73-87 Square Body Calendar - Nominate your favorites!

[jeffg1010]

OK. Calendar is complete. It is available in premium and standard sizes. The premium is a bit larger and has glossy paper. (but it costs a bit more)

Please look at your truck carefully and try to make sure I got the right names with the right photographs. There is still time to fix them. It's late, and I have been looking at these for quite some time this weekend...

You can purchase the premium edition which is larger (13.5"x19") and the photos are a heavier glossy paper. It is $27.00.
http://www.lulu.com/content/legacy-l...ition/12899519

OR ... The calendar is also available in it's standard form (11"x17") for $16.19 In an effort to keep costs down for you, the smaller calendars are not available in the glossy finish, but they are in a matte finish.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/jeff-goddar...-20136492.html

I just published them online, so the previews may not be up yet. If not, give it about an hour.

[jeffg1010]

ttt

[bigblock73]

Very cool! Will be ordering mine come payday

I can't verify the name and info is correct, too small to read...is there a link to a full size page?

[boatpuller]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

Very cool! Will be ordering mine come payday

I can't verify the name and info is correct, too small to read...is there a link to a full size page?

x 2 Too small for my elderly eye's.

[broey]

kinda bummed that people couldn't take the time to move their trucks off their driveways for a better pic. but overall the calendar still rocks.

[SPIRIT OF 76 CHEVY]

i wish i had got my 77 inhere

[Keith Seymore]

Ordered. Thanks for pulling this together, Jeff -

K

[jeffg1010]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

Very cool! Will be ordering mine come payday
I can't verify the name and info is correct, too small to read...is there a link to a full size page?

hmm... I just tried a few options. It seems like they are easier to read on the standard calendar. If you click on preview it opens up a pop up preview, then on the bottom, click "full screen mode". I can read it when it is like that. It is still tiny... but it is somewhat legible.

Originally Posted by boatpuller

x 2 Too small for my elderly eye's.

We will have to hope I got em right I guess See the above response, it may be easier...

Originally Posted by broey

kinda bummed that people couldn't take the time to move their trucks off their driveways for a better pic. but overall the calendar still rocks.

It's cool though. Now that guys know we will be doing these on a regular basis, they will start to get creative with their photography. I have a feeling, we have started to raise the bar on the idea of "taking pics of your truck"
Your pics came out unbelievable. Magazine quality!

Originally Posted by SPIRIT OF 76 CHEVY

i wish i had got my 77 inhere

No worries, these have had a good response. We will definitely do them again. I really like everybody having a shot at them. Nice truck!

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Ordered. Thanks for pulling this together, Jeff -K

Thanks!

[GCncsuHD]

Originally Posted by broey

kinda bummed that people couldn't take the time to move their trucks off their driveways for a better pic. but overall the calendar still rocks.

I was actually surprised at how many did submit non-driveway pics, I would say a good better than half of the calendar shots were pretty artistic, or at least a parking lot with a view, such as Vegas80step, if he would have taken 2 steps to the left and gotten Staples out of the shot, that is a great landscape behind the lot, or Chromaholic, while it is a driveway shot, it is a very tidy driveway with neutral tones that complement the truck's paint scheme, or Keith Seymore's truck, again a driveway shot, but when you look at that truck in all it's bone stock fresh off the assembly line glory, beside that clean but modest house, you can't help but think that is exactly how it would have looked 25 years ago when he drove it home for the first time .

I do agree though, I think it should be a "suggestion" that the pictures not be simple driveway shots, unless the shot just comes out great and works like a few did. Challenge the guys to go out and take them at neat locations, awesome landscapes, heck even a dirty junkyard makes a great picture opportunity, kind of a diamond in the rough look, just hop out and snap a pic as you're hauling some junk to the dump.

