musthavemuzk wrote:
i like the promotion idea dubbsy

agreed. there are so many car shows that don't get promoted very well that it's sad (there were car shows that I didn't hear about until afterwards, that I wanted to go to)... ISD doesn't promote themselves, so someone has to do it (cause I'd like to keep the track around)...

I always had big dreams of what it could be... especially after the whole PD-loudcar-whatever-whatthefuck crap started.. Part of it was going to be to start tracking traffic stops and if a problem was noticed, as an 'organization', take it to FPD or MPD and deal with it.

and I guess for what it's worth, reviews of events would be present in the message boards (never really thought about having someone specific do it).

I'd just love to see some of the apparent distance between say the import guys and the classic guys close up... Each scene is so small on it's own that it'd be nice to bring it all together (yeah, BIG dream there) cause I'm a car lover no matter what's driven.

include shop reviews (although it may get a little touchy). Try and bring in the average person with reccomendations on shops.. quite a few in the area and unless you've tried them all yourself, you're either guessing or relying on someone else's opinion.

(and actually it still might happen - Might take it up as my BS-Gcomm Senior Project starting after the first of the year)

dubbsy wrote:
eek... been planning something very similar for a few months now....
(waiting to come up with the time to put it into action)

not so much an 'online magazine'....
-but covering everything from shows to dirt-track in the area
(more event promotion than event coverage)
-quite a few other little things I have in mind to go along with it.

i like the promotion idea dubbsy

i know had i not stumbled upon some of the events i have i would have not known about alot of it. with me being out of the loop over here in thief river falls and all.

but when i do hear about things i add them to my own schedule and then play it by ear as things get closer.

hard to attend or support if you do not know about them.

i love national boards who do not hassle for promoting local things.

Monty

harwood39 wrote:
I also tihnk we should cover some of the races...
u mean HE?

not so much an 'online magazine'....
-but covering everything from shows to dirt-track in the area
(more event promotion than event coverage)
-quite a few other little things I have in mind to go along with it.

Monty

94NDTA wrote:
remember, NOT JUST IMPORTS!!! If you wanbt to make it interesting, you'll need some different cars.

Definitely isnt going to be all imports. Remember Im a pickup guy (both 4x4 and lowered) and im a old school hot rodder. I want to get a good deal of coverage for everything.

And hardwood, I would like to cover races too, drag races, autocross, whatever. And there will be project cars coverage too.

So really anyone, shops, clubs, individuals, whatever you have or building, if its something interesting, let me know.

Those just came to mind.

First, the three shows for coverage:

Jamestown Winter Show
Toppers
Prime Steel

And I guess if there are indoor shows that I dont know about nearby, I will cover them too.

I want to do a club profile on Suedes Car Club.

And then I would like some more modern vehicles for features.

I would throw a shop profile into the mix too if I have time. (Shop owners PM me)

Then for future issues, more club profiles, features on specific areas, IE sport bikes, sport trucks, etc. Maybe do garage scene articles, on the guys who got real interesting buildups going on and doing the work themselves, if somebody wanted to do tech articles (leaning more towards tech articles that work across the spectrum of vehicles, like detailing or something).

Mustangdude, if you want to help PM me, thanks.

wannabe wrote:
if you want to do full length articles, and bio's, your gonna need a really good writer, and a lot of time. Your couldn't really get any subscirberers if your gonna do half ass covers on shows and such, since mostly everything in ND/MN that has to do with cars is talked about or atleast mentions on here...
Good luck tho!

Im not looking for subscribers. I guess when I mention the "online magazine" everyone assumes Im looking to make money.

It would be totally free. No subscribing, no need to register, nothing like that. Just go to the site and browse.

And while there is a lot of content out there, it would be a really good way to centralize for car shows. Everyone would know one source to get their events advertised, and everyone would know where to look to see what events are going on.

Gotta remember, not everyone knows about sites like fargostreet, imagine if everyone who had an event, on their posters put "for more info and application, go to www.mysite.com" pretty soon it would be the site to go to to see show coverage and to see what shows are going on.

Also, keep a variety, not just one type of car/truck.

94NDTA wrote:
I think it would be cool if you did articles on some of the really nice cars in ND, or the surrounding area.

Need some suggestions for some rides to feature. I guess I dont have too much of a clue in the import and compact scene, not accepted I guess because all I own is "redneck" pickups.

I do know a nice ride when I see one, but need some suggestions from you guys for the who, what, and where they are.

Going through my car show pics of this year, these three cars really caught my eye, but as I recall about the first one he was having some issues with the car and it wasnt complete.

I guess if any of you three are on this site and would want to do a feature, you could PM me and we could work something out.

I would also like nominations from you guys. The only way I am gonna make this happen is if I got the content.