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August 12, 2006, 04:51:18 PM

Would anyone be interested in an all Fox Bird & Cougar Calendar? I'm thinking about putting one together for myself, but if others are interested I think it would be a good way to show off our underappreciated cars. I got a decent collection of Cougars and Tbirds on my comp, but if anyone wants to "nominate" a ride feel free to send me a pic along with the owners contact info. I still need to contact all of the onwers of pics I have for permission to use them. Also if you see your car here and don't want it in the calendar please let me know. Actually I just thought of this just moments ago so it's really in the begining stages right now.

I was thinking 6 Birds and 6 Cats for the calendar. Mostly modded but not exclusive. Owners info and car specs on each month. Take all the pics I have (recieve) and put them to a vote here and possibly on NATO. The top 6 Birds and Cats will be put in the calandar. I will more than likely use Cafepress.com as a publisher. And donate the whatever profits to foxtbirdcougarfourms, nato and any other partiting board.

Here's a sample of the rides I'm considering.

And of course Eric's Car.

This is just a SMALL sample so nobody flame me for leaving an obvious car out... like Weasel's, which just occured to me. But that's were the nominating and voting comes in.

So what do you guys think? Good idea or bad idea? I want to hear your epinions.
On the cover page I want to do a collage of images. So the more the merrier. I think. And I need some more nice looking cougars because besides Eric's all the rest are black. lol.

Here's what a basic page layout will look like

Permissions Needed:
slicksport88 (Bird)*
blondethunder (Bird)
Andrew Beetle (Bird)*
...still open for the the cover page collage

Permissions I have:
Carl (Cat)* - Recieved Pics
Shawn (Bird)* - Recieved Pics
ChuckW (Bird)* - Recieved Pics
Aerobird (Bird)*- Recieved Pics
88turbo (Bird) - Recieved Pics
5.8 Fastcat (Cat)*- Recieved Pics
Eric (Cat)* - Recieved Pics
87thunderbirdBlackJack (Bird) - Recieved Pics
Baxo (Cat)* - Recieved Pics (Need some more)
Billyf17 (Cat)* - Recieved Pics
SSX (Cat)
CougarSE (Cat)
5.0willgo (Cat)*
xr7cat (Cat)
thunder306 (Bird)*
87badbird2613 (Bird)*
The Hawk (Bird)* - Recieved Pics
Nate (Bird)*
David (Cat)* - Recieved Pics (Need some more)
Weasle (Cat)*
Demented 2.3 (Bird)* - Recieved Pics
Turbocoupe50 (Bird)*
Dominator (Bird)*
Dogcharmer (Bird)* - Recieved Pics
Paul Flockhart (Cat)
thunderjet302 (Bird) - Recieved Pics
blknredcougar (Cat) - Recieved Pics
BEARMAX (Cat) - Recieved Pics
83Heritage (Bird) - Recieved Pics
Innes (Bird)
Snubz-N-Ttown (Cat)
Vantage88 (Bird) - Recieved Pics
84 Fila (Bird)- Recieved Pics
spazpuppies (Cat)*
badbird (Bird)*
DerikWayne (Cat)
turbo88 (Bird)
yellow86coogr (Cat)
ZondaC12 (Cat) - Recieved Pics

Picture Sizes:
The pictures I am considering for the monthly spreads need to be of at least 150-300dpi @ 8.5x11 (landscape mode). The rest should be of no less than 100dpi. If you have Photoshop you can check this by going to, IMAGE>Image Size. The document size is what you want to pay attention to. The bigger the better. I can always reduce the size later, but I can't always go up without losing quality.

8/27: I have come up with a name for the calendar. Thundercats! Yeah it's not original but it fits. Also I need everyone to start emailing me their pics. I prefer email because it's easier for me to keep track of everything. My email address is ether947@gmail.com.

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Sept 30th is the final date to get your pics in to me. I think that is a generous amount of time to take (if necessary) and email your pics to me with enough time to edit them and get them ready for the calendar. I am hoping to have everything completed by the time the Holidays roll in.

10/01: Ok deadline is over and the pic submission is now closed. I want to thank everyone who sent in their pics. Overall I'd say it was a success. Got a great set of pics and hopefully everyone will be pleased with the results. My new job is preventing me from working on this throughout the week so I'm going to have to cram it all into a couple of sleepless weekends to have it ready in time for the holidays. I will keep everyone updated as time permits. Thanks again.

12/30: The calendars are officially for sale!
http://foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=11754

thunderCATS Calendar!!! (Calendars for sale NOW!!!)

Reply #1 – August 12, 2006, 05:38:35 PM

As long as the cougarnuts folks don't care, i'd say it's a great idea. Run with it!

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Reply #2 – August 12, 2006, 05:39:36 PM

That's a pretty cool idea Antonio. I was thinking of the same thing a while back but that of course came about because of CougarNuts.
Hmm, I see a lot of T-birds in there, hint hint wink wink.

Nothing is modded on my cars changing the stance and wheel/tire combo though. They both appear stock :(

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Reply #3 – August 12, 2006, 08:13:49 PM

Sounds cool! Thanks for considering my cougar. You should use my most recent cougar pic in my sig. Here is a larger pic of it.

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Reply #4 – August 12, 2006, 10:12:19 PM

Ah, I didn't realize one was already in place. Linkage?

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Reply #5 – August 12, 2006, 11:35:20 PM

I nominate the Greg`s Cougar "5.8FASCAT" . I like that ride very much and is one of the best here.

And for birds i nominate Tom`s Car "Turbocoupe50". This is a mythical car for some of us.....

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Reply #6 – August 13, 2006, 12:14:20 AM

looks like a sweet idea. Id do like a poll on the top 6 birds and cats as to be fair so no one feels left out.

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Reply #7 – August 13, 2006, 12:34:33 AM

as long as my bird is in it :D :flip:

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Reply #8 – August 13, 2006, 07:17:09 AM

hey what about my ride:mad: just kidding cant please every one like the idea though.

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Reply #9 – August 13, 2006, 03:41:28 PM

If you want to use my car, go right ahead. I can get you the high-res pic and all

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Reply #10 – August 13, 2006, 07:44:26 PM

Dammit, now i wish I had my exhaust done, and some rims on the way. That'll be in a month or so. Not like mine is anything special. It is a great idea, and I had forgot about the Cougar Nuts Calendar.

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Reply #11 – August 13, 2006, 10:02:56 PM

THanks for the VOTE

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Reply #12 – August 13, 2006, 10:40:38 PM

David has tried this for years... and sales just dont happen...

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Reply #13 – August 13, 2006, 11:30:51 PM

I agree with Claude. Speakign from experience on the Cougarnuts one, everyone is all interested on wanting to get their pictures in and the whole voting process. But once the calendar is ready the sales do not match the previous enthusiasm.

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Reply #14 – August 14, 2006, 12:25:07 AM

Quote from: baXo

I agree with Claude. Speakign from experience on the Cougarnuts one, everyone is all interested on wanting to get their pictures in and the whole voting process. But once the calendar is ready the sales do not match the previous enthusiasm.

Amen to that.

It's just not worth it. I've already made one and the sales stunk. Not even everyone in the calendar bought one...