My car in a magazine!
 

I just found out that my car is going to be
in Popular Hot Rodding Magazine
I am going to be meeting Johnny Hunkins PHR photographer extrodinair this weekend in Columbus Ohio to participate in the True Street Challenge. This will involve a 30 mile cruise
followed by 3 quarter mile passes on the National Trail Race track...
Johnny is going to get some action shots at the track and then later we will take the car out for a photo shoot.
They plan on doing a 6-8 page feature on the car.
I am so excited and nervous I can hardly sleep.

I want to extend a big thank you to Steve Rupp for helping hook me up for this this great opportunity
Scott

Awesome news Scott :thumbsup:

Congrats!! You have a killer Mustang. Hope the testing goes good for you!

Congrats Scott!

It wasn't a hard decision for us to make :)

Congrats and have fun at the track.. :thumbsup:

(the hard part will be waiting two-three months for the mag to come out.. lol )

That's great Scott. Way to go. :thumbsup:

Congrats
 

STEVE IS RIGHT

THE WAITING 2-3 MONTHS IS THE KILLER.....
I HAD MINE IN "PROJECT GARAGE" SECTION OF HOT ROD LATE LAST YEAR ..
IT WAS KILLIN ME TO SEE IT HIT THE MAIL BOX..... FELT LIKE FOREVER..
BUT DAMN ITS PRETTY COOL TO OPEN A MAGAZINE AND SEE A COLOR PIC OF YOUR CAR ....

:clap:

RADRAMBLER

Now you only have to wait two months till the September issue comes out.. :lol:

is the turn around time 2 months for PHR? its like 8-9 months for dub magazine.

It's that way at Super Chevy also.. some mags just sit on stuff FOREVER.. we generally use stuff pretty quick unless we have several Camaros and want to spread them out some..

I am just getting ready to start writing the October issue that comes out in August.. lol

Can I jump in line? heh

Congrats :) .

David

Send some pics to [email protected] with a little info :)

If you're willing to come to Las Vegas for a shoot then you end up with bonus points.. lol..

Super Car! I look forward to the article. :thumbsup:

R.P.

SO YA TELLING ME THAT MY RAMBLER OR MY DADS EL CAMINO MADE IT ..
OR BOTH???????????
NOW YA GOT ME ALL PUMPED UP AGAIN..... :cheers:

THANKS STEVE...

RADRAMBLER

Your rambler.. I need more info on your dads Elky..

I will be in the September issue in all its primer glory :)

I SENT YOU AND EMAIL ON DADS 1985 SS ELCAMINO..PICS ATTACHED

VERY COOL !!!!! THANKS

RADRAMBLER

Scott,
I am looking forward to reading all about your car in PHR. Your engine compartment set up is very inspirational. I have your engine pic printed out. :D Good luck with the photo shoot.

Just got back (long)
 

I just got back in town from the PHR photo shoot/True Street drag event @ National Trail Raceway.
What a rush. I have never had a car on the track so I was really excited.
We started by taking a 30 mile cruise then back to the track for three
1/4 mile runs. They do not let you open the hood or work on the car once you start on the cruise. The only thing you can adjust is the tire pressure.
I didn't make any adjustments to the car prior to or during the event.
I thought about putting on drag radials,removing front sway bar,lowering rear tire pressure,Using race fuel etc..But I decided to run it as I do when I drive the car on the street.
The 1/4 mile passes were done in hot lap fashion.
Down the strip.
Back down the return lane.
Straight to the start line and run it again.
No cool down period.
The car ran great. No problems.
(Keep in mind that I waited for this car to be built for 1 year and it only has 300 miles on it since completion.)

My 60' times really sucked. (best 60' 2.2) :geezer:
I was extremely traction limited and had to really baby the throttle off the line.
Once I got rolling it seemed to go pretty good.
My best time was 13.2 @ 110 MPH.
What surprised me was that I crossed the finish line in 3rd gear @ about 5700 RPM's. (3.73 rear end ratio, 26" tire 1.34 3rd gear ratio). I really thought that I would have to shift into 4th before crossing the line.
The photo shoot with Johnny was awesome.
I had no idea how much work goes into doing a quailty shoot.
We shot pictures for 6 straight hours :eek:
He worked my dad,my two buddies and I like borrowed mules.
He is truly a perfectionist...
:thumbsup: to Popular Hot Rodding Johnny Hunkins and Steve Rupp for allowing me this opportunity.
Scott

Thanks for the follow up Scott. Glad to hear everything went real well. Do you have ANY teaser pics for us from the photoshoot? :unibrow:

pics
 

Here are a couple of shots that a friend took at the event..
Scott

pics
 

Sorry,
Best I can do with my limited computer skills :willy:
Scott

Great pics Scott. I dont think its even possible to take a bad pic of your car. :hail: Cant wait to read the entire article.

Congrats on the coverage, and it is very well deserved! What a fantastic car! :hail: