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Man, what a week. Our crew spent a solid week moving cars, renting equipment, setting up lights, cleaning the shop, and generally thrashing to get ready. It was all worth it.
The cruise at Bob's Big-Boy was bigger than usual, with the lot being packed on Friday by 4 and it was still hopin' when we left at 10. We spoke to Tim Allen, Ken Sink from Milodon, Chris Campbell from Hot Rod, Miles Cook from Mustang Monthly (with his new Vette), Harley eaditor Frank Kaisler, the Wheeler family who does the SCTA trophies, and a bunch more locals. About 10 CJTV cars were there.
We expected our open house to open at noon, but guys were rolling in by 9 and the place was mobbed by noon. It looks like we had about 275 people and 100 cars. At one point we had five former Hot Rod editors on site: Len Emmanuelson, Pat Ganahl, Jeff Smith, Drew Hardin, and me. We also saw Henry D from Chevy High Performance, Doug Glad from Car Craft, Ben Stewart from Popular Mechanics, Scott Oldham from Edmunds.com, and Jason Sands from Diesel Power. There were reps from Vortech, Mopar Performance, Edelbrock, Toyo Tires, SCTA, and SEMA, plus two big PR agencies. Dave McClelland was there for a while. I'm sure I'm forgetting many more.
Huge thanks to Shaun Callaway, Chucks73, and Paul Whalen for tackling the grill. We also had lots and lots of help from Chad's folks Walt and Judy, from Mary Whalen, and from Keith and Tonya Turk. The SilverBuick came in a day early and swept our entire shop! Our Production Coordinator Whitney Provost worked overtime, as did her sister Cameron and brother-in-law Chris (who also made all the t-shirts). Scott Clark tuned some cars, and he, Bill Fowler, and a bunch of other guys installed the new signs on our shop. Those were done by Paul at Anarchy Graphics, who also painted our van on site and added graphics to our cool shop desk. Skratch came in and pinstriped our shop fridge for us.
I apologize if I'm forgetting anyone else who helped.
On sunday, we had just three cars follow us up to Famaso Raceway for the drag day, but it went off well. See the Project Car section for updates on the F-Bomb.
Thanks again to everyone who helped and for everyone who showed up to make the fist-ever CarJunkieTV.com event a big success! Watch for the video after we launch.
The cruise at Bob's Big-Boy was bigger than usual, with the lot being packed on Friday by 4 and it was still hopin' when we left at 10. We spoke to Tim Allen, Ken Sink from Milodon, Chris Campbell from Hot Rod, Miles Cook from Mustang Monthly (with his new Vette), Harley eaditor Frank Kaisler, the Wheeler family who does the SCTA trophies, and a bunch more locals. About 10 CJTV cars were there.
We expected our open house to open at noon, but guys were rolling in by 9 and the place was mobbed by noon. It looks like we had about 275 people and 100 cars. At one point we had five former Hot Rod editors on site: Len Emmanuelson, Pat Ganahl, Jeff Smith, Drew Hardin, and me. We also saw Henry D from Chevy High Performance, Doug Glad from Car Craft, Ben Stewart from Popular Mechanics, Scott Oldham from Edmunds.com, and Jason Sands from Diesel Power. There were reps from Vortech, Mopar Performance, Edelbrock, Toyo Tires, SCTA, and SEMA, plus two big PR agencies. Dave McClelland was there for a while. I'm sure I'm forgetting many more.
Huge thanks to Shaun Callaway, Chucks73, and Paul Whalen for tackling the grill. We also had lots and lots of help from Chad's folks Walt and Judy, from Mary Whalen, and from Keith and Tonya Turk. The SilverBuick came in a day early and swept our entire shop! Our Production Coordinator Whitney Provost worked overtime, as did her sister Cameron and brother-in-law Chris (who also made all the t-shirts). Scott Clark tuned some cars, and he, Bill Fowler, and a bunch of other guys installed the new signs on our shop. Those were done by Paul at Anarchy Graphics, who also painted our van on site and added graphics to our cool shop desk. Skratch came in and pinstriped our shop fridge for us.
I apologize if I'm forgetting anyone else who helped.
On sunday, we had just three cars follow us up to Famaso Raceway for the drag day, but it went off well. See the Project Car section for updates on the F-Bomb.
Thanks again to everyone who helped and for everyone who showed up to make the fist-ever CarJunkieTV.com event a big success! Watch for the video after we launch.
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