Long Hauler Question
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Long Hauler Question
I want to do the Long Haul on the Power Tour next year but have a couple questions. First off I am not going to drive my car all the way to IA for the starting point...so I will have to trailer it there. Since I will have the truck and trailer there I will have to load the car and trailer it between "stops"...is that frowned on by the other participants and will it cause any problems about us being considered Long Haulers? I want to take my SOM car but wont if thats going to be an issue...we will just have to take one of the others. This will be our first Power Tour so I am not sure how that works...I would assume there are quite a few trailered cars there????
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Some people do take trucks with trailers to run "sweeper" in case their car breaks down, but they still drive them, so it's not completely out of the question to drive it. It IS a driving show, that's what it was started for, to prove to people that the cars in HotRod magazine were more than just "showcars". My car was spotted at a gas stop by the editor of the magazine, and was featured in it because it was being driven, that most likley wouldn't have happened if it was on a trailer. I'm not trying to **** anybody off, just saying......
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Some people do take trucks with trailers to run "sweeper" in case their car breaks down, but they still drive them, so it's not completely out of the question to drive it. It IS a driving show, that's what it was started for, to prove to people that the cars in HotRod magazine were more than just "showcars". My car was spotted at a gas stop by the editor of the magazine, and was featured in it because it was being driven, that most likley wouldn't have happened if it was on a trailer. I'm not trying to **** anybody off, just saying......
I was just basicaly just wanting to know if the car has to be driven the entire way to be considered a Long Hauler or if it just had to make all the stops. I would really like to add that to the resume of the car.
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I understand the not wanting to take a month to clean it when you get home, but I guess most people just do it anyway. That is a damn nice looking car you have, and I can almost guarantee you it WILL rain at some time during the Tour! It always does!! And as for "having to be driven", well, there are no set in stone rules about that to my knowledge. But if you're wanting to add it to the resume of the car, what's the point? The bragging rights of being a "Long Hauler" (and that's all they are) is being able to say I DROVE the whole Power Tour.
Think of it like this, If someone asks you "Have you ever taken that car to the track?", if you just physically took the car there, but DIDN'T run it, can you honestly say yes I have?
Think of it like this, If someone asks you "Have you ever taken that car to the track?", if you just physically took the car there, but DIDN'T run it, can you honestly say yes I have?
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I'm pretty sure that what you're proposing will not get you the long hauler award.
Last one I was one was back in 04 with my " magazine feature car " 73 RS Camaro. It rained pretty much the entire time..yes it sucked to have spend hours cleaning it up when I got home, but it was well worth it!
I'm planning on doing a bulk of the tour this year as well...just drive it, you won't regret it man!
Last one I was one was back in 04 with my " magazine feature car " 73 RS Camaro. It rained pretty much the entire time..yes it sucked to have spend hours cleaning it up when I got home, but it was well worth it!
I'm planning on doing a bulk of the tour this year as well...just drive it, you won't regret it man!
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IMO your F350 will be the long hauler not your TA. To answer your question yes it will be frowned upon by other participants, but no one in charge of the Power Tour will know the difference if you trailer it and you probably could still get your Long Hauler award. I feel it would be very dishonest to say your TA was a Power Tour long hauler if you did not drive it between stops. I am a 6 time long hauler with my SOM SS. MANY other cars are magazine feature cars and they are driven and get dirty this 1 week a year. They clean up. Drive it or take something else on the tour.
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just drive it.... your not a long hauler if you dont put the miles on the car... iam a member of the 2007 group and i put over 3k miles on in 10 days and it was alot of fun.. and when i got back the car got cleaned and looked just as good as when it left. it was one of the best times of my life and driving with all the other cars stop to stop was a big part of the fun
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I would say drive it the whole way and have your family drive the truck and trailer behind you incase you break down...I guess it comes down to the point of...is it a show car (trailer queen) or a nice car to drive in show room condition