Social Media Year-end Blitz Top 25
December 31, 2013
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There isn't enough room on the internet for all the crazy things we saw this year, but here's a few of the highlights from 2013.[/caption]
The social media explosion has made it easier to than ever to share and interact with like-minded people all over the world and no group has enjoyed it more than auto enthusiasts. We�re able to share the cars, the people and the amazing auto events from anywhere, with the click of a button. It really is amazing how far things have come in recent years.
It�s also pretty staggering at how many confusing choices you�d face when staring out across the social media universe for the first time. We know that not all of you guys and gals are tied to your computers all day every day, and some of you don�t fool with smart phones or tablets. We also know there�s a difference between the way a 15 year old consumes social media and a 55 year old. We try to share our passion in every way that we can on the internet, hopefully one of which is a way that you can find and enjoy! We have blogs, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter accounts all setup to hang out with our buddies, and we use them all!
It�s easier than ever to shoot and share memories, people, places and events and we try to do just that every day across all these platforms on the internet. Sure we�re trying to sell some tires along the way, that is what we do here after all, but it�s more than that. We�re car guys, we�re gear heads, we�re �knuckleheads� (to quote Corky) and yeah some of us are techy-nerds too. The truth is we�re very passionate about the cool old stuff we do around here. We get excited about it and we love to talk about it all the time! Trust us, it starts at the top and trickles all the way down. So with all the cool stuff that we get to see and do, and all the amazing stuff that all of our friends get to see and do, we get to interact with great folks on social media platforms everyday. It doesn�t matter if you log onto Facebook once a month, or Instagram every five minutes, if you�re into the stuff that we are, we�d love to call you a friend!
2013 has been another amazing year for auto enthusiasts and around here. Enjoy our favorite snapshots from around Coker Tire Company and across our great nation from this past year.
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It's not unusual for us to have live music playing during an event. Corky has been known to sneak up behind them and jump in if the riff calls for it.[/caption]
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The SEMA Show is a famous place to unveil new products, and it was a huge debut for a ground-breaking and award winning new line of bias-look radial tires from Coker Tire Company.[/caption]
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The legendary Great Race took the green flag at 'Back to the Fifties' in Minnesota for the 2013 race down the Mighty Mississippi River.[/caption]
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Sometimes the things you don't get to see are the best. Creatively moving this old car body onto the roll back was definitely one of them.[/caption]
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As the Street Rodder Road Tour finished parking their cars all around our building, Corky holds court right on the front steps.[/caption]
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Rookies in the 2013 Great Race, the Dorts proved that a hand-me-down station wagon and a big smile is all you really need to have the time of your life on the open road.[/caption]
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Corky is always buying stuff, old stuff. When a rare 1917 Chevrolet V8 popped up 50 miles down the road, we scrambled the jets and one very cool car came home with us in a hurry.[/caption]
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Driving a Model T around the world sounded pretty extreme, then they pulled into our parking lot and we were right, they are primitive camping and rumbling their way into the history books.[/caption]
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We already knew it, but when the America's most beautiful roadster wears a set of Firestones from Coker, you know they're special tires.[/caption]
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Somehow Greg talked Corky into buying an old Trans Am. A solid original California car showed up covered in dust and ignited everyone's inner 'Smokey and the Bandit'.[/caption]
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The Honest Charley Garage guys built a conference room table out of a dragster for our friends in Los Angeles. It will probably go down as one of the coolest tables ever.[/caption]
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The once-famous reliability tours of America proved that cars were legitimate means of personal transportation and that improved roads were a good idea. The legendary Glidden Tour called Chattanooga home in 2013.[/caption]
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When the Chattanooga Cruise-Ins happen, Corky goes wild. We're surround by our friends and family and hundreds of cool cars, trucks and motorcycles.[/caption]
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Downtown Chattanooga was overrun with wild hot rods and muscle cars when the Hot Rod Power Tour rumbled into town.[/caption]
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Incredible hot rods visit Coker Tire Company all the time. This pair was as cool as they come.[/caption]
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It's become a tradition to hang around until after the Chattanooga Cruise-Ins and get a picture of your hot rod in front of Honest Charley Speed Shop.[/caption]
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We love events that involve DRIVING your classic car or hot rod. We participated in the Somernites Power Cruise this year, which involved a road trip from our headquarters in Chattanooga to downtown Somerset, Kentucky.[/caption]
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Incredible builder Bryan Fuller drops by to see us from time to time. Bryan's insane Cadillac Hearse grabbed tons of attention in 2013.[/caption]
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Parts of the 2013 Coker Tire Challenge were covered in heavy rains. Open cars soldier on trying to win one of the nation's top weekend rally events.[/caption]
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Quickly becoming one of the top draws for cruise-ins in the southeast, the Chattanooga Cruise-In had nearly 1,000 cars in the spring event for 2013.[/caption]
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The doors hang wide open in Corkyville during the Chattanooga Cruise-Ins.[/caption]
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It was a secretive mission, a man's road trip of epic proportions as American Picker Mike Wolfe's "Lucky Riders" rolled into Chattanooga for an overnight stop and to terrorize Corky's old motorcycle collection.[/caption]
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Corky's obsession with automotive history is only overshadowed by his love of automotive racing history. Enter the Lencki Six engine.[/caption]
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Corky and Honest Charley Garage unveil the 2013 Street Rodder Road Tour Car. The tail-dragging salute to early fifties Fords powered by a twin-turbo Ford EcoBoost V6.[/caption]
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The biggest news in our world is the brand new Coker facility in City of Industry, California near Los Angeles. The building houses Coker Tire Company's west coast shipping warehouse and wheel manufacturing facilities.[/caption]
There isn't enough room on the internet for all the crazy things we saw this year, but here's a few of the highlights from 2013.[/caption]
The social media explosion has made it easier to than ever to share and interact with like-minded people all over the world and no group has enjoyed it more than auto enthusiasts. We�re able to share the cars, the people and the amazing auto events from anywhere, with the click of a button. It really is amazing how far things have come in recent years.
