It was my favorite when all the rest were billet sellers, I could learn something about 40s hotrods. Real tech for real builders and not just an infomercial.
The original American Rodder and Rodders Digest were the best mags of the 80s and 90s Real articles written by Real car guys without corporate meddling.
I turned up this years-old thread while looking for info on the current state of American Rodder magazine, just to make sure it's no longer in business. It was good to hear that it was so well received in its pre-Buckaroo days, when it was part of Paisano. It was one of my favorite writing gigs for the ten-plus years I was involved, due in great part to Joe Kress's super-capable editorship. If anyone is still interested in copies of pre-Buckaroo AR, I have a bunch of 'em, new, many in plastic and all undisturbed. It will take a little time to organize them and create a list, but if you are interested drop me an e-mail at av8ford@att.net. Mike Bishop Santa Rosa
I have a bunch of stuff that American Rodder gave away when they were trolling for subscribers, posters, playing cards, cups ETC. I keep them in my memorabilia cabinet. It was a nice magazine.
I agree pre buckaroo it was a nice magazine. Av8 I enjoyed Joe Kress as well as your work on the magazine. I still have all the issues. I would buy 2 copies when they started bagging them so I would have a pristine set to give my son. Its a shame what they did to some good magazines.
Hey Mike, I PM'd you long ago but never heard back!!! I'm still around and I'd love to hear from you.... Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
It's good to see that you really are alive and kicking Mike, Like a lot of others on here I really enjoyed and learned from what you wrote back in the early days of the magazine.
As an adolescent in the early 90's, American Rodder was the perfect car magazine! I had many of the models names memorized...lol! Along with the revial of R&C, the mag was perfect for studying traditional rodding styles... Fast forward a few years and I had the AMAZING opportunity to meet Joe Kress and Steve ****an for a photo shoot when I worked at Grubby's Hot Rods. It was so cool to meet a couple of guys I had only read about in the pages of the magazine. We set up the shoot for a '57 Chevy at a local high school and none of my friends believed I was in the driver's seat ducking down, pressing the brake pedal while ****an did his magic (at dusk) to make the photos come to life! I remember talking to Joe about his Model A sedan project because my dad was building one at the time... What a GREAT magazine!!!
Mike, Your Avatar of the flathead port makes me wonder if you are still planning a book on porting, I remember you had tutelage from one of the flathead masters, Ed Binggeli. Thanks again old friend, for the photo shoot and article on my Track Roadster, and for swapping cars and letting me drive "Old Bluey". Here is a shot I took of you and your pal Jack.
Ya it was one of the first ones that would feature traditional hot rods. Man I shure like that purple 32 five window they had on the cover.
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