I know buddy,To many bills

Know where your coming from buddy

Ill be headin up there this year as a first time vanner. Dont know if thatll help but will be headin up there from florida. First time vanner with an old school style.

We should try to meet up at the Nats Riverrat. Do an interview, talk about you're journey and what got you into vanning...

I have an old video that the TNT vanners recorded over several years that you may use. It has everything from b.s. with people to camera pans of show & shine, some of the quality is not so great but it has already been transferred to a digital copy. One of the highlights is of Rollin` Thunder getting stuck on some cars at an `80s van-in.

Hey Zank, Thanks for the offer! I might take you up on that. A bit of an update on this: we're still planning on making this short documentary and planning is in the works. We've met with Howard of the MVL and had a great chat with him and are looking forward to the Nats. In the meantime, we're trying to get to the Midwest Truck-In in a few weeks to get our feet wet and possibly get some interviews in the bag. However, the Nats are still going to be our bread and butter.

I will also be at Midwest so we can talk a little then about the Nats.

Sounds good Ed! I'd love to meet you and pick your brain if you've got the time. Looking forward to my first truck-in. If all goes as planned, we'll be coming in early Saturday morning... as long as the shop gets the new water pump in my van!

I met with these guys last week. They seem to have the right attitude about vanning. We sat at a bar for 4 hours deinkin' 3 dollar pints and talking. Andrew's partner Nick started taking notes and gave up about 3 beers in! The key, to me, is the fact that they come at this as vanners, knowing about all the false starts that have happened in the last few years with documentary projects, and they want nothing from us other than some time. No borrowing and wrecking vans, no 8mm movies never to be seen again. they want to pay their own way and be vanners with cameras, not journalists with hotel rooms.

As I told them, and you guys are well aware, as the old vanners die or lose interest, so do the stories, and it would be nice to save some of those stories...

So, on that note, let's give them a shot (or two) and see what happens. One thumb for now, and we'll see how things go at Midwest!

Sounds Great