Cheap Trick’s Dream Police truck at Chicago Auto Show
February 25th, 2009 at 03:32pm Georgette Braun
Local resident John Connell went to the Chicago Auto Show last week, and took some pictures (click here) of a promotional truck featuring images of the Rockford-based band.
The truck isn’t for sale. Instead, it is designed to get automotive professionals and media to look at products that RealWheels Accessory Corp. sells.
The dashboard is trimmed with checkerboard patterns, the kind guitarist Rick Nielsen of Rockford wears. And a TV screen that rises from the back of the truck showcases Cheap Trick music in the Rock Band 2 video game. The “Dream Police” vehicle is a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the band’s album, which its creators grew up listening to, Jeff Dolphin of SVL Productions, Rockford, has said. The local company consulted with RealWheels on putting in the video screen, fog machine and lasers on the truck.
Connell’s take on the show?
“The show this year was a bit of a disappointment as there were less vehicles this year and a lot more tacky vendors, which I’d not seen in the previous years.”
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1. Jon | February 25th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
The best cars in the show were the two Spyker C8 Laviolettes and the Stingray concept. Also the sharp-looking white Lotus, which gets 34 MPG highway… It was a smaller show than a previous one I attended, but still beats seeing the Rockford one held in a shopping mall. .
The Cheap Trick truck was neato to see, but I was confused as to why it was at the show–it seemed to be out of place. You cannot easily see it in his pictures, but the side view mirrors are shaped like the headstock of a guitar’s neck and the wheels themselves (or “rims,” as the kids call them) have a checkerboard pattern. It also has flashing lights (ala a police car). When I was there, the back of the truck was raised (hiding the Rock Band game shown in his pictures). I have a few of the information cards, though, if extra info. is needed from them (as I figured that _someone_ would eventually mention this truck in Rockford).
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