I'm not saying I'm any better, I'm far from a photographer, but I just happened to snap a decent picture while playing with some filter settings on my camera phone. I have since bought a DSLR, and I'm learning so beware

[CHROMAHOLIC]

As for my driveway shot.....this is the only pics I have of the truck which at the time was not running so it had to be pushed out of the garage for the picture. At this very moment the truck is in 10,000 pieces in my buddies hotrod shop and I didn't think a picture of a bunch of boxes would make the calendar either.
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[boatpuller]

I'm proud of my driveway...It cost alot and I worked hard for it.
Jeff,I followed your advice and the wording look's correct.....I lulu'ed you some money.

[Keith Seymore]

Agree - in my case, all of the artistic shots turned out to be too low res, so we had to scramble for "Plan B". This was all spontaneous on my part and I didn't really expect anything to come of it.

But, the "...Keith Seymore's truck, again a driveway shot, but when you look at that truck in all it's bone stock fresh off the assembly line glory, beside that clean but modest house, you can't help but think that is exactly how it would have looked 25 years ago when he drove it home for the first time... " interpretation - that's actually pretty accurate!

Actual 25 year old photo:


By the way - since that time I've purchased a much more oppulent house...

(LOL)

K

[GCncsuHD]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Actual 25 year old photo:
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/Red%20Truck/100_7202.jpg[img]

Nice!

[jeffg1010]

Originally Posted by GCncsuHD

I was actually surprised at how many did submit non-driveway pics, I would say a good better than half of the calendar shots were pretty artistic, or at least a parking lot with a view,

I'm gonna have to agree with ya... I've done a handful of these calendars. And I am not always happy with the turnout of all of the pages, but looking at the overall quality of the trucks on average, this one has got to be one of the best. Lots of GREAT looking trucks.

Originally Posted by CHROMAHOLIC

As for my driveway shot.....[/i][/size]

I fell in love with these pics, had to make it the cover. Beautiful!

Originally Posted by boatpuller

I'm proud of my driveway...It cost alot and I worked hard for it.
Jeff,I followed your advice and the wording look's correct.....I lulu'ed you some money.

Cool!

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Actual 25 year old photo:

K

How the heck do you keep that truck looking like that in Michigan?!?

[jeffg1010]

IMPORTANT! Promo code offer:

71SWB4x4 posted this in one of the other calendar threads. I apologize to the two members who have already bought this one. I forgot all about this. Not sure if it is still good. But feel free to try it.

"Discount code APRPHOTOS12 worked for another 25% off my order."

[moneyeater]

Just ordered one!
Very cool even though mine is not in! ;-)
Volker

[moneyeater]

Too bad- just two minutes to late to try the discount code! :-(
Cool anyways!
Volker

[CHROMAHOLIC]

I fell in love with these pics, had to make it the cover. Beautiful!


Cool!





Thanks.......
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[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by jeffg1010

How the heck do you keep that truck looking like that in Michigan?!?

I cheated....

(lol)

I drove it the first year or two here in Michigan, and then we moved to Arizona.

During our time in Arizona I started driving company owned vehicles so I sold this one to my Father in Law. He had it all this time in Arizona and also Montana.

When he passed away in '08 the family asked if I wanted it back. I originally said "no", but....

Anyway - it was pretty beat cosmetically. Took me from May to September to get it spiffed back up as you see here. Then, it's had a free pass the last two winters because I was driving a company car again.

Thanks for asking, btw. I think a lot of folks have no idea how devastating these Michigan winters (and salt) can be on a vehicle.

I've got other "when new" photos included in my intro/build thread, linked below, if anybody wants to see 'em.

K

[packsand]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1338523013

[broey]

just finally got around to ordering mine!

[jeffg1010]

It's funny, I have published about 5 of these and never even bought one. I just ordered the 67-72 Burb Calendar and the Blazer calendar. I am pretty pumped up. The quality is a heck of a lot better than I was expecting. One guy's photo is pixelated, but that is because he didn't have a better one. (next time I wont allow that) but overall it is REALLY nice.

[moneyeater]

I received mine on friday and its really cool ! Some pics are a little low resolution in that big format but i love it the way it is!
Thanks JEFFG1010 for putting it together!
But please remember me to make some high end fotos before you crate next years edition!
Volker