My 2014 SEMA trip, wanted to share

[Lenie]

As the title says i had a great time at SEMA this year and wanted to share a little about my week. I've been to Sema now 5 times but this is the first year I've ever taken a car and had a blast. Not only did I get to meet quite a few Lateral-g members and now can put a face to names but I got to meet quite a few car people. Since I had to be there early this year, I got to meet a lot of people behind the scenes before the show got started and we actually got to just sit around and talk cars and shiiitt. Here's how my week went.

1. Drove 25 hour to sema.

2. Arrived at sema, unloaded car only to find out I secured the car incorrectly and destroyed the drivers side airbag and shock tower. It was stuck in the down position and made the rest of the week difficult to move.. the crew at car crazy were awesome helping me move the car where it needed to be safely.

3. Got to meet Rick Dore, Barry Maguier, Chip Foose and Dave Kindig during set up before the show officially opened..Dave Kindig was extremely cool.

4. The car sat up on the Car Crazy stage opening day, had the first interview of the show and my dad was called up on stage during the interview..Dad called up my favorite part of the entire SEMA show.

5. Interviewed several times during the week along w/filming for ads, ended up being published by Yahoo.com and Street Legal TV.

https://autos.yahoo.com/photos/the-h...673-slideshow/

http://www.streetlegaltv.com/feature...-outside-sema/

6. Rigged the airbag up good enough to drive out in the parade to end the show, once I drove thru the light, they allowed me to park next to the Chip Foose tent and load my car into the trailer...

7. Took different route home 24 hours, unloaded car safely and now time for repairs. Also had two generous offers on the car and I think I'm going to sell..will be a sad day for me.

8. Will keep attending SEMA but will not be taking anymore cars.

9. Other than the shock issue, I couldn't have planned a better week, Lateral-g.net is a great site, really good seeing everyone.

10. Here's a flickr file w/pics..no cars..just my experience w/car crazy and some of the people I got to meet.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/422981...7646984933353/

[69x22]

Beautiful car bro! Hate that you had trouble with it but looks like you made the best out of a bad situation.

[WSSix]

That's really awesome, Lenie. Glad you had a great time and got to meet everyone. Good luck on the next build. Any idea what you want to build?

[Jay Hilliard]

Awesome Lenie. I'm sure your dad was a very proud father.
Car looked great at SEMA.

[syborg tt]

The car looked fantastic and bummer on the shock issue.

Btw it's hard not sell them when you get an offer at the show.


Marty-mj
www.garagescene.net www.syborgtwinturbo.com www.2ndcamaro.com

[DOOM]

Lenie all I gotta say is your an awesome dude!!!! Great talking with you !

[DBasher]

Congratulations on a fun rewarding week! You definitely worked hard for it!
Not surprised to hear abot the sale, lil bummed but looking forward to the van build!!


Dan

[Spiffav8]

I like to say that old cars take you on a journey long before they take you for a ride. You've had a great journey!!

Kinda bummed to hear that you're selling the car, but also excited as I can't wait to see what you build next.

[glassman]

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

I like to say that old cars take you on a journey long before they take you for a ride. You've had a great journey!!

Kinda bummed to hear that you're selling the car, but also excited as I can't wait to see what you build next.

Yeah, Bitter sweet for sure.

But the memories from the week are priceless i'm sure....

I tried looking for you a couple of times, but missed ya. It is great hearing about the time you had....

[Musclerodz]

Nice to see you again. I know its hard to turn one loose after all the work, but first offers are usually the best.