pro mod contest

[erb]

Hey everyone I was wondering how many of you would be interested in a Drag racing contest?
Thanks,
DAVID

[blubaja]

What classifies as a promod? Can you list a few examples? I have the long bodied '57 bel air...Is that a promod or funny car? And yes, I am interested.

Frank X.

[jswillmon]

I bet alot of people will say they are intrested... but in the end very few people follow thru.

Good luck with it.

[mike@af]

Like Jesse said, many will be interested, but only a handfull will enter if your lucky. Many contests on here are not run well, usually ran by kids without the experience of how contests are run. There have been several contests in the past that fall through because of the lack of orginization or how to run a contest. The Le Mans contest is a good example of how a contest should be done. It was conducted in a mature behavior, reasonable deadline, and was very official.

[erb]

I am trying to find out if a company will donate some parts for the winner and second place person but still not sure.... Hey Frank what I think a pro mod is a doorslammer thats low to the ground big motor turbo or blown big slicks heres a site, http://promodifieds.com/ thos are some sample shots but if you need to know more just ask yes your car could be a pro mod...

[white97ex]

i replied to your pm. i hadn't made it this far to see the thread. I would probably try to encompass a wider audience than just pro-mod specific. possibly non-professional or mainstream builds. pro mod, door slammer, outlaw street. builds like that. anything based CLOSELY on a production bodied car. leaving out pro series cars such as anything mainstream NHRA/Powerade series. leaving more room for heavily scratchbuilt entries. give a sizable deadline. 3 or 4 months. it has taken me 2 so far on my mustang build. and it is still not done. problems are encountered with the companies providing a lot of the resin and detail parts needed to be acquired for such a build. I would definately require a progress thread. that helps in the end, to show the amount of work put into the build that is often times hidden by the body and other things. i would be more than happy to help organize and set this thing up. just let me know

[Whumbachumba]

Yea, I could be in on this, my nomad's paint got effed up anyways because I wasn't patient and didn't wait the full 24 hours. So, I have plenty I can do on it since I haven't really painted the bottom either. Get some guidelines up and work with somebody that has run a succesful comp before and let's get this thing started.

[freakmech]

yes i have to agree with Mike and Jesse. but good luck.

[tigeraid]

Agreed. I too would be willing to participate in the contest if the rules were "opened up" a bit to include door slammers based on a production body. Especially if it's an older body style. I got a Mustang II just sitting here begging to be cut up... But I too would need a good 4-5 months to do such a project.

EDIT: and the reason why I say "open it up" btw, is because a true pro mod class car would require a lot of custom resin parts, like the big tall bird catchers they have, and all sorts of custom decals for "fake headlights" and all that stuff. I'd much rather build a 70s era pro stock or pro mod style car that's a tad more down to earth, that way I don't have to spend a fortune, y'know?

[white97ex]

there are some good thoughts and ideas being thrown around here. i would say anything strip worthy. something that includes door slammers,and fastest street car type builds. hopefully in the next week or so we can hash out the details, get some commitments from enough builders, and get some commitments from some resin companies. as far as prize im thinking slixx, competition resins, top end miniatures, and best resin. those are manufacturers that come to mind. maybe even a donation of a kit or two from some people on the board......didn't mean to take over dave. lol. just tryin to throw out some ideas, to help bulid a good solid foundation for a contest

[erb]

Hey thanks everyone for the in put I appriciate it.

[white97ex]

hey dave, hit me with an IM on yahoo. i forgot to press teh accept and add, i just hit accept

[PRIVATEER]

This is not a bad idea, although I haven't seen a bunch of interest in quarter mile stuff here. We are just finishing up the LeMans contest so if you'd like some help send me a pm. I managed to get us a few sponsors for the Lemans contest maybe I can help here.

[tigeraid]

I think there's enough drag racing interest here, it just kinda gets drowned out by all the "Drifting yo" :P

[white97ex]

i've left a couple messages on the scale auto mag forum too, there are a few pro mod builds going on over there and i've mentioned we are trying to start up a contest