Ok here's a pretty lame video but kind of a cool back story. 80 series roof rack install... one of the easiest/non technical installs there is, so not a ton to talk about content-wise, makes for a quick vid. Nothing wrong with that. But here are the highlights of the backstory here... a little Paul Harvey action.
- the vehicle is the video is Marco's, which of course makes it super cool. But some of you may not know our history here... we met through the club, and have been friends now for 15+ years and Marco has had some significant contributions to helping Gamiviti launch some products. In fact we built racks 1, 2, and 3 is his garage.
- Rack #1 was test fit on Marco's 60, my 80, and then my 100. this was January 2010. Here are the pics:
Rack 2 stayed on Marco's 60 and is still wheeling around Trinidad last I heard. Rack 3 is still kickin' also, as it's on Matt
@Jacket's 80, there are pictures of that throughout the site and I even used one as the thumb for the video. Nathaniel, whom you may remember here as
@Groucho was also instrumental to getting the racks going, but he didn't end up getting one of the first ones. And that 100 series is now being wheeled by
@chillbill, with a different rack on it... I think that truck got 5 or 6 racks installed onto it as things became developed.
But rack #1 was installed on
@CardinalFJ60 's 60 series, where it's still going strong today. The 60 series racks are wider and longer now, but that original design is still what we use for the 80's and 100 series. So quick story, and given that Shawn, Marco, Matt, and I (and a few others) just spent a few days together in the desert before Cruise Moab it kinda got me reflecting on just how long we've been doing this together, and just how special these friendships are to me, as is this business, all made possible by our involvement here in the Rising Sun. Seriously without this club my life would be completely different. So there you go, now you know the rest of the story...
Back to the video. If nothing else, fast forward to the very end as in true Marvel fashion I've now created an end credit scene. You won't see Stan Lee, but you will see a couragous video shot by Marco's phone (he was standing back) and guest stunt driver Andy
@AimCOTaco . Fun times for sure.