|
How ya'll is? It's February already, the month of love and romance...I hope all my brother truckers remember to take a moment away from cleaning your rides to let our sister truckers know how much we appreciate them and the support that they give us. Now on to the ramblings that sometimes resemble coherent thoughts concerning our true passion...our trucks, sorry ladies, ya'll know you'll always take that honor..hehe Being the type of guy that I am, the kind that digs all things automotive, I read a lot of magazines concerning our, and related, hobbies. Recently I was thumbing through a back issue of Street Rodder, which came from my extensive personal periodical library, and came across the "Road Tour '98" series. This is something that they have been doing for a few years now. The whole basis of the story is that the magazine builds a car to give away, then they have one guy, Jerry Dixey, who drives across the country to nearly EVERY major rodding event. As I read this, well thumbed through looking at pictures and reading captions actually, I had a thought...if the muscle car guys and the street rodders can have a sponsored road trip, why can't we? It was then that I did some digging in my collection and found articles from Hot Rod Magazine's Power Tour and Rod And Custom magazine's Ameri-Cruise. Looking at the pictures got my mind working, imagining how cool it would be to see a line of mini's and compacts stretching off into the horizon! Now don't get me wrong, railing through show grounds and having impromptu burnout contests, (which is my personal favorite) is way fun, but imagine having the fun and camaraderie that a long road trip with a bunch of strangers who all exhibit the same symptoms of their mini sickness like you do would bring! Nothing will bring a group of people together quicker than showing everyone else in the world what you and your truck are made of. I can also imagine the faces of guys and girls, youngand old, who have only seen a door dragging truck in a magazine, getting to see one up close. Then when you throw in the gratification that comes along with a big thumbs up from a total stranger, it makes it all make even more sense, not ot mention the fact that you would get to see this fine country of ours
|
I know some of ya'll will read this and think I am completely insane, tell me something I don't know! I can hear the whining already.."I just spent $7500 on graphics to win shows and get in the magazines, not to drive it and collect rock chips!" Some of those rodding guys spend that much on a SINGLE color paint job, 30 coats of hand rubbed clear ain't cheap, but they where those rock chips like badges of honor! I guess I'm one of those guys from the old school that think, "if it has a motor, drive it!", therefore I will never have a vehicle I am afraid to drive, I'd tear it up! Don't get me wrong, I dig the looks of a painted and chromed fully detailed chassis, but a frame with a little dirt and some scratches say "I'm a DRIVER" all over it. Not that having a trailer-able vehicle is a bad thing, but I know I can't afford to do it that way, but if you can, then I wish I was you! I want to issue a challenge to everyone that reads this...every summer Hot Rod Magazine has it's Power Tour and Rod & Custom has Ameri-Cruise, let's get together and have the biggest cruise that the world has ever seen! Maybe one of our publications, Street Scene, MiniTruckin, Truckin, any or all of them, could get us the sponsorship we'd need to pull something of this magnitude off. If you'd like more information on Power Tour 2001, which will be going from Pontiac, Michigan to San Bernardino, California, May 3-12, go to www.emapusaevents.com then look for Power Tour. This is an open event, meaning it is open to all makes and models of vehicles with no restrictions on anything, basically it's a run-whatcha-brung type affair. Registration is $50 Well that concludes my spouting off about whatever the hell pops into my cranium, at least for now! Make sure to tune in next month, it's a doozy! Keep your wheels spinnin' and the beavers grinnin'! Jeff Miller www.explicitconcepts.com -- The Other White Meat ExplicitS10@Hotmail.com
|
