Who started Pro Touring

[XcYZ]

I have a Big Red DVD that says "2006-2008 Version". It has a ton of in shop video, engine building, chassis and aero, and in car camera footage. The in car footage is cool because you can read the mph readout on the GPS. 210mph is crazy. Great DVD, 45 minutes of video, but whoever put it together for them spelled Camaro wrong on the jacket.

[evilzee28]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

I have a Big Red DVD that says "2006-2008 Version". It has a ton of in shop video, engine building, chassis and aero, and in car camera footage. The in car footage is cool because you can read the mph readout on the GPS. 210mph is crazy. Great DVD, 45 minutes of video, but whoever put it together for them spelled Camaro wrong on the jacket.

Hi Scott, any chance you could post some video clips of it up here for us to see? thanks..Nigel

[Bowtieracing]

I would say big red! It gave the stance,big wheels and attitude for all 1 gen cars. If you say big red was too "race" just compare it for the IImuch nova. Both has tube chassis,full race suspension etc etc.

But i do have old 80s hotrod magazine wich had features like "canyon carvers" with 1. and 2.gen camaros with wide fender flares and wide road race tires. Suspensions tuned by Herb Adams and Guldstrand ( anybody remember these
guys???? )

Yep i would say these were first ones :


Really cool cars and totally different from terrible 80s styled cars of that era.

[rogue]

this pretty much sums it up.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66566094931403

I'm sick of 150k builds personally. trailer queens.

[MarkM66]

Also, "What is Pro-Touring?"

[Steve Chryssos]

Let's not forget Brock Yates and Cotton Owens in 1972.


And HIM....

[BonzoHansen]

dun dun DUN!

[DFRESH]

Originally Posted by streetfytr68

Let's not forget Brock Yates and Cotton Owens in 1972.


And HIM....

"DA DA DAAAAA--I am Captain Chaos--and this is my faithful companion Kato--say hello Kato-----Been a cop long?" LO Freaking L---that took me back. I'm going to find Cannon Ball Run DVD somewhere and buy it.

[youthpastor]

Originally Posted by Bowtieracing

I would say big red! It gave the stance,big wheels and attitude for all 1 gen cars. If you say big red was too "race" just compare it for the IImuch nova. Both has tube chassis,full race suspension etc etc.

But i do have old 80s hotrod magazine wich had features like "canyon carvers" with 1. and 2.gen camaros with wide fender flares and wide road race tires. Suspensions tuned by Herb Adams and Guldstrand ( anybody remember these
guys???? )

Yep i would say these were first ones :


Really cool cars and totally different from terrible 80s styled cars of that era.

Rupp is that you -

I thought is was Bo and Luke Duke-

anyways- i remember reading about the canyon carvers in Cali- i thought it was cool but I didn't get it- I was too busy dreaming of tunnel rams and weld wheels and drag racing- and then there was Big Red and the Red Witch -

true Pro-touring started in the early eighties but - Red Witch and Big Red made it stick- lets not forget the press that Jeff Smith produced with his 65 Chevelle- He is probably the one that deserves the most credit for bringing it mainstream-

Honerable mention is Mike Adams and Sullivan (do you remember "baby bolt?"=Chris

[Rybar]

I remember first reading about the term in the mid 90's Chevy High Performance magazines when Stielow was building his cars like Red Witch and the Thrasher and Kyle Tucker built his Twister Camaro. They even had some sort of emblem with a wheel/tire and wings on each side.