Event Coverage A hamb tour?

I just read the moriarty visit thread and it got me thinking. How cool
Would it be to set up a hamb tour? Maybe a road trip or a tour of the hamb shops in your state, or region. I for one would love to be a stop on the washington tour , show off my junk
And throw a barbecue when the tour stops by. Spokane has a few notable, hamb friendly stops, like the antique auto ranch, chris swensons place, i am sure there are a lot more around here, but I am a shop hermit so i am not the guy to elaborate. Just a thought.

 

Sounds like a great idea to me! I got spoiled about 15 years ago going on garage crawls before the Lonestar Roundup. Ever since, I have tried to check out every shop I can (especially HAMB-friendly ones).

 

Did someone say barbeque?

 

That’s a nice idea. One way to do that is to arrange the tour to coincide with a local car show to help attract people to the area (assuming you want that). Sort of like the local shop open houses that go along with the GNRS.

You’ve already got me thinking about next year in our area.

John

 

We kinda did that a few years ago when @Ryan was in town. I love shop tours!

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/day-5-kcsp.1150634/

 

I do agree with you, but..... have you ever been to Back to the 50's?

 

Well, if anyone wants to start a tour in the northwest, i will totally do a barbecue. I have a shop stocked with tools to perform whatever maintenance needed for cruisers and if we start planning it now, the weather will be perfect for it in the spring.

 

Thats about the only place I condone sitting around a fairground! Love the shade and yet Jennie always sets up camp in the middle of a BFE parking lot! hahaha

The Joplin/Ok area guys usually have some sort of a tour set up before the HAMB drags.

 

Sounds like a helluva idea! My shop is open and so is the Weber and or fire pit.

 

I’ll host the northern Alberta tour….oh wait….


I’m already here…

 

Jim Sibley, when you move to Pa. I will be there. You are on the wrong coast now.

 

x2

 

I'll get the ice cream!

 

I used to put them together here in OK, years ago. We did it for probably 3 years, then we ran out of folks willing to open their shops. I ended it at my shop and we had Mexican food.

That was basically the springboard for the HRH events.

 

I would 100% agree I love shop tours and getting out and driving. As far as touring my shop NO one wants to see it but me.

 

When i first joined the hamb, i would throw a barbecue every spring and invit hambers from all over washington state. It was real fun. I wouldnt mind doing this again.

 

I would maybe even make the trip to hang out at Jim’s shop, it’s not that far down there.

 

we did it 17-18 years ago, stopped at four garages, the last stop we grilled some burgers and broke out the beer.

 

I'll book a room at the Davenport and hit the road.

 

Has to be in the summer, I can’t drive one of my old cars to Seattle in the winter! We are already thinking of going to the BC interior next summer, would be easy to pop down to Seattle

 

Plenty of quality shops to do a Southeastern tour