We often think how extremely glad we are that no two people in this world are the same. Isn’t it great that we’re all gifted with our own unique set of characteristics; our own habits, tastes and strengths? It means that we here at Speedhunters get to do what we love. If it wasn’t for you, our audience, there wouldn’t be any uniquely modified machines out there for us to hunt in the first place. It’s your unique perspective, ingenuity and individual flair that keeps this Speedhunting community alive and thriving. It’s all thanks to you: The Creators.
And that’s what our upcoming November theme is all about. Creating. The #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER program is about community and sharing, and although we’ve seen a lot of requests lately to feature more readers’ rides, for this theme we want to go a bit deeper and see some of the actual creative processes behind your automotive projects.
We’re looking for examples of cool metalwork, ingenious fabrication or welding so beautiful that it should be in an art gallery. Perhaps you’ve figured out a clever way of getting around a problem, or you’ve created the ultimate intake tract. Proud of your perfect stainless exhaust manifold? Chopped 3 inches off your roof? Built your own tube-frame chassis or created your own firewall to allow for a big motor swap? We want you!
This could be something that you’ve done in your own fabrication shop, at home by yourself or with the help of friends, and it also doesn’t necessarily have to be your own DIY handiwork. If you’ve had some amazing fab work carried out by someone else and want to give your local guru props, this is fine. We understand that not everyone’s a mechanic or fabrication expert – there’s no shame in enlisting in the help of professionals to get a job done right!
If you want to take part in this theme, you’ll need to do the following:
- E-mail your submissions to iamthespeedhunter@speedhunters.com with the exact subject line of ‘The Creators Theme’.
- For this theme, we want you to select 5-10 high resolution images to send to us. Please a range of detail shots if possible. They don’t have to be professional pictures, although higher quality images will be more likely considered for publication.
- Tell us your name, location and some information about your build or project.
- Attach the images directly to the email, ensuring your images are a minimum of 1920PX on the longest side. Ideally they should be RESIZED to 1920 x 1280PX.
- Make sure the image is free of any distracting watermarks. Don’t worry, we will make sure you are properly credited.
- If you haven’t taken the images yourself, we’ll need to know the name of the photographer (please make sure you have their permission to use the images) to credit them accordingly.
- Closing date for submissions is November 16th 2014.
Good luck and happy creating!
Taryn Croucher
Instagram: taryncroucher
Twitter: @taryncroucher
taryn@speedhunters.com
About #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER
We created #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER to allow you the opportunity to share your skills and car culture experiences from around the globe with the rest of the Speedhunters audience.
How do you get involved? It’s simple…
Instagram – Follow us on Instagram at @TheSpeedhunters and tag your own car culture images with #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER
Twitter – Follow us on Twitter at @SPEEDHUNTERS and share your tweets with the #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER hashtag.
Flickr – Join our #IAMTHESPEEDHUNTER Flickr Group and share your favourite photos with us and others.
E-Mail – If you’ve been to a cool event and captured some amazing images, be sure to e-mail them to us on iamthespeedhunter@speedhunters.com and tell us a little bit about the event.
Great idea. Really looking forward to what you guys put together.
Looking forward to submitting some work for this! Unfortunately, I have no photography skills so I'm not sure how interested you will be in my point-and-shoot pictures
Jjaeger240 Just give it your best shot. You could always ask a more photography-savvy friend to take a few photos for you too - you've got a week!
Damn, im currently making a custom carbon fibre part but it wont be ready before the 16th due to work commitments
Might ask my mate if he's keen for photos of his ae86. For a 22 year old sheet metal fabricator he does top work
Might ask my mate if he's keen for photos of his ae86. For a 22 year old sheet metal fabricator he does top work
I want to build a aluminum hard top for my miata. dont really think it will be ready in time since I havent started on it yet! Also I have the skills not the tools to do it yet!
maxvr6 Hmm… if it's done by the 18th, but this would be at the very latest… sorry!
Why does it seem that IATS is more focused on cars than photography lately? Each theme seems to be targeting a really, really narrow selection of people than it being a theme that a lot of people can send in to.
Street Faction's war machine.
My fathers Volksrod
People are creating automotive art almost everywhere, with very little exception. I have a more difficult time finding a photographer willing to document my projects and the others around me (for free or beer/food) than finding a new craftsman creating something beautiful on their own.
If you're not currently creating something of your own to show off, I can almost guarantee someone in your area is that would love to have their work appreciated
gtuned too many photographers running this website that are more concerned with getting pretty pictures of drifters and stance and other nonsense. Fire the photographers I dont care what kind of camera and lens you got show me something interesting and if it is interesting it wont matter if it is documented with a cell phone.
gtuned too many photographers running this website that are more concerned with getting pretty pictures of drifters and stance and other nonsense. Fire the photographers I dont care what kind of camera and lens you got show me something interesting and if it is interesting it wont matter if it is documented with a cell phone.
gtuned But fabrication is very interesting , just search #weldporn on instagram
Taryn Croucher Jjaeger240 Looks like I need to make a photography-savvy friend this week, or just a friend. Hopefully what I have will be of quality for you guys or have the ability to be cleaned up if you like what I do. Thanks for doing a feature like this!
The Rat rod my friend and I built (are building still) just a few pictures, started as a 1987 Crown Victoria, Studebaker US6 cab. 2 years, ~$5000 and alot of time.
gtuned We finished the photography back in March. #IATS is now extended not just to those with exceptional photography skills; instead we've now opened its doors to the whole community. The whole reason this changed is because making IATS about photography made it only exciting for a narrow selection of people to participate. Now each month, it's about something different, but it always still relates to cars of course.
is also valid for a genuine rally simulator?
wish I was messing with some cool stuff but currently Im redoing my fab shop....Im starting 2 big projects this winter if all goes well
That picture with the crazy front fender, info? Is it a BGT? I need to know its driving me nuts. Need more pics
ah yes the perfect theme to make me feel like I'm not good at anything lol
I'll be able to make it on this feature in a years time. Mark my words. Till then, Speedhunters!
@DannyB More here: http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/09/im-sorry-youre-going-mgb/
Little bit late, but I have sent anyway.... Hope it's possible to review.
Any info on the 20v Manifold? Eees perty