Yes, THIS WORKS!
Here at our annual Motorfest in Sydney, there's usually two dozen or so jeeps
that turn up. Now, many of them are cleaned up for the day and the owner is
around most of the time to talk to passers by, and the jeeps with the photo
boards and history pages attached definately get the most attention!
At the risk of starting another heated debate like the one on CJML last year,
I'm extremely happy to let people sit in my jeep for photos. The jeep is
especially popular with japanese tourists, they absolutely love it!
Sometimes people don't have a camera so I'll take a photo with mine of their
kids sitting at the wheel or climbing all over the back, and post it to them
later. Had I asked for the phone numbers of all the nice birds who climbed
in, well, the mind boggles...!
Photo boards have pictures of the restoration 'before' and 'after'; trips and
events; history; and (this year) the web page address across the front bumper -
a lot of people wrote it down, too, so next year I'll have a little
flyer as well.
Raimondo's idea of always prefixing "Historic" to MV when dealing with public
relations is excellent; good thinking!
Steve.
steven@phaedra.apana.org.au
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