Any decent Muscle car mags left?
 

I know I'm old school but are there any good Muscle Car magazines left in print form. I've subscribed to Hemmings Muscle Machines from the beginning but their last issue has hit rock bottom for me. Besides the editorial at the front and back of the magazine and the ask Ray column there's just not much left for the purist. I know time marches on but it was such a great magazine focused on stock restorations and great stories. Now everything is retro this and modified that.

Any suggestions? Thanks

I agree. Since the departure of Muscle Car Review, there really seems to be a void for a good mag.

Tim

Unfortunately, this is the new norm. There are several quarterly publications trying to make a go at it but for the most part, they are brand specific.

All of the publications I supplied content to have gone 100% digital or away all together and they won't be returning. The trend is the video and on demand production now. Unfortunately for those of us that made a living actually talking to people, taking photos and writing stories we are the dinosaurs to "progress".

At least that's what I'm told.

JP

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Totally agree! I went through the recent issue of HMM in barely ten minutes which caused me to have these same thoughts.
I do enjoy Chuck Hanson's how-to contributions to HMM, he is currently working up one that may be of interest to some of us.

I miss MCR....

Bill W

My thoughts exactly

----Yup! Just on this sight alone there are hundreds of article style muscle cars. I keep wondering when they will discover "The Supercar Registry". They would have a guaranteed limitless source of the best of the best for years!!!....Bill S

Bring them all back!

As we all know, times change and we are forced to change also.

I loved all the old Muscle Car magazines of old and I do my best to search out cars on my devices (iPad) but it’s just not the same.

Billalert has a good suggestion as just about everything Muscle/Super cars are on this site.

I like dinosaurs.

PS, hey your missing a wiper.

CT.

This is a quarterly magazine done out of Nanaimo B.C. that recently featured my 1970 Camaro. It occasionally will feature some Canadian only muscle that some USA readers would appreciate. It probably isn't available on US news stands, but is available online, and by subscription. Dale

Would love to share some of those stories on our show!
The invitation is open to all. Would love to share 'em with a couple of hundred thousand listeners.

Just sayin'

JP
The JP Emerson Show
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I'm the same way. Used to subscribe to Muscle Car Review and Car Craft. When they went digital and wanted to continue my subscription I said no thanks and cancelled everything. Not a social media guy at all and especially didn't like the idea of paying for a mag and not having it in my hands. I expected a discount since they were now saving money on paper and ink, (like that will ever happen, lol)

Oh well, time marches on, and it can keep going far as I'm concerned, I'm happy as a dinosaur.

I've been a muscle car magazine addict since the mid 80's and subscribe to Bone Stock Muscle Cars out of Canada and the last issue was probably the best one I've seen from them yet. I get Muscle Machines too but the years have taught me as soon as a magazine changes their focus and starts featuring modified cars its the ringing of the death bell for them so I'm guessing they won't be around much longer and most of us won't care. I don't mind the 80's features but have zero interest in pro touring crowd they seem to be courting, that's what Hot Rod is for IMO.

I have a bunch of them from the sixties nobody seems to want them

My Garage and Journey
 

I'm very disappointed with the present magazine offerings. Our membership's wealth of knowledge, history, passion and journey we have taken should be shared. I think it will provide more entertainment than most magazines. We are about to introduce a new site application My Garage and Journey, which will provide each contributing member their own forum to share their journey, passions, car/collection, memorabilia and skill set.

I've been telling everyone it will be launched soon, but there has been delay after delay. I am excited to say that much progress has been made now and when launched it will fill a huge void due to lack of magazine coverage which used to provide us with information and entertainment. My Garage and Journey will also allow us to learn about members passions, knowledge, journey and interests... oh and their cars!!!!

The delays are due to driving it towards simplicity and user friendly. Fingers crossed for a launch this month.

As we all know, print publications of any form are headed the way of the Pony Express. I'm not a huge fan of the resto-mod stuff either, but it definitely has a following (just watch any of the car auctions featured on TV) so HMM and whoever else may be left are trying to appeal to that crowd too.

Bill, I have had requests to include 60-70's trucks and resto mods section. I don't want to take away from our core. To do that I was thinking about having a separate pages for them. If you were interested in Trucks select that page or resto mods select that page. Thoughts???

Muscle Cars Bone Stock and Modified is a great publication-
www.canadianhotrods.com
Our very own Ryan Weaver and his Olds was a cover /feature car 2 yrs ago.
Keep on Cruising!
Dave

Thanks everyone for chiming in. To be honest, It's as much about my 73 year old father as it is about me. He's never been on a computer and at this point probably never will. I'm on here and few other forums daily and can see some of the great stories and unbelievable cars still being discovered, but trying to relay the message isn't quite the same as reading it and see photos.

I really miss the publications and going to the book store once a month and loading up. I've been reading car magazines since I was in my teens. I still have over 20,000 in my personal collection and I read them all. I get on this great site at least once every evening. Keep the great stories and pics coming.

That reminds me of the late 80's BLACKLS5. There were about a dozen muscle car magazines going back then and Super Chevy was really good too. Every day seemed like Christmas when the mailman came and my Dad and I would sit around the living room for hours reading my car magazines. No wonder I did so bad in school...

Weight savings.

(lol)

Used to, after we would make a good pass, we'd see our competitors taking off the windshield wipers, rearview mirrors, floor mats, etc.

K

I think that's an excellent idea, pick & choose what you like. I can guarantee you if that comes to pass, I will be looking at those pages as well.....may not peruse them quite as closely as the original stuff, but will be looking just the same. Thanks so much for running with this idea, Steve :biggthumpup:

I remember heading to Barnes and Nobles every month just to make sure I got a Hemmings the first day available.

I know isn't a car mag, but still car related.

I gave away as many of my old mags as I could and took the rest to the recycler. I saved a few with special articles. "How to Z/28 your 283 Chevy" that I bought in 1969. Can't remember if it was Popular Hot Rodding or Car Craft. I still have it.

I was 16, had a 57 Chevy with a 283. That's the first car mag I every bought. 7-11 on Britton Rd. in OKC.

Back then we called them a "301". A 283 punched out .125 with pop up pistons and "Fuelie" 2.02 heads and solid cam.

First car mags I bought were a 1961 Car Craft with a '61 Impala on the cover, then February (maybe March?) 1962 Hot Rod. I believe it had a Maroon '62 Vette on the cover. Felt like finding buried treasure!! Still have them somewhere.

Unfortunately, HMM has been on quite the downward spiral for awhile and it’s content is drifting away from the title of the magazine. I actually have my subscription to that mag delivered to my parents’ house so my father can read thru it first and give me the inevitable monthly phone call to tell me what excited him in the magazine in a particular issue. He doesn’t call much to talk about it anymore . . . .