Good to see you here.
 

Ty,
Glad to see your chime in. Bob's car was killer. I was next to it for 4 hours and really had a great discussion with him. Great work by him. Congrats are in order. We should have spent time comparing gaps, but that did not seem important. Captain Manning is coming home from Iraq next month. Philly Cheese steak?? Michael

To sum it up
 

Forget the "gaps" issue. It is not about that. It is about our community, friendships, and passion for our sport. For those who I spoke with at GG and who had seen the car, you know the quality of the craftsmanship in the car.

Each of the cars in the final 5 is an expression and an artistic art form. Mine was one of minimalistic function different from any others in the room. I have the utmost respect for every builder in that room and many who probably should have made it. As a builder of automotive electrical systems, there is no room for “gaps”. You don’t move unless I am right on. All my work gets hidden. However, as far as executing the concept, I am far less talented in this area than those who can critique the finished product. Hence I put my faith in DSE to complete the concept that I wanted. For me, they succeeded. Suffice it to say that I was honored to be amongst the final 5.

Defining the criteria for judging is a difficult task both for the GG staff and the builders, To point at politics and the "good old boy network" is unfair. I too am not interested in a stack of awards and was certainly not selected because I display a vendor both at Goodguys events. I left the restoration network years ago to avoid the criticism of the color of the grade 8 bolts on my hood hinge or the angle of the ink stamps on the heater control box. (I always liked the left handed line workers).

The bar has been raised so far that there must be a different set of criteria used to set apart the truly exceptional cars. We all recognize this. However, trailer queens are another category. That is not ours as we use and abuse our cars. Many of you know me an acknowledged the fact that my car was on the track at Gingerman after an initial 3 hours of wheel time. The ride back from Warren Dune State park alone qualified as its own autocross. It was built to perform and did just that. Is this the criteria or is it a Pro Street look with a minimum 12 second pass? Perhaps the weight of chrome on the car or the yards of carbon fiber are the test. Maybe we need to redefine the pack and subdivide the classes. Maybe it is just not that important.

The bottom line is that we are all big boys able to accept the criticism and revel in the accolades. The judges are human. I did not win the big prize. Kudos to Roger Burman and all the best to Karen Leisinger. Enjoy that car every day!!

Tell people what you want them to hear... Write down what you want them to remember.

So much for my $0.02

The last thing you need is a beer cooler in your truck. Heck didn't you look down at your "K"ankle and you did that jumping off a lift sober.

You need one of these

here is the link just in case you can't find it on your own

Thanks Ben. Glad everyone liked the car but especially when it's a fellow designer. It's amazing those cars aren't more popular because it is a great starting point and has tons of style out of the box. Maybe Bob and Ty will start something big.

You'll have to wait for the full PHR feature for every little bit of tech but I can tell you it has DSE front and rear, 19x10s and 12" true 3 piece Rushforth Night Trains with 345/30 in back and a MAST Motorsports LS motor backed by a Bowler automatic but not sure what size and HP output.

-- he has a website, i just can't remember the link

I have some of my pictures uploaded and I am working on uploading more. Of the pictures that I took, I think this one is my favorite.

http://a.imageshack.us/img819/5651/dsc0034kq.jpg

Only have about 240 pictures posted, so far I have been having trouble posting up more.
http://profile.imageshack.us/user/diognes56/

There were some disappointments for me (mostly caused by the rain), but I still had a great time :) . It was nice meeting you Syborg tt, the truck looks great :thumbsup: . Wish I could have met more of the members here.

G-Force 'Cuda being there was a pleasant suprize (yes I have the toy). There were several people that I heard (while I was taking pictures) asking why it wasn't in the Pro's Pick area, I explained to a couple of them that it had already won SMOY :D .

David

[QUOTE=Smittys67;295772] George Poteet's truck that Troy built was not in the top 5 so its not about your name or who built it its about what they like. [QUOTE]

Just info, Troy didn't build the Poteet truck. Rad Rides did the paint and some machining work. The designer and builder is Brian Stinger and George contracted Rads for the above stuff. Brian stayed in a hotel by Troy's and assembled the truck at their shop while the parts and panels were finishing paint - which explains his being in the Rads pics on their site.

http://stingershotrodshop.com/index_home.htm

Brian is a super guy and a great artist on canvas and sheetmetal :thumbsup:

The paint and machine work was awesome Rads stuff as per their usual build standards :thumbsup:

Jim

Can't help with specs but.....

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0620.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0621-1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0624-1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0623.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...DSC_0629-1.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0722.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0704.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0701.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0703.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0723.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...9/DSC_0717.jpg

Hope that covers your fix! :) (can you tell I am building a Firebird???)

I have a couple more but they get a little redundant.

Chris

Dude your tire placement was SPOT on in my opinion. I really liked where you placed them width wise... probably the best of the bunch. Nice work you should be proud of what you have built!

