History ((Wish list)) What would you love to see in TRJ

It is different GOOD! I was referring more to the sea of black, fenderless '32 roadsters with the only variation being what wheels are bolted to them.

Someone else raises an interesting point. What about a couple of spinoff magazines - TCJ and TDJ (Custom, Drag)? I could even see the drag version going through the '60s and into the '70s, which would open a lot of possibilities for material and interviews.

For the record, I happily pay 15 bucks for TRJ. The ads don't bother me and there is no other publication that comes close to the print quality and spectrum of coverage that the Journal puts together.

 

I do know that the URL "The Quarter Mile Journal" is tied up..............hmmmmmmm

 

LOL! Yea, you can only look at so many black, flathead powered '32 highboys with 16" steelies and blackwall bias-plies before it starts to get a little repetitive. And there were so many cars back in the day that didnt fit this mold, but how often in this day in age does anyone build a channeled car, or a car with cycle fenders, or a belly pan? Not that I hate black, flathead powered '32 highboys, but...Not to hi-jack, back to your regular programming.

 

Feature on photographer Pete Sukalac

History of Hot Rodding in the Northwest

Feature on Richard "Speedy" Gunsaulis, and his amazing early ford collection which is still intact.

Feature on the fully restored original 1965 Eagle Electric dragster.

Story on the work of Brian Bass and a feature of the Wade Coupe in bare metal

H.A.M.Ber Jade Idol's '40 Ford Woodie

H.A.M.Ber Double Tub Trouble's '24 T Touring "The Mantis"

 

one more that would be good in my opinion would be the UK car club The Low Flyers

 

More '60's style hotrods and Model A's, and more customs, mild AND wild, any era........and less '32's....

'32 Fords are to TRJ as Camaros are to HOTROD.....

While I still think the mag rules...the last few issues are not up to par compared to earlier issues...

FRESH subject matter is needed....

 

have they coverd the 1941 buick roadmaster, herb ogden/pisano buick ?
if not please do..
if already, what issue?

 

I agree!

 

I would like to see my 32 sedan in there that would mean i finally got around to getting it done maybe in 20 years it will be far enough along to be in print.

 

I'd like to see Blown49's Merc.

 

I would like to see a series of articles covering small town tracks that disappeared before their time. That coverage to include their local racer. Example: Niagara and Jim Oddy

I also would love to see some in depth coverage of Ron Gerstners 34' then and now, since he is putting back together after sitting in his rafters for years. The car was center for a few mags, cover Car Craft 1964, then disappeared to his rafters.





Cabo Hall 1965

 

Holy balls!!!!
That car fucking rules man......

 

Stop picking cars just because you have a great pic of them. Great mag but sometimes you have pages and pages of a car just because of the sunset pic. The car itself will be half finished and even have a mix of themes.

I can care less if it is a 32 or Kustom if it is an innovative car. Something with details that go on forever. There are even later models that the builders have incorporated killer little details that could take days to see.


I look at earlier issues and they do not seam to have that problem. My favorite was when you wasted about 8 pages on the pics of a 32 Ford frame with fantastic artistic photography but in the end it was the same ho hum frame!!

Come on there are plenty of UNKOWN builders and builds that need attention. No more it looks good dumped with A/R wheels. There are so many cars on here alone that the rest of the world does not get to see.

I guess I have a few complaints!!

 

I had no IDEA the Gerstner car was still around, that WOULD be a good read!

 

How about......."The Draggers Journal".......?

 

It would be cool to see a who's building what section. Cars that are being built or restored, a kind of garage scene or something. Maybe even a cars of the hamb section. All I know is that I would like to see a couple more issues a year. Thanks, Jon.

 

I'd love to see more drag cars in there! More fuel altereds. More late 60s funnies, though maybe they aren't really appropriate... I've got all of the issues from #8 to the most recent, and can't get enough TRJ.

 

More kustoms for sure, and perhaps a little more spotlight on the smaller kustom/hot rod shops instead of the big name/big dollar guys all the time (how many of us can relate to having an Ardun powered '32 Ford all the time?)...and a George Cerney story would be great! Other than that, the magazine has always been fantastic and I look forward to every new issue. However, I did quit subscribing because I got tired of seeing it on the newstand weeks before it came in the mail, and some issues I pick up don't grab me enough to drop $12-$14...you see one bellytank you've seen em all...and I was kinda questioning the coverage of near stock, early '60s Chevies in the last issue...when did they become "rods"?

 

I would like to see an article on the hand made bodied american powered "specials" coming out of england and Australia in the 40's and 50's. They often ran flatty's hemis etc. and were hot rods in all but name and location

 

Kustoms are my personal favourates
But there seems to be a great dislike for the most influencial period in customising, the 60's.
This was the time when the customisers of the 40's and 50's got real exposure through the growing automotive magazine industry. where the TV and Movie industry had wild customs and Hot Rods built for the teen based market they were trying to corner.
And where the model companies saw an almost endless market for a growing car crazy generation that wanted nothing more than to have their own model version of their favourate TV series car. This model market then employed name customisers to help direct and design new kits.
This model market had a waiting and hungry group of teenagers whos numbers were in the hundreds of thousands world wide. And were inspired to then design and build their own scale customs and rods.
In time these teenagers graduated to owning real cars and were ready to start putting into reality all the things they had done building models.
From all of these would be customizers would emerge the next generation of car builders that would keep the interest in modified cars of all types alive and moveing into the future.
I would like to see more on the work of our now revered legends of customizing from the 60's.
Something else that seems to be ignored from this period is boats. Look at any major car show coverage and there were some stunning speed boats on display. With Motors and paint jobs that rivaled any of the cars on display.

I am a product of this time and this is how i started out building customised models and reading as many American magazines i could get my hands on. And i know i am not alone.
Through this interest i learnt about traditional 40's and 50's customs.
But we must recognise and remember the decades between the 50's and the mid to late 80's when traditional 40's and 50's customs were rediscovered and appreciated for what they are.

 

I'm with you guys

 

I'm with you guys
Rod

OK, so you know what I mean

How good would Luke's KUSTOMS ILLUSTRATED be in TRJ format ??

 

Yankee Mike's 32 Roadster is nicest pre war car I have ever seen. It is a real 1932 Ford w/ real pre war parts. It needs to be put in mag.

 

These would be nice.

 

make that x2

 

I think they are doing just fine on the cars they cover... I'd like to see more in depth articles on speed parts and the companies that made them. or just examples of what was available and when. show parts, brochures, catalogs as well as the items themselves.

Like Mickey Thompson... they made so much cool stuff they could do a series. I know a guy who is trying to collect an example of every SBC M/T valve cover ever made. he also has a few Ford and early Hemi items as well. most people don't have a clue of the variations that came out through the years.

the only one that comes to mind that they did already was the Algon article... I'm sure there was more. that's something I'd like to see.

 

Great idea! There were hundreds of custom shops, and you have a great list of many of them...add Herb Reneau, Olive Hill Body Shop, Larry Lee of Pasadena CA, etc, etc...and some outside of California, there must have been some great shop that never got ink because they were not in SoCal....

 

The Tom Hanna Story needs to be done with studio shots of his new dragster. One of the finest pieces of hot rod art built in the last ten years.

 

Yes !!!!!!!!!!! That Dragster is STUNNING !!! That is just pure beauty.

 

Don't know wheater they have already covered it (as ive only been reading TRJ for the last two issues)
But i would love to see a full spread on one or both of Jim Lytle's Big AL '34 coupes (the first being a real steel sedan and the second being a fiberglass reproduction of the first)

Very cool indeed!!!!