Take pictures, people! Get at least 1 megabyte, better with 2 or 2.5. email them to me. If you don’t have my email, pm me and I’ll send it.

A word on “rust”:

I know that some of you–probably most of you–extol that concourse-fresh, toothbrush-in-every-cranny, untouched-by-human-ass look we all admire at Barrett Jackson’s auctions & Pebble Beach each year. Hell, I admire that look too, mainly because of the sheer work that goes into it.

BUT: Screw that!

We drive our cars. We live our lives. I think our pictures should reflect those facts proudly. Bridget has a dent in her radiator shroud, pimples on her hood latches, and a general thinning of chrome plating pretty much everywhere there’s supposed to be chrome. I like her that way, and not just ’cause I don’t have thousands of bux to rechrome her, nor a season to sit out waiting for the parts to return. Bridget looks like what she is: a well-preserved old car.

Some of you have much cleaner cars than mine, fewer paint chips, shinier metal. Great. I want those pictures! Take them from different angles, and/or in motion, or–well, use your imagination. You may have noticed: it’s really hard to take an ugly picture of a TD.

So some of you have projects. I think that’s great too. A big part of the hobby is fixing. Good pictures have drama and action, and that’s what I’d like to see. Details, before-and-afters, welding sparks, and smiling, greasy people can be just as “pretty” as that polish-perfect 2/3 frontal shot next to a stone bridge.

Let’s see of we can get a calendar that celebrates more than one aspect of the TD Replica world.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

Bump.

So far I got three beautiful cars, plus my own(?), plus one shot I lifted from Current Toy (below), which I think might be worthy (though it might be on the small side).

Any others? These don’t have to be brand new, this season photos. They only need to be fairly large format.

Keep ’em comin’, boys.

Bump. Here’s my own entry, so far.

I might tape the headlights and try again though.

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Thanks, guys.

Here’s dBrock’s absolutely unique car, sporting its uber-cool folding hood:

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Keep those photos coming, folks. I think I might have half a calendar’s worth so far. Maybe.

How’s 12/10 sound for a deadline?

Def need 5-6 more pics. Need a December shot, Feb, March and May–maybe May. Does anyone have anything from Carlisle? We had a lot of TDs there, but I did not bring the right camera & so don’t have anything with enough pixels.

I’m probably going to do this on Bighugelabs again, like last year.

Thinking of this for the cover shot

(but only ’cause I have it handy. Welcome any better entries. Also don’t worry, since it’s folded over immediately and not seen again after the thing is hung on a wall).