It�s also pretty staggering at how many confusing choices you�d face when staring out across the social media universe for the first time. We know that not all of you guys and gals are tied to your computers all day every day, and some of you don�t fool with smart phones or tablets. We also know there�s a difference between the way a 15 year old consumes social media and a 55 year old. We try to share our passion in every way that we can on the internet, hopefully one of which is a way that you can find and enjoy! We have blogs, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter accounts all setup to hang out with our buddies, and we use them all!
It�s easier than ever to shoot and share memories, people, places and events and we try to do just that every day across all these platforms on the internet. Sure we�re trying to sell some tires along the way, that is what we do here after all, but it�s more than that. We�re car guys, we�re gear heads, we�re �knuckleheads� (to quote Corky) and yeah some of us are techy-nerds too. The truth is we�re very passionate about the cool old stuff we do around here. We get excited about it and we love to talk about it all the time! Trust us, it starts at the top and trickles all the way down. So with all the cool stuff that we get to see and do, and all the amazing stuff that all of our friends get to see and do, we get to interact with great folks on social media platforms everyday. It doesn�t matter if you log onto Facebook once a month, or Instagram every five minutes, if you�re into the stuff that we are, we�d love to call you a friend!
2013 has been another amazing year for auto enthusiasts and around here. Enjoy our favorite snapshots from around Coker Tire Company and across our great nation from this past year.
[caption id="attachment_4401" align="aligncenter" width="720"] It's not unusual for us to have live music playing during an event. Corky has been known to sneak up behind them and jump in if the riff calls for it.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4402" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The SEMA Show is a famous place to unveil new products, and it was a huge debut for a ground-breaking and award winning new line of bias-look radial tires from Coker Tire Company.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4403" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The legendary Great Race took the green flag at 'Back to the Fifties' in Minnesota for the 2013 race down the Mighty Mississippi River.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4404" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Sometimes the things you don't get to see are the best. Creatively moving this old car body onto the roll back was definitely one of them.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4405" align="aligncenter" width="719"] As the Street Rodder Road Tour finished parking their cars all around our building, Corky holds court right on the front steps.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4406" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Rookies in the 2013 Great Race, the Dorts proved that a hand-me-down station wagon and a big smile is all you really need to have the time of your life on the open road.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4407" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Corky is always buying stuff, old stuff. When a rare 1917 Chevrolet V8 popped up 50 miles down the road, we scrambled the jets and one very cool car came home with us in a hurry.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4408" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Driving a Model T around the world sounded pretty extreme, then they pulled into our parking lot and we were right, they are primitive camping and rumbling their way into the history books.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4409" align="aligncenter" width="720"] We already knew it, but when the America's most beautiful roadster wears a set of Firestones from Coker, you know they're special tires.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4410" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Somehow Greg talked Corky into buying an old Trans Am. A solid original California car showed up covered in dust and ignited everyone's inner 'Smokey and the Bandit'.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4411" align="aligncenter" width="719"] The Honest Charley Garage guys built a conference room table out of a dragster for our friends in Los Angeles. It will probably go down as one of the coolest tables ever.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4412" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The once-famous reliability tours of America proved that cars were legitimate means of personal transportation and that improved roads were a good idea. The legendary Glidden Tour called Chattanooga home in 2013.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4413" align="aligncenter" width="720"] When the Chattanooga Cruise-Ins happen, Corky goes wild. We're surround by our friends and family and hundreds of cool cars, trucks and motorcycles.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4414" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Downtown Chattanooga was overrun with wild hot rods and muscle cars when the Hot Rod Power Tour rumbled into town.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4415" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Incredible hot rods visit Coker Tire Company all the time. This pair was as cool as they come.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4416" align="aligncenter" width="720"] It's become a tradition to hang around until after the Chattanooga Cruise-Ins and get a picture of your hot rod in front of Honest Charley Speed Shop.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4417" align="aligncenter" width="720"] We love events that involve DRIVING your classic car or hot rod. We participated in the Somernites Power Cruise this year, which involved a road trip from our headquarters in Chattanooga to downtown Somerset, Kentucky.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4418" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Incredible builder Bryan Fuller drops by to see us from time to time. Bryan's insane Cadillac Hearse grabbed tons of attention in 2013.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4419" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Parts of the 2013 Coker Tire Challenge were covered in heavy rains. Open cars soldier on trying to win one of the nation's top weekend rally events.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4420" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Quickly becoming one of the top draws for cruise-ins in the southeast, the Chattanooga Cruise-In had nearly 1,000 cars in the spring event for 2013.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4421" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The doors hang wide open in Corkyville during the Chattanooga Cruise-Ins.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4422" align="aligncenter" width="720"] It was a secretive mission, a man's road trip of epic proportions as American Picker Mike Wolfe's "Lucky Riders" rolled into Chattanooga for an overnight stop and to terrorize Corky's old motorcycle collection.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4423" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Corky's obsession with automotive history is only overshadowed by his love of automotive racing history. Enter the Lencki Six engine.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4424" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Corky and Honest Charley Garage unveil the 2013 Street Rodder Road Tour Car. The tail-dragging salute to early fifties Fords powered by a twin-turbo Ford EcoBoost V6.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_4430" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The biggest news in our world is the brand new Coker facility in City of Industry, California near Los Angeles. The building houses Coker Tire Company's west coast shipping warehouse and wheel manufacturing facilities.[/caption]