If not an AZZ bus, what about.........

[NWLB]

So we beat around an idea for an AZZ Bus as some kind of tailgating flagship. Maybe there is a more reachable approach that might as much fun, more individualized, and maybe cheaper.

What if a few people bought some cheap and used car, truck, van, minivan, etc, and went nuts with it? Nothing you would drive to work, take kids to soccer in, or generally be seen in outside of games. Rather, something you could butcher, tweak, and do things to, which nobody would care about.

You'd paint it-yourself-orange or brown, or whatever creative scheme you could come up with. Maybe each year. You could bolt mounts on the side to latch TVs, grills, flag poles, tents, speakers, or whatever. The basic purpose would be to haul tailgating stuff and people to the game. Drive them in the homecoming parade-if and when they have one again. Drive them to away games en masse. Cluster them together, circle the wagons, and become the anchor point of tailgating.

Crafty students could find their own clunkers, paint them Orange, sell them off when the leave. Fraternities could do the same. Plus its easier to park them someplace for the off-season.

Granted, it could get a little tacky looking, and some fun could be poked at it. Too many old cars painted orange could look like a Dukes of Hazzard convention. Or a cross between a demolition derby and a Shriners parade. But competition could make it fun. Its a PR worthy stunt as well.

Plus its something folks could do on their own, to whatever extent they can.

[Metz]

I am still a fan of the conversion fan with an brown to orange gradient from front to back. Then a big orange Falcon head on the hood and Falcons in the falcon font on the sides!

[NWLB]

Maybe an old land-rover or jeep, with a Safari rack on top. I'd want to tie down a fake verson of the masct of whatever team we play, on the hood.

Some kid I met last year, painted a Toyota Corolla Orange, put a rebel flag on the roof, a big 01 on the side, and an Ohio plate of Gen Tsu. It even has the Dukes of Hazzard horn on it. I love it, even if Gen Tsu is a chinese dish, not Japanese.

[1987alum]

NWLB:

If I lived close enough to drive to home games on a regular basis, I'd be down with this idea in a big way. Would be a load of fun.

[redskins4ever]

Hey my buddy and I want to start a PIMP your RV company... I wonder if we could actually do this for tailgating... we are talking TV's on the side of the vechicle, grills that pull out, Ice storage for BEER, Speakers built in for sound, sorry no port-o-pot.

[TG1996]

Hey my buddy and I want to start a PIMP your RV company... I wonder if we could actually do this for tailgating... we are talking TV's on the side of the vechicle, grills that pull out, Ice storage for BEER, Speakers built in for sound, sorry no port-o-pot.

something like this???

http://alumni.umich.edu/events/cruiser.php

[factman]

Maybe it could have the back third of a "rocket" sticking out from a closed trunk lid!!!!!

[NWLB]

Behold the reason for cheap wheels. No harm or hesitation to punch a hole in something. Also, older vehicles mandate that you paint them, as we really really don't want them looking like rolling rust buckets, even if you have to pain the rust. Orange and brown camo patterns, brown and orange "land of the rising sun," etc. You could get some picture super-sized, laminate it on the side. Of course, if you can't make it look decent (or just plain funny) you can play the Sanford and Son theme as you drive to the game.

Year over year, they'd evolve, get improved, tweaked out a bit more.

I think it all depends on the kind of car/truck/minivan you use. Old style minivans would have tall, flat sides, that lends to putting TVs, audio, etc. Get a decent wireless phone or internet subscription, create the worlds first tailgate cam, and have a web site. God knows those things are cheap and common. Old ambulances might work, but are pricy. Auction cars and such work too. Its all a matter of how much humor and time you want to put into it. And finding a hunk of jewelry big enough to distract the spouse.

Then you have the companies you can rent RVs and such from, which for other folks might be easier.

[Expos79]

I give you NIU's: http://www.huskiemobile.com/

[BGSUfanatUT]

Thats pretty smooth indeed. I think we nessessitate one. I predict it would be vital to our survival.

[NWLB]

Nice example. Its on the high-end of things I see folks doing, but nice. (it does remind me of the A-Team van, fools, pittying them, plans which come together, etc.) I think even simpler efforts would work as well. You hit a certain number of folks doing things, and the entire thing will take-off as folks take their effor to another level.

What I like about it, is how he took a hunk of junk and made something of it. Cheap to start.

Dark brown paint, orange turf from Home Depot, and a AAA membership and your good to go. The deck I like. Quick and easy. Getting up to the deck.....

He even has the web site.