Northeast Rod Run
02-10-2010, 09:10 PM
I rarely (ok, almost never) post on this forum. I just stay lurking around in the background, but I just figured I'd post this up on here to see if there is any interest.
I've been setting up this very loosely organized roadtrip for 3 years now, just to hold us over in the northeast, until the Hot Rod Power Tour can come back this way again. The trip goes for three days, with two night's stay in different areas. The first year it had about 15-20 people from four states, and last year it grew to over 40 people from six different states and Canada. This year I already know we have people coming from more different states.
It has had everything from old streetrods, to brand new musclecars. It's mainly about meeting cool people, seeing the sites that the northeast has to offer during foliage season, and of course driving our cars (https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/#) instead of just sitting in a parking lot at a carshow somewhere.
The biggest difference between us and the major organized events, is that we have no formal registration fees, it's much smaller and more manageable, we try to cruise on secondary highways as much as possible, so that we aren't just cruising with the masses on boring interstates, so we get to see more of what nature has to offer while cruising at a laidback pace, and this is all about the people, not about trying to make money.
This year it will be kicking off on Saturday morning Oct 3, at Competition Specialties http://www.competition-specialties.com/home.html, in Walpole, MA. It is basically going to be a MA to NY trip. We will mainly be cruising though the Catskill and Adirondack mountain ranges, with possibly a couple of cool auto related stops inbetween.
This year we have put togther a newer website and forum to get the info out there. It's still a work in progress, but it at least it's becoming a great resource for people to get their info about the trip.
the website is http://www.northeastrodrun.com/
If it sounds like something that anyone might have interest in, check out the website, look at some of the pictures from past trips, and sign into the forum. This year, along with past participants, I am looking forward to meeting some new faces.
thanks for reading,
TJ
I've been setting up this very loosely organized roadtrip for 3 years now, just to hold us over in the northeast, until the Hot Rod Power Tour can come back this way again. The trip goes for three days, with two night's stay in different areas. The first year it had about 15-20 people from four states, and last year it grew to over 40 people from six different states and Canada. This year I already know we have people coming from more different states.
It has had everything from old streetrods, to brand new musclecars. It's mainly about meeting cool people, seeing the sites that the northeast has to offer during foliage season, and of course driving our cars (https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/#) instead of just sitting in a parking lot at a carshow somewhere.
The biggest difference between us and the major organized events, is that we have no formal registration fees, it's much smaller and more manageable, we try to cruise on secondary highways as much as possible, so that we aren't just cruising with the masses on boring interstates, so we get to see more of what nature has to offer while cruising at a laidback pace, and this is all about the people, not about trying to make money.
This year it will be kicking off on Saturday morning Oct 3, at Competition Specialties http://www.competition-specialties.com/home.html, in Walpole, MA. It is basically going to be a MA to NY trip. We will mainly be cruising though the Catskill and Adirondack mountain ranges, with possibly a couple of cool auto related stops inbetween.
This year we have put togther a newer website and forum to get the info out there. It's still a work in progress, but it at least it's becoming a great resource for people to get their info about the trip.
the website is http://www.northeastrodrun.com/
If it sounds like something that anyone might have interest in, check out the website, look at some of the pictures from past trips, and sign into the forum. This year, along with past participants, I am looking forward to meeting some new faces.
thanks for reading,
TJ