Who wants to see their car in the magazine?

The file for the Your Cars section of the magazine is getting a little thin, so I'm putting out the call for submissions.

What makes the cut?

Good submissions: Tell us what makes your car interesting. What is the backstory? What have you done to it? What would make the rest of the class care about it?

Good photos: We need clear, good, high-res photos. Our minimum spec is 1280x960 pixels, but bigger than that is greatly preferred. Cars with good, interesting photos go to the top of the pile. Those with lame photos do not. If you didn't take the photo, then we need permission from the person who did. (And, yes, they'll get paid, too.)

That's really about it. E-mail all of that goodness to me: david@grassrootsmotorsports.com. (If it comes to me in a tidy package, that also helps a bunch.)

Thanks.

Does it have to be a car? does a leaky, rusty, old van count if the story is really good?

Hmm....I might need to snap some good pics

I'll attempt to get some less underwealming photos of my currently very underwealming 323. The story right now has a decent plot line, but really needs to get rolling (to gainesville, but that'll be 2017).

MG incoming later!

Tell you what. Screw the readers rides section, and you just do a full blown story on my datsun since i think there may be a challenge first happening. You can do the shoot in Gainesville

I got one for ya. It's a little of everything, but everything ridiculous. Also has a few hilarious stories. I'll see what I can do for pics on an iPhone and GoPro.

Hmm. Maybe I'll write up the wagon story and see how it stacks up. It's a decent story of an orphaned car, people who've never turned a wrench before, blown engines, broken driveshafts, and questionable fixes that only kind of worked. I'm sure I have some halfway decent pictures of it somewhere...

Mr. Wallens, you have an email. (With pics.)

All my cars are boring Beater Suburban, Legacy Ranger, underprepped Miata, and stupid (and stock) german wagon. Nothing worthy of inclusion in print form.

You're making me want to wash and photograph the R63. I did buy it because of a 'what dad car' post that someone else made on here.

Sent

Maybe next year when you can tell I've done more than a craptastic paint job and I have time to make some good stories.

Thanks for the submissions, and keep them coming.

The photos need to be big, though. I'm okay with receiving large file sizes.

Thanks!

As soon as I get the mods bolted on this weekend, I'll send a photo. Until then, I think this deserves a spot:

I need to send you some info on my B13...

Is that a Renault Alliance? My dad, aunt, and grandpa all had one of those in the 1980s. They don't have much nice to say about them, I'm afraid.

Would grm the magazine be interested in either the pro-touring elky or the pro-touring duster? Or is that more classic?

Lets see. I've got an under prepped Miata with peeling clear coat and a fairly nice restored 1970 Opel GT. One is far from magazine interest and the other in more of a classic.

I don't think anyone wants to see another friggin' Miata, I feel weird enough maintaining a build thread for mine. But the STS one was put together on a grassroots-ish budget ($7k including the car) in my attempt to win class and PAX at local autocrosses and be respectable at the national level. The former was 100% successful, the latter needs more driver skill :-/ Is that a story?

Making a post here so I remember to send in something from my small fleet. Abarth, MR2, and a rusty Subaru....

In reply to RedGT:

A story as old as time repeated in every region. Still a good story.

In reply to RedGT:

I submitted my Miata and it isn't anything terribly special and is under-built for the class.

Suddenly my One-Lap MR2 build seems interesting again.

I have a cool car (Evo X) but no cool story to accompany it. Eh, I may be able to BS something...