ol' skool rodz mag. @#$% a rant, (sorry)

Havnt got my shit yet either.... I was lucky to get issue #2 off the stands... WTF is up?

 

I still think they should change the name to Rat Rodz.
Sam.

 

DEUCECOUPE LEAD SLED RAT RODZ COUP shitbox BETTY PAGE

 

Uh, I live in So Cal, have a 4 door, roofs been cut off, can fit about 12 people, drink PBR or anything else cheap, we've got club jackets, my car is black, the rims are red. Oh geeze I'm a target market for a magazine!!! Time to make some serious life changes. Guess I'll paint the wheels orange, build a Carson top and switch to Milwaukee's Best.
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I live in SoCal buy a 4 door, cut the roof off so all 12 of my buddies car drive in it and we can drink PBR and call it a kustom because we all have coats and the car is black with red rims" crowd?

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skip dip doo whop scooby doo boo hoo flippity lipschitz

 

All we need is ONE fukkin' feature from a mag with that kind of distribution,and I GUARANTEE everyone we know would benefit....we would pay for Germ to move to NorCal,FatLucky would be stitching everything in sight, my yard would be FULL of goddamn projects,you get the picture...
But then again, why RUIN a perfect record of obscurity?

 

After seeing this post, I went out and grabbed a copy of the third issue at the local book joint.

I see no problem with it...there's an article on Numnut's sedan, Jimmy White's Hemi A-bone, a cool chopped 50s Dodge in progress owned by a kid, a neat little yellow track-T, and other shit worth readin' and looking at.

The Bo Huff article was cool, and the ads are actually refreshing if you ask me! SO much nicer than the multi-page Heidts ads and such in OTHER mags!!

The magazine caters to our kind of cars and features rides you'll NEVER see in the "mainstream" printed media. Sure, there's a few rough edges here and there, but these guys are just starting out...they'll get it ironed out!

(I've been reading The Horse Backstreet Choppers mag for quite a while, so the format isn't as new to me as it may be to some of you more used to STREET RODDER or something.)

I can understand your gripe if you paid for a subscription and didn't receive anything...but if OSR is like most other mags, subs are handled by outside services that are often not directly part of the magazine's staff.

You have a right to be pissed if you're not getting what you paid for, but bashing a magazine that features the kinds of cars we dig and drive? I can't see that...I've enjoyed all three issues so far and look forward to more!

(I read Custom Rodder to balance out the rough cars in OSR...I like some of the stuff they feature and I dig seeing high end completed customs once in a while, too. CR and OSR are the only two car mags I read cover to cover.)

I've noticed that OSR sells out FAST around here, too...so they must have hit a bullseye with people other than us...cuz I doubt that there's THAT many HAMBers in my city!

 

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Monthly...or Bi-Monthly......

 

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Uh, I live in So Cal, have a 4 door, roofs been cut off, can fit about 12 people, drink PBR or anything else cheap, we've got club jackets, my car is black, the rims are red. Oh geeze I'm a target market for a magazine!!! Time to make some serious life changes. Guess I'll paint the wheels orange, build a Carson top and switch to Milwaukee's Best.
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so your GAY right?
you should paint them RAINBOW

 

I think the magz. al'right, I dig the article on the old man(FONZ) poor guy, died of cancer and drove 9 mercs in his lifetime, I'll be lucky to get one, shit... I just subscribed know I'm regretting it and worried I won't get shit! Sitting by my mailbox waiting???

 

Nah, then I'd just be the target market for:
Baloney-Pumping_Donkey-Diddling_Meat-Slut_Taint-Tickler_Weekly.


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so your GAY right?
you should paint them RAINBOW

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Can't we all get along.. What have we learned from Rodney King

 

don't be a crack head jackass . . . ?

 

LOL, I agree the mag caters to our kind of stuff for the most part. If you don't like some of it then flip the page. The fact of the matter is if OSR were to stick a $50 gift certificate to Outback steak house in every issue, someone would complain that it wasn't sizzler! And yes Mike's pics look pretty good to me, and I'm not saying it because he's on the HAMB. To many excuse shitty work around here because it might be a hamber and they dont want to get slammed, I on the other hand will say it sucks and I don't care who it is. But that would be MY opinion only and we ALL have one. Satin

 

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He already does live in NorCal.
Sam.

