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Red Dirt Rodz The Series!
We have launched a kickstarter in order to fund the 2013 season of Red Dirt Rodz, our new webseries and we need your help! In order to be able to pay our film crew, we need to raise some money, cold hard cash, moolah, greenbacks. That is where you come in. Through your pledges, we can raise the capital to make this dream a reality. What you get in return is not limited to just the wonderment that will be Red Dirt Rodz the Series, but also pledge rewards based on your level of pledge. Starting at $2, you get a free RDR wallpaper, with rewards adding up as you go. We have some cool stuff like bumper stickers, DVDs, t-shirts and signed crew photos. In order to spread the word about our Kickstarter, we ask that you send out a link to your friends and family so that we can raise as much capital as possible. The more we get, the better the show will be.
A little about the show-
The basic idea is to blend a gearhead tech show with skits and comedy parodies that make it entertaining and fun to watch. We won’t have a bunch of American Chopper drama, we will have fun! The first 5 episodes will each take on a small project and show the viewers how to complete the task and there will be a lot laughs along the way. Think about Saturday Night Live mixed with Good Eats (it’s a cooking show). I think this will be a really great series and I am excited to bring it to you guys.
Click the tab above to view the Kickstarter and pledge!
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When I started project Buttered Toast, we knew it was going to be a cool custom wagon. The headliner was trashed, so 1 decided to make a new one. You can see that story here-
http://www.autotraderclassics.com/car-article/The+Sky%E2%80%99s+the+Limit-78781.xhtml
In order to add the last extra touch, I built a custom domelight from wood, bondo and a billet alumnium light pod from Autoloc.com, then I wrapped it with some pearlescent vinyl. If you have ever wanted to know how to work with vinyl, here is the how-to video:
This is one my favorite cars from SEMA. I Had the opportunity to sit down with builder Troy Trepanier for an interview on the build of this ultra-cool 1954 Buick. See the full story on PowerTV.
Wednesday, I had the opportunity to get in Tanner Foust’s Fiesta and take a couple of laps around the SEMA proving grounds. WOW. I had so much fun with this, Tanner is one hell of a driver and other than trying to buckle the anti-submarine belt (the crotch strap) being sucked into a race seat that is half the width of my posterior, it was incredible. I have a video that I will load up soon, but that got left in the rental…
I also saw one of the coolest new cleaning products I have come across in a long time. It is called the Tornador and is basically an air gun that shoots air mixed with a little water to remove stains, dirt, dust, etc from upholstery, paint and even tires. I have some more video of this in action, but again- it’s sitting in the rental and I am hungry, it will have to wait till later.
Update- Youtube finally loaded my drift video! Enjoy watching me make silly faces.
Till then, here are some pics-
We’ve really enjoyed our time in Golden, CO for the Mopar Mile High Nationals. We’ve attending the races and the MoVenture teams also enjoyed breakfast yesterday with the CEO of Mopar, Pietro Gorlier.
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- Incredible view of the Mopar Mile High NHRA Nationals
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- WOW! I lived in Colorado for several years and always wanted to go–never got to. Worth the wait!
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- Saturday morning breakfast with the Mopar CEO
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Detroit for the Ford Technology forum. I was able to get an extra day in the Motor City to hang out with the guys from Ford Racing.com and the Mustang marketing group. Part of that meant I got to take one of the 752 Laguna Seca Boss 302s out on the town. I shot great pics at a drive-in theatre and shot some video while driving.
One of the key features of the Boss 302 is the Quad Exhaust. This is a series of 4 exhaust outlets, 2 under the car and two in the back. The under-car outlets open up just enough to let that classic Mustang V8 growl get out while being just this side of street legal. It sounds so good. Check out this video I made while driving the 2012 Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca.
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- This street goes bad real quick.
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- The Shelby in front is actually a prototype test car. The kid driving it had a laptop and master control stop button on the dash and what looks to be a fuel cell in back. I would have loved to have gotten in a little stoplight to stoplight action.
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This is Red Dirt Country. Around here you will find the best of the automotive world--hot rods, muscle cars, high-performance tech, and product reviews. If you want real-world tech, home-built rods, and lots of tire-smokin’, fuel burnin’, redneck hijinx, you came to the right spot. Got an idea for a story? Let us know. Have some sweet video of your smoky burnout? Send it over. Either way, there is plenty to see and do on Red Dirt Rodz. Tell yer friends, tell yer family but don’t tell those Prius people, they wouldn’t like it.