Blog post on the original 1998 KC Nationals

[chri55]

Hey guys, I'm guessing most people on the forum weren't aware or didn't know, etc. but many years back I put together the first true gathering of trucks from across the nation. I own a car storage business in Tampa and decided to write a blog about it and had some serious nostalgia in doing it so I thought I'd share in case anyone was interested. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I did heading down memory lane. Love a recent pic of 0366 (adam?) if anyone knows where it went?

Organizing the first-ever Syclone Typhoon Nationals 1998

I vividly remember the first time I read a magazine article about the GMC Syclone and Typhoon trucks that were being produced and sold by GMC in 1991, 1992, and 1993. I was a freshman in college at the time and 80’s and 90’s turbos were my jam; my dad had a T-top Grand National and a T-Type WE4...

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[Jimmy Mann]

I went to Nats 2000. There were hundreds of trucks there. There is no continuity in anything that happened. There were little clicks of people that hung out but mostly everybody else was just left out. It was bullshit and has always been bullshit. I mean you can find the time to connect with people but mostly it was just bullshit.

 

[NJ93TY]

Thanks for sharing.