Another day, another city for the HOT ROD Power Tour. Day 2 of the tour brought the celebration to Springfield, Illinois where the GM Performance Division met up with some new fans that have done some unique customization to their rides. Each different city brings out some new faces who come to check out what the tour is all about. Some even like what they see so much that they decide to finish the rest of the seven-day expedition with their new found friends.
First up on the new friends list are Bud McCuan and his son Brenton. They have a customized HHR Panel that they decided to pay homage to the Harley Davidson brand with. They did so by laying down custom paint scheme on the outside, real wood flooring on the inside with beautiful hand-laid pin-striping that adorns the entire tribute. Going on the HRPT is actually a high school graduation present for Brenton that he’s been looking forward to for some, and we can’t blame him as who wouldn’t want to embark on a seven-day, seven-city trek across the country with some of hottest cars in America. Notable mentions also go to a rare, purple AMC Pacer and supped up Chevy Vega that we think has seen its fair share of trips to the drag strip. Pictures of all of those vehicles can be seen been in the gallery.
The HOT ROD Power Tour is a journey and as such, not all the classic, tuned and tricked out vehicles make it the whole trip without experiencing some technical difficulty. However, GM Performance Division is not a group to ever leave a fellow enthusiast behind, so they created a special team dubbed the “Motor Medics”. This group’s task is to make sure that whoever starts the tour makes it all the way ‘til the end. We’ll have some more details on this hardcore team’s exploits tomorrow, including who they are and what they do to help their fellow car loving motorists while out on the road.
Check out all the pictures from Day 2 below and let us know if you’ll be stopping by any of the destinations of the HRPT in our comments section.
