New issue arrived in my Mail Tuesday. Have not seen any mentions of it. under main title is "where it all began". right now it is dedicated to high end builds. front section looks like part of a advertising brochure for Kindig - It Design. yes, there is some interesting stuff to stare at. but, will just go into a plastic sleeve to save for another time.
I've subscribed and read Hot Rod long enough to recall many " Hi-Tech vs low buck" arguments. Pat Ganahl did a low buck issue which was excellent, and there were several reader's rides issues later on. The consensus is the average rodder can gleam or be inspired by the high dollar cars featured, which..as Ganahl said, "You don't read Playboy for average women" or close to that! I've been guilty of wanting more "Rod & Custom" from Hot Rod, and unless they revive that title, not gonna happen. I hope the quarterly survived, but I do think the ad guys calling too many shots.
I wasn't impressed with the 1st one, it was a rehash of an issue from the 80's. Don't get me wrong, I loved the pro-street era, but it was 75% old photos.... Hopefully the 2nd one will be an improvement.
This new issue is the third one. Pretty good issue I thought, nice article on a traditional custom tbird .I will definitely support them until the end….
Got mine yesterday, better than the last one, but too much high dollar stuff, needs to be more home bult.
I finally got my 1st issue after buying a subscription a few months ago. I was beginning to think I had been taken on a scam but the magazine finally arrived. After just a quick flip through the issue nothing caught my eye enough to have it make it to the "reading room", it's still on the kitchen counter. I'll probably be asked to move it in a day or two. Lynn
there was the pro street issue, the 2 nd one was a pro touring issue and the third one is the one that just came
Mine came in the mail yesterday than I completely forgot that I got it. Dang 60 years ago I read it cover to cover and even read every add in it including the little ones in the back.
They've been using "where it all began" for years. Kindigit won the Ridler with a car that was scratch-built, even with a non-production engine. If that's not hot rodding, what is? I'm hoping to find a copy so that I can learn more about the car. I always loved looking at a bit of that blue sky stuff I could never imagine owning, it gives a guy ideas and motivation.
I dug mine out of the pile and was impressed by the fact that it for once did not have a bunch of pages of old rehashed articles that many of us already have in our magazine or hot rod annual collections. Lots of articles on shop owners and their shops but that might not be a bad thing as many of us are at the point where we want to get a project done and enjoy driving it rather than spend more years with a project that doesn't seem to go anywhere.
The Jalopy Journal