Chris

Thanks Kenny.
We just got everything unloaded from the trailers and I shot a few pics for the owner. We were all unsure at first when the owner wanted to turn a 2 door burban into a 4 door, slam it and put 700 + HP under the hood, but it turned out bretty bad a$$ in the end.


http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11033.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11037.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11040.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11047.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11054.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11056.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11101.jpg

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/s...cture11099.jpg

It only took 4 trailers to haul everything! 7 cars, 8 chassis, 2 IFS displays, and all the other signage and display stuff. We have to get in touch with the packaging department at IKEA and see how we can get all of this stuff into the back of a minivan because the fuel costs are getting insane!:lol:

Great show though. We were thrilled to have a car in the top 5 for both SROY and SMOY. COLUMBUS IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST EVENT OF THE YEAR! It is great to see everyone and see what they are building. There were a lot of top notch cars from both pro shops and home builders. That AMC and the Code Red T/A were pretty killer cars that didn't get the attention/recognition they deserved.

I have to agree that Troy's P/U was the biggest shock. We saw that thing at Indy and were blown away by the workmanship and detail that went into it. We had that pinned for SROY with out a doubt.

Lol, I would have loved to see you guys coming down the road tugging four trailers full of hot rods! Sweet! :thumbsup:


You could always start building Isettas, original Minis, etc. You could fit two or three for every piece of American muscle, and stack the chassis on end in back of the trailer. :lol:


I thought it seemed to be pretty special, but I hadn't been to a major show in a while before last year. I moved here from Northeastern Ohio where, way back when, we used to have the Hot Rod Super Nationals in Canfield, OH. That's where I fell off the deep end seeing the work of people like Scott Sullivan, and the first real street-legal drag cars. They were in the 8s one year, then in the 7s the next. The ground trembled when they pulled in the A&W cruise afterwards, like there was an earthquake.

The PPG Nats are the most fun I've had since then - nice. :cool:

I just posted a cool video of the 1954 Vette that has our Mesh 3 piece wheels on our website. Here's a link to the video

http://www.bozeforged.com/videos.html

Zak

The ultimate SUV, very creative project. Maybe Jeremy should duplicate this ride as a shop truck for pulling a trailer loaded with gear for the shows they attend. It would definitely be an approvement on the gas cost they been burning up lately LOL. Great job R.S.

Just went through all the posts.

I liked reading the many compliments of the vehicles being discussed here from people who saw the 'glasses' full, half full or even a little full.

Does anyone have any information on The Poteet Chevelle? It looks petty sweet(as are all of his cars). Who built it?

Roadster shop cars
 

Without a doubt, the Roadster shop cars are very cool and very well executed. They run the cars and drive them well. Great guys and superb concepts. The Suburban was outstanding. I would not want that hauling cost. Mine is big never mind what they have to incur. And I was a huge fan of the track inspired Miller as my pick for SROY. But then again my slant always favors a race influence. That car was very unique. I would have loved to see it do the autocross.

Hells YES my friend!!! Only I'll go traditional this time... "wit"! LOL :thumbsup:

legends rod shop . this is a wicked car .

Somehow I managed to miss Poteet's Chevele :( . Looks like it would have been nice to see though :thumbsup: .

David

Thanks for the pics Chris! That is one killer looking car. The exterior is smooth looking.:thumbsup: :cheers:

Shouldn't Poteet's truck have been in the truck of the year class? It was by far one of the best vehicles at the show. Detail was incredible.

Thanks for sharing the amazing pictures & stories.:D

No problem! My wife and I were very excited to see a early second gen in there! It really helped my wife visualize what the empty shell sitting next to the house can look like.

Chris

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature...ggcolumbusray/

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature...columbussatal/

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature...columbusfrial/

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature...columbusjuly8/

On page 12 in the first set of pics,about middle ways down,there is a black 55/56 chevy truck. Would you have a better side view of that truck? It would be much appreciated if I could get a better pic of it. Thanks!

I think this is the same truck you are referring too. My picture is at about the same angle, but it is larger/higher res :) .

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1...c0071pc.th.jpg

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

David

DSE's pics

http://www.detroitspeed.com/news_events/columbus10.htm

Thanks that is a better pic. I couldnt tell what whells were on it before.

No problem Greg, glad to help.

Ok, so I finally got the pictures that I am going to share (about 740) uploaded. That is about half of the car pictures I took last weekend. Sorry the order is so messed up, I had some troubles uploading and apparently imageshack doesn't let you organize them.

http://profile.imageshack.us/user/Diognes56

If you see any that you would like higher res versions of, just ask I still have the full resolution versions.

I am also working on looking through everybody elses pictures, since I am pretty sure that is the only way to see the whole show :D . Thanks guys :thumbsup: .

David

Nice pics. :thumbsup:

Hi David

It was good meeting you also and I agree I forgot how much I loved G-Force Cuda

setting the bar
 

I agree the g-force cuda is amazing,but I still think Chicayne by Rad Rides set the bar pretty high and had many firsts:

It was awesome to take a non pony car and make it a sporty beast
the twin turbo 1200 hp motor is still untouchable.
the colorscheme launched a league of copy cats with its olive, beige tones,
the engineering was unreal

Its good that enough years of SMOY have been around that we can compile a 'greatest hits' album of cars.

To me Chicayne is right at the top, I would love to have that car.
!!!!

that's the car I thought of... How 'bout Sullivan's Cheeze-Wizz- Rumor has it- he won SMOY years ago- but was on his way home so they gave it to someone else.

I love Chicayne :yes: . I finally got to see it in person when I visited Rad Rides with a couple of my brothers and my Dad :D :woot: .

http://s1016.photobucket.com/albums/...s%20by%20Troy/

David