Hot Rod Power Tour

[hifi875]

Originally Posted by Northeast Rod Run

Just curious Greg, how many Power Tours have you been on?

It is much more about the actual drive and the people, than what you drive. Ask anyone who goes year after year.

Also, you said it's not about new cars because it's a Hot Rod "power tour"? Well, I almost hate to say it, but a lot of the late models on tour, have hundreds more horsepower than the classics taking the trip. just sayin'

It may be that way now, but when the power tour started,it was all about getting your OLD hodtrod out and driving it. Fixing it up, making it road worthy so that it just don't sit in the garage and go to mom and pop car shows and just sit there. I've been to several stops going back to i think 2000 when it started in california and ended in nashville tn. There weren't no newer cars hardly at all. It was all about the old Hot rods. I love newer hotrods(had Z06 etc) but its not the same and not a challenge. IMO

[Lenie]

Originally Posted by hifi875

It may be that way now, but when the power tour started,it was all about getting your OLD hodtrod out and driving it. Fixing it up, making it road worthy so that it just don't sit in the garage and go to mom and pop car shows and just sit there. I've been to several stops going back to i think 2000 when it started in california and ended in nashville tn. There weren't no newer cars hardly at all. It was all about the old Hot rods. I love newer hotrods(had Z06 etc) but its not the same and not a challenge. IMO

Yeah I gotta tell ya, I'm wouldn't be there to watch newer high horse power cars drive by. Once the old cars start to disappear, so will the crowds. Just my thoughts.

[WILWAXU]

Originally Posted by hifi875

It may be that way now, but when the power tour started,it was all about getting your OLD hodtrod out and driving it. Fixing it up, making it road worthy so that it just don't sit in the garage and go to mom and pop car shows and just sit there. I've been to several stops going back to i think 2000 when it started in california and ended in nashville tn. There weren't no newer cars hardly at all. It was all about the old Hot rods. I love newer hotrods(had Z06 etc) but its not the same and not a challenge. IMO

Hmm.. your memory is different than mine. I was at the California kickoff parties in 1997-1999.. The ratio of modern hot rods was similar to what I see today. Difference is the number of participants.

Originally Posted by camcojb

yep, Little Rock for example. The venue is right in the middle of the "hood". And that's one of the stops next year.......

Little Rock was crazy.. a car wash was an adventure!

[hifi875]

Originally Posted by WILWAXU

Hmm.. your memory is different than mine. I was at the California kickoff parties in 1997-1999.. The ratio of modern hot rods was similar to what I see today. Difference is the number of participants.

Little Rock was crazy.. a car wash was an adventure!

where i was in nashville, at the end, it was all old cars that i remember, but i wasn't really paying attention to the new stuff, if there was any.

[kwhizz]

Here's my "Beater" that we drove this year.....Finished it Thursday night and left Friday morning........





Ken

[Lenie]

Originally Posted by kwhizz

Here's my "Beater" that we drove this year.....Finished it Thursday night and left Friday morning........





Ken

Ken, that would be so cool. Nice car, it had to be a blast.

[camcojb]

that really turned out great Ken.

[Autokraft]

Yep that car turned out great Ken. Nice talking with you at the Dells again.