The Rac-On-Tour: A Rat Rod Book Mobile
A project in Highland Park, NJ by Alex Dawson000days
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A bookshop/wunderkammer/literary medicine show in a theatrically renovated, vintage box truck w. 4,500 curated new/used books for sale.
Backers: 199
Average Pledge Per Backer: $86
Funded: $17,165 of $15,000
Dates: May 18th -> Jun 17th (30 days)
Project By: Alex Dawson
Backers: 199
Average Pledge Per Backer: $86
Funded: $17,165 of $15,000
Dates: May 18th -> Jun 17th (30 days)
Project By: Alex Dawson
$17,165
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 17 @ 12:07 -0400 GMT
114%
of goal
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Our first cut! 
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
History is made! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
R.O.T. blocks!
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I remember when they tore down Yankee stadium. How you could buy a seat, a wall pad, a section of the foul pole, a piece of freeze dried turf grass. When I dismantled the bookshop, I gave away the shelves. Of the ninety-five custom built... (Read More)
Follow us to the end of the world...
June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Still riding the yellow? Well, (would-be) gear-jammers, it's time to pick a lane. To put your name on the dotted (yellow) line. We have less than twenty hours to go, and we'd love to reach 17,500. Can we do it? I think so! With your help. But... (Read More)
Beyond the napkin...
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
The Raconteur had a good run. Still, it was sad when it closed. At the final event, we sold RIP RAC shirts. There were some tears. A year after the shop shut, I was in a bar on the Lower East Side. I doodled a picture of The Rac-On-Tour on a... (Read More)
Shotgun!
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
There's a lot of rules for calling Shotgun. The person calling Shotgun has to be in clear sight of the car. If it cannot be determined who shouted ‘Shotgun!’ first, a foot race will commence. Shotguns are responsible for opening gates,... (Read More)
What a Lovely Day!
June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
It's a wasteland weekend, gear-jammers! Again, to celebrate our rat rod reaching its funding goal, NEXT Fri (that is June 18) at 8:30 PM, the Highland Park Outdoor Movie Theater is hosting a special screening of everybody's favorite Australian... (Read More)
A Peek Inside R.O.T. HQ!
June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Last night I had a dream. More like a nightmare. I opened the waste oil tank at the far end of our secret garage. Popped up the lid like on a meat freezer. It was full of oil. A thick, dense black. Like something solid. As impenetrable as a... (Read More)
Nine days, Gear Jammers!
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Nine days, Gear Jammers. That's how long Thorogood's been on the road (in his song of the same name) and how long we have left. The Rac-On-Tour is limited only by money and imagination. (And trust me, folks, between the three of us, there ain't... (Read More)
Samosas with Ian MaKaye. Tea with Ted Leo.
June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
One of our last bookstore guests was John Sayles. Oscar nominee, MacCarthur fellow, and the indisputable "Godfather of Independent Cinema. I remember how Kristy was in the early months of her pregnancy. How John was the first person outside of our... (Read More)
Strawberries and straitjackets.
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Farmers and armor. Strawberries and straitjackets. Death-defying feats and a pickle man with a license to dill. Just your everyday small town market. The Farmers Market was a whole lot of fun. We def attracted a lot of attention. Even before it... (Read More)
Live. Die. Live again.
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
The word on the (Main) Street is the Highland Park Outdoor Movie Theater is adding a special screening of Fury Road to celebrate our rat rod reaching its funding goal. 9:00 PM, Fri. June 25 (the week our Kickstarter officially ends). In honor... (Read More)
It's not too late!
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
So you woke up this morning. You grabbed a refry from a cereal bowl of butts, put on Ace of Spades, and you said to yourself, "Lemme throw them boys some money. It's a good thing they're doing." You thought, "Lemmy go to Kilmister, I mean... (Read More)
We did it!
May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
And by "we," I mean YOU. On Bob's birthday, no less. Dylan always had a bit of carny in him. He grew up on livestock shows and preacher revivals and traveling lady wrestlers. I first started talking about The Rac-On-Tour during the final... (Read More)
Meet the Rac! (and the rest of the Pack...)
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I'll let y'all in a little secret. We found our truck. I know the page says we just have our eye on some. But we actually found one. In Egypt, Pa, of all places. Last week the Rac Pack drove up to take a look. Then we flatbedded it to HP. I... (Read More)
Incredible start! We're well on our way to meeting are goal!
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We're TWO THIRDS of the way there, folks! In only TWO days. We got 28 days left. Which brings to mind one Bo "The Bandit" Darville. Him and his bud, the Snowman, are offered $80,000 to haul 400 cases of Coors in a Kenworth Class 8 from Texarkana... (Read More)
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