Magazine cars. How many on the forum?

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Back in 2004 I was at a Mopar show in Atlanta and Galen Govier asked one of the publishers of one of the magazines to check out my car. The publisher came by and he took multiple photos of my car and my phone number. He was then going to call me to get the details on my car. 10 or more years go by them nothing then a few years ago a friend of mine contacted me and said that a picture of my car is in a magazine and since the publisher lost the information they were trying to get in contact with the owner. I stopped getting the magazine years ago and was never interested in contacting them since the publisher seemed like he really wasn’t interested in the car at the time.
 
Does a Swedish Magazine count?
Wheels Rod & Classic April 1980.
Text and Photo Mats Juhlin.
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The closest I came was getting my car into the readers rides section. The guy I sold the car to must have mailed the pics in :) I have the magazine somewhere.
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Way back about 1997 or 8 maybe, back in N Mo. I bought a 68 GTX off a guy, he got it from the builder (mechanic) that came to St. Joe from Ca. The car had been written up in Car Craft I think it was. It was a 440 car with max wedge top end, silver with maroon/red interior. Super nice car. I pulled the maxie stuff off and sold all that, changed that high stalll convertor and put it all back original. I kept it about a year and sold it. I don't have the article.
 
To those that have had their cars in magazines, PLEASE do not take this the wrong way....

I grew up reading magazines. To me, they were my connection to cars, trucks and 4 wheel drives long before some idiot claimed to invent the internet.
Who remembers Four Wheeler ? Here is an obscure one...Pickup, Van and 4WD !I actually subscribed to those from the late 70s into the early 80s.
I was a subscriber to Car Craft. Mopar Muscle, Mopar Action and even Mopar Collectors Guide.
Before I built my red Charger, I'd looked at hundreds of cars and trucks in these magazines. In the pictures, they all looked perfect. I'm talking flawless to the point where it set the bar really high for me when I was working on my own car. I paid close attention to all of the Mopars featured in the magazines and really aimed to meet the quality that I'd seen in print.
The paintwork was done, the car was looking great but there were a few tiny flaws that I could see. It bummed me out a little bit until....
I started seeing some of the cars that were in the magazines. They also had tiny flaws just like mine. Some you had to really look to see but only a few were so flawless that I couldn't find anything wrong.
It was liberating. It didn't mean that I would never try to do the best that I could, just that by obsessing over small flaws is pointless.
 
Kern Dog said:
To those that have had their cars in magazines, PLEASE do not take this the wrong way....

I grew up reading magazines. To me, they were my connection to cars, trucks and 4 wheel drives long before some idiot claimed to invent the internet.
Who remembers Four Wheeler ? Here is an obscure one...Pickup, Van and 4WD !I actually subscribed to those from the late 70s into the early 80s.
I was a subscriber to Car Craft. Mopar Muscle, Mopar Action and even Mopar Collectors Guide.
Before I built my red Charger, I'd looked at hundreds of cars and trucks in these magazines. In the pictures, they all looked perfect. I'm talking flawless to the point where it set the bar really high for me when I was working on my own car. I paid close attention to all of the Mopars featured in the magazines and really aimed to meet the quality that I'd seen in print.
The paintwork was done, the car was looking great but there were a few tiny flaws that I could see. It bummed me out a little bit until....
I started seeing some of the cars that were in the magazines. They also had tiny flaws just like mine. Some you had to really look to see but only a few were so flawless that I couldn't find anything wrong.
It was liberating. It didn't mean that I would never try to do the best that I could, just that by obsessing over small flaws is pointless.
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I would much rather have one really nice driver quality car than a garage full of trailer queens. I don't want something that I can't drive and enjoy. I'm not going to worry about a small chip in the paint or a few bugs splattered against the radiator.
 
missing linc said:
I would much rather have one really nice driver quality car than a garage full of trailer queens. I don't want something that I can't drive and enjoy. I'm not going to worry about a small chip in the paint or a few bugs splattered against the radiator.
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Just because a car is in a magazine doesn’t mean you trailer it everywhere. Not at all, Three of my cars are in magazines and yes I’m proud of the way I built my cars to get to that standard of a build. I build every car to drive, Hell I had to build my convertible so my wife could drive it. Auto , power steering and power brakes. No I don’t take them out in raining days or drive in the winter but summer time they get bugs washed off as much as our daily drivers. They were built to drive in the first place, why stop now.
 
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Kern Dog said:
To those that have had their cars in magazines, PLEASE do not take this the wrong way....

I grew up reading magazines. To me, they were my connection to cars, trucks and 4 wheel drives long before some idiot claimed to invent the internet.
Who remembers Four Wheeler ? Here is an obscure one...Pickup, Van and 4WD !I actually subscribed to those from the late 70s into the early 80s.
I was a subscriber to Car Craft. Mopar Muscle, Mopar Action and even Mopar Collectors Guide.
Before I built my red Charger, I'd looked at hundreds of cars and trucks in these magazines. In the pictures, they all looked perfect. I'm talking flawless to the point where it set the bar really high for me when I was working on my own car. I paid close attention to all of the Mopars featured in the magazines and really aimed to meet the quality that I'd seen in print.
The paintwork was done, the car was looking great but there were a few tiny flaws that I could see. It bummed me out a little bit until....
I started seeing some of the cars that were in the magazines. They also had tiny flaws just like mine. Some you had to really look to see but only a few were so flawless that I couldn't find anything wrong.
It was liberating. It didn't mean that I would never try to do the best that I could, just that by obsessing over small flaws is pointless.
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In the pictures, they all looked perfect

...this is the point, pictures - 50 times smaller than the real car...

