One of the BEST gifts I have ever received in my life ... period!!!
 

Well, last week I was exchanging messages with Nissan 370Z designer Randy Rodriguez. In order to show his appreciation to me for building and launching this 370z site, he sent me two awesome ORIGINAL sketch of the 370Z. He personally signed them to me :tup:. Take a look (btw these are 16" x 36" big posters.)

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/DSC03079.jpg

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/DSC03073.jpg

Thanks Randy. These posters means A LOT to me! When I was launching this forum, I worked on it continuously for 20 hours a day for 7 days straight! I only slept about 4 hours. My eyes were burning yet I can't move away from the monitor. There were times when I had to wake up early in the morning but I was busy working late (2 -3 am at night) on the website. There were times when I was hungry and sleepy yet I couldn't move away from the computer because I wanted to finish what I was doing. Even now, some nights I don't get more than 4 hours of sleep because I work on the website. Running a busy forum such as this is NOT an easy task but when I get rewards for my work, all my pain just melts away ...

Despite the huge (and multiple) server move early this year and some personal problems I have encountered, I was a little down :( . But these posters has cheered me up and made my day. Thanks Randy :tup:. I would also like to thank ALL the members here for their continuous support, contribution and patience. Without your help, this site would NOT be where it is now. Thank YOU.

Slick man! :tup:

Sweet posters, man. And you definitely deserve them!

That's awesome!

Congratulations! Great posters for a great job on a great site! I can't believe how active and helpful you are all over this website at all hours of the days as well! Thanks!

Photoshopted. :p
They look great and you have done a wonderful job with this website.

Nice posters! frame them up!

Thats just awesome AK, just wanna give a shout to Randy if you're watching the boards, thanks for an amazing platform brother, its going to be a blast for years to come!

sweetness

Very nice! Frame for sure! I have copies of those, but much smaller!

You really deserve the drawings, this site is great. Makes me wonder what it will be Like years from now and who will still be around.

That is awesome AK :tup:
Also thank you for all your hard work on making this site possible.
Does Randy have an account? Free membership for life :roflpuke2:

:tup: Great score AK! :tup: I just wish the 370Z had been produced like the one in the sketches!

Awesome! Thanks to you AK for your efforts and tireless work on the site. It's nice to see somebody from Nissan recognizing that your efforts bring them business.

Sweet! :tup:

lol agree, the 370z looks good as it is but that sketch looks unreal.

Wow! That is pretty sick! Better get those professionally framed!

So where's the closest copying machine to you so you can really get some more funding for the forums!

Real collector's item right from the source. Frame them and hang them proudly. You deserve them for all your efforts and as one who genuinely appreciates them.

I am also thankful, therefore I will be signing this and sending it to you:


http://www.the370z.com/members/frost...ure7544-24.jpg

x2 :icon18:

Get those to a framing shop pronto! No Wal Mart frames, Bubba! :shakes head:

Wow that's amazing. Shows hard work pays off.

Matte Gray, nice :facepalm:

I was waiting for this.:tup:

Those posters are sick :tup:

Sweet poster

Congrats AK and thanks for your hard work, and for making the370z.com come to life.. u deserve it.

DANG! Congrats man! Those look baaaaaaad!

Congrats AK! Those are awesome and well deserved! This is an awesome community and so well put together and maintained, you should be proud of what you made here, I would definitely say your sleepless nights paid off! :cheers:

Congrats, Sir!! You most definitely deserve it!!

One of the BEST gifts I have ever received in my life ... period!!!
 

HAHAHA...when I read the thread title, I thought you were saying the the best gift you have ever received in life was your period...hahahahahha....


in any case, that's pretty bad ***...you should somehow scan that and make it into a banner for the website...no better picture to represent the site than the original sketch that made it all happen...

Yes, there's been a few scrapes and wars on the forums, but AK, congrats on making the370z.com one of the friendliest and best car communities out there. It's nice to see an administrator being active instead of just hiding in the background. I'm thrilled to see someone in Nissan acknowledging your time and effort in building this place. Best wishes from here forward! We've all got your back :tup:

(pro-tip: ban frost, he's pure evil :roflpuke2:)

Awesome!

That's a pretty interesting first draft, too.

It's cool to see how things carried over.

AK said:

And a big :tup: to you and Randy for making all this happen!

Make copies... I'll purchase one of each, no reason u shouldn't make a lil cheddar off of ur BS&T's.

Wow that's awesome AK :tup:

You can definitely see the features that stuck the best. Taillights, Window line, Top of the front grille.

Damn those wheels are ugly though. WTF Murano?! lol.

Get those hoe's sealed up and framed!

:worship:

Hey, I have a Murano!!! :(

Great sketches. I had to show all my friends at work once I saw them, but they all just glanced at them, and then went back to their porn.

Nice job scoring them!

wow congrats AK. that's awesome.

Very nice schetches. The only reason I like them is because they are original and signed. That is a huge winner. Hope you enjoy them because as everyone said you do deserve them.

there's a number of 370z or nissan general forums that I can go to, but its just not the same as the370z.com. Your forum is by far superior than any other. Thank you for this gift!

:rofl2: