The Spectre team is so dedicated that we’ll even attend car shows on major holidays. While most Americans were at home justifying a 4th piece of pie, our crew was fabricating a custom intake on a Pantera on the other side of the country.
Daytona Beach, Florida hosts the annual Turkey Rod Run every Thanksgiving. It’s a well attended show despite starting on Thanksgiving day. The whole entire inner field of Daytona Beach Speedway is covered with vendors, a swap meet and show cars. This year’s show had one of the biggest car corrals we had seen all year. The show makes a great escape for folks kicked out of the kitchen, or anyone looking for a reason to do take-out instead of turkey. The reality is, you can’t keep car people away from a car show.
The display was really varied and we saw a ton of great cars. There were rat rods, race cars and exotics parked side by side, and many featured Spectre intakes and filters. We also spent some quality time with fellow vendors like Billet Specialties, who drove all the way from Arizona to be present at the Turkey Rod Run. Like us, Billet Specialties was fairly new to the Rod Run, but companies like Detroit Speed and Engineering and GM Performance had been there before and we were all impressed by the turnout and response from the folks in the South East.
The reason we spend so much time on the road is so we can be there to support our customers. We worked on custom intakes for several interesting cars. Dave Puckey wanted a custom intake fabricated for a GTO and Lenny Kronen worked with Mike Morrow on custom tubes for his Pantera. If it needs an intake, our techs will make one!
In case you find yourself at the Turkey Rod Run next year, we recommend Cracker Barrel for Thanksgiving night. While most restaurants were closed, the Spectre team was able to feast on a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and even had pumpkin pie for dessert.
Can you believe our season is over for the year? The Spectre 2011 Schedule is in the works and we’ll post it soon. We plan on twice as many events compared to last year, with two full time truck and trailers on the road. We will be all over the country, and all over the internet, so stay tuned on the blog, and let us know what cars and features you’d like to see!