 

I got thru on the customer ( no help ) line, 1 800 your fucked !
they said they will send me #3 but Iam fucked on the #1 & #2
"your post man is ripping you off" was thier relpy.
bullshit!
my post man lives two blocks away from me and is a cool guy, and is not into cars.

 

Sam..yeah,I just realized after I wrote that....I shoulda specified Rancho Cordova...
I hear he's partial to Santa Cruz,though.....

 

That magazine sucks! Not sure why any of you would support it enough to purchase a subscription. The first issue features a car with a jag rear end. That's not ol skool with a k or a ch, that just sucks. I felt completely belittled when I read the first issue (borrowed it). If you want to see pictures of greasers that own hot rods, keep buyin it. Personally, I just want to see the hot rods. They have had some cool cars featured, but the emphasis on how tall the owners pompadour is just aint movin me. I'll stick to CK, Hop Up, Rodders Journal, etc.

 

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Sam..yeah,I just realized after I wrote that....I shoulda specified Rancho Cordova...
I hear he's partial to Santa Cruz,though.....

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Johnny you know any bitches in RANCHO CAMBODIA?
I need to get me some ASIAN MAIDS?

I'm in NOR-CAL,,

But my HEART isn't..

 

Hey, I think I have issue #1 at home, so If you want one PM me. Quite frankly it aint worth it. Its all about lifestyle and not so much cars. I frankly don't care to see the lifestyle, I lived it when I was growing up and it wasn';t neccessarily one of the best times in my life. Anyway if someone wants it I will send it to ya if I still have it. I will check.

 

I know, it's lonesome for Texas!
Come to the Gulf Coast son....in the mid 70's, the U.S. gov'ment transplanted boatloads of VietNamese refugees right here in our town and along the Tx coast...despite the Viets and the Meskin and Haole fishermen trying to kill each other for years, we now have a nice CROP of V.A.P.s...Vietnamese American Princesses...armed with spin-f-ck chairs and ginseng -based speed that they inject directly into your prostate....Tx.....it means "Friendly"....

 

Now I've heard about the spinning chairs from my buddy who was in 'Nam... but genseng in the prostate??? WTF is THAT supposed to do for you??
Sam.

 

Long Time boom boom?

 

Alright guys, yes there uh pros, and CONS about this rag. I went this morning and had coffee at the boarders and read most of it.
Theres an article on the guy with the custom dodge, that thing is not even finished, way hacked. I don't know about showing stuff like that in a rag. They should call it "work in progress" but tey show the guy running it like it's done.

The Bo Huff article was pretty cool, infact there was another article with the guy on the cover that had vintage chopper pics which were cool.
OK about Huff's 57, that car is cool but it has ben around the block. In fact it was in the mooneyes catalog about 5 years ago, I love how they say checkout the 30" shifter when they don't include a shot of the interior.
One thing that gets me is the pixelized pictures they publish, I think they get a lot through emails and don't have anyone to take real shots.

 

In alot of ways it's just like any other mag. Some cool stuff, some ugly sh*t, and a few opinions. If it's not your deal then don't buy it. I just like having another option at the store.

 

Sheeit! Guess me not receiving my copy means i'm screwed too.. Shame on me..

Buster

 

I like Auto Buff, personally.

 

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Funny- at the swap meet this weekend Sam excitedly asked me "GUESS WHAT I FOUND!", "Autobuff?" was my instant response. Jus then he pulled a few cherished copies out of a plastic bag. It was a bonding moment

 

Can't understand why nobody's relaunched that...I mean, who wouldn't love cars 'n' tits? Well, maybe the chicks, and the jotos, but so what!

 

i bought issue one and was all excited...bad pics but a good mag..then #2...well not too awful bad...not as good as #1...then my friend called and said #3 is out do you want a copy...he got it for me...when i got it i paid him and it was mine...and wow, i wish i had been at the store myself..i did not think it was worth the 6 bucks..also why is that T coupe in there that was just in a "big" mag a few weeks earlier?...anyways i hope things turn around for the magazine cause im not buying any more issues that compare to this one....maybe ive grown too accustomed to the complete " hotrod" collection i have and the ones im wearing out up through the mid 50's...guess im too old school for ol skool?