It is much easier to look perfect on some fotos as in the real world.
For me the cars in the magazines were often interesting, inspiring, but I had always in mind, that fotographs are only fotographs.
 
hemifiedbird said:
Just because a car is in a magazine doesn’t mean you trailer it everywhere. Not at all, Three of my cars are in magazines and yes I’m proud of the way I built my cars to get to that standard of a build. I build every car to drive, He’ll I had to build my convertible so my wife could drive it. Auto , power steering and power brakes. No I don’t take them out in raining days or drive in the winter but summer time they get bugs washed off as much as our daily drivers. They were built to drive in the first place, why stop now.
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In no way did I mean to imply that magazine cars don't get driven, rather I was referring to the point that a few flaws are not worth stressing about. I would love to see your cars and with a little bit of luck I might get the chance one day. We share the same attitude that they were built to be driven.
 
Case in point, while my 1970 Dart was not in any magazines, it got plenty of attention and appreciation, but I built it to drive, and it was. Went from Winnipeg to Kissimmee Florida on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2005, one of the best vacations ever!
 
I will say this...our old classic car hobby covers every end of the spectrum, every income level, every model and submodel, everyskill level, every automotive desire. What matters in the end, is what makes each individual hobbiest happy! He (she) is the one spending the $, or maybe doing all the work.
 
I’m gonna go vintage here and post a pic of my Grandpa Sam Carnell’s ride in Popular Hot Rodding magazine. Oh, the fun we had back then!

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Not a car, but another of our Trucks made the cover of Vintage Truck Magazine a few months back.
To me the most important part of a magazine car, truck, motorcycle, tractor, or whatever with wheels and an engine is the story. Where did it come from and what process did it undergo to become worthy to be in a magazine. Unfortunately, in the case of this Truck our friend that did most of the restoration passed away during the virus pandemic and did not see it completed.

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In 2001 I took my first really nicely finished Darts to the Mopar Nationals. To get on the show field you had to send them 6 photos of the car from specific standard angles, plus the engine and interior. It is still the only show that I have been to that requires every car to have a fire extinguisher readily available (and you know if something goes wrong, every car in the field has one). They make you start the car, they check your brakes and all your lights. They want the cars to actually be driveable (what a concept!). You have to be there when they judge the car to answer questions. There were 2 guys judging the car, one in their 60s and one in his early 20s. at some point could see the young guy down on his haunches looking at every little chip on my rocker panels, even the underside. He called the old guy over and pointed this out. What ensued was a serious, loud dressing down of the young man that went something like... "this guy drove this car here several hundred miles, don't you you ever let me catch you marking a car down in judging because it displays the mild wear, tear and dirt that comes with a driven vehicle as opposed to the trailered one. Boy did that ever adjust my attitude.

missing linc said:
I would much rather have one really nice driver quality car than a garage full of trailer queens. I don't want something that I can't drive and enjoy. I'm not going to worry about a small chip in the paint or a few bugs splattered against the radiator.
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As it says at the end of the information that I set out while at a show: "TRAILERS ARE FOR BOATS"
 
str12-340 said:
There were 2 guys judging the car, one in their 60s and one in his early 20s. What ensued was a serious, loud dressing down of the young man that went something like... "this guy drove this car here several hundred miles, don't you you ever let me catch you marking a car down in judging because it displays the mild wear, tear and dirt that comes with a driven vehicle as opposed to the trailered one. Boy did that ever adjust my attitude.
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THAT is amazing and refreshing.
A pristine car is beautiful but a car with some wear is one that is driven and enjoyed.
 
Never made the cover of any mags but have had a couple of pics inside.
March 1977 Super Stock & drag illustrated my 65 Valiant at the div 1 bracket finals
1974-75 Several issues of National Dragster. 65 Valiant Z/SA
1975 Popular Hot Rodding 1965 Valiant at the Bracket Nationals in Byron Ill.
Rob Wolf did a photo shoot of my 66 Barracuda at The Don Garlits Mopar show some years ago, but it was never published as far as I know.
 
Kern Dog said:
THAT is amazing and refreshing.
A pristine car is beautiful but a car with some wear is one that is driven and enjoyed.
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In my first and last judged show, I entered the car which was in the magazine, which was a 50,000 mile survivor 340 Formula S. I was parked beside a run of the mill Barracuda convertible that had had a fresh repaint in resale red. They won first place and I got runner up. Like I said, that was my last judged show. After that I stuck to racing where I had some control over the outcome.

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Charrlie_S said:
Never made the cover of any mags but have had a couple of pics inside.
March 1977 Super Stock & drag illustrated my 65 Valiant at the div 1 bracket finals
1974-75 Several issues of National Dragster. 65 Valiant Z/SA
1975 Popular Hot Rodding 1965 Valiant at the Bracket Nationals in Byron Ill.
Rob Wolf did a photo shoot of my 66 Barracuda at The Don Garlits Mopar show some years ago, but it was never published as far as I know.
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Rob Wolf didn't publish much. I took my Convertible to a show in Spokane, He was there and pulled my car out of the show to take pics. Tied the car up for 2 hours away from the show and never published anything. I think he likes to take pics for his own personal collection
 
hemifiedbird said:
Rob Wolf didn't publish much. I took my Convertible to a show in Spokane, He was there and pulled my car out of the show to take pics. Tied the car up for 2 hours away from the show and never published anything. I think he likes to take pics for his own personal collection
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That's about what happened to me.
66 Barracuda with a 170 slant six, nitrous fogger system, and a 64 Valiant PB shifter in a console between the bucket seats.
 
I had my 70 Charger in a feature article of Mopar Muscle and a brief article in Mopar Collector Guide. I was hoping at some point my Duster may make it but sadly there aren’t too many magazines left any more. I still love seeing full layouts of cars instead of pics on a phone.

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