with a 355 and made several other updates before selling it to a “new John.” (This 37 must have a requirement to be owned by “a John.”)

John has done some nice upgrades to the 37 brakes and lead me to upgrading my trunk supports like he did.

Bill's 37 is subtle and gorgeous. He chose one of Cadillac's new colors (platinum ice white ) for the 37 and it looks great. He joined us for the special 37/38 Chevy night at Niftee 50ees but this was the only shot I could get without a crowd around the coupe.

Gary brought this very nice 38 two door sedan to Niftee 50ees. I haven't spent enough time looking at it yet, but it appears to be a very nice car. The interior is really nice with some custom touches that set it apart from most 37/38s. Gary must be our kinda guy 'cause his license plate says that he "loves 38s"!

Yet another red 38! Bill has owned this nice 38 coupe since 1985. He bought it as a "some assembly required" car. The coupe literally came in boxes! It took months to assemble the car and another year to find out where the last piece went. Bill needed to control his budget so he bought a complete (wrecked) late model Chevy for $135. That gave him the engine and transmission that he drove 80,000 miles until he tore it down to re-do in 2007. The engine was freshened and the coupe got its Monterey Red from a Corvette color.

Come see our cars!

Several of these 37 Chevys and 1938 Chevrolets are regulars at the popular Niftee 50ees Cruise Night. It is held at the Corum Center (4880 Louetta Rd, Spring, TX 77388). Come see us Saturday nights 6:00 to 10:00. Usually mid-March to mid-November. http://www.niftee50ees.com/home.html

The Niftee 50ees “Saturday Night Cruise” provides a family oriented show. We have a well lighted parking lot full of classic cars and good time oldies music. We offer onsite security in a coned off area and, best of all, its free to the general public! Come see the classics!