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DRM500RUBYZR-1 · 12-10-2019

A Sad Day for Car Guys and Gals

It was announced by the publisher that 19 of some of our favorite Motor-head Magazines are being discontinued.
Some may remain in digital form, but the hard-copy versions will no longer be available.
Here’s a full list of discontinued titles:
4-Wheel & Off-Road
Automobile
Car Craft
Chevy High Performance
Classic Trucks 
Diesel Power
Hot Rod Deluxe 
Jp
Lowrider
Mopar Muscle
Muscle Car Review
Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords
Mustang Monthly
Street Rodder
Super Chevy 
Super Street
Truck Trend 
Truckin’
Vette
Now I know things change and I am usually OK with that but I wonder what impact this may have on the upcoming generations of car lovers.
But reading the obituary for those magazines made me stop and think of my affair with one of them.
The following is what I wrote about this in Corvette Forum:

The year was 1965.
I finally took some of my newspaper delivery money and asked my parents to write a check for me in exchange for the cash.
I was 12.
I sent the check and began THE WAIT.
Then one day I came home from school and there it was.
The first issue of my subscription to Car Craft Magazine!
Read the entire magazine 3 times before dinner.
Read it again and again until the next issue arrived.
Same drill as previous issue.
I continued to subscribe until well after I got my drivers license and my first car,
But it just wasn't the same.
The cars in the magazine and a car that I could afford were worlds apart.
Soon after the Car Craft affair simply died.

As an adult, Car and Driver took over the empty space.

Then Hemmings, Auto Week and Automobile.

Soon Corvette Fever, Vette, Vette Vues and Corvette.

Now, just Corvette and Hemmings.

It is sad however to see them go,

Would I or many of you become the rabid car guys and gals that we are without such magazines?

An earlier poster spoke of some of today's folly that can be found in some of them, and that certainly contributes to their demise.

Certainly though, these computers we sit in front of are the guilty parties.

I guess some magazines will go digital and maybe all will be well.................................... .....

I NEVER will forget the way I felt when those first few years of Car Craft came to my mailbox..........

MAGIC!

My condolences to the passing of the print.

Marty
Last edited by DRM500RUBYZR-1; 12-08-2019 at 08:19 AM.
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I guess I will look on the bright side.
Maybe more kids will discover their love for cars through the Digital Magazines if any remain.
Marty

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DRM500RUBYZR-1 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mullica Hill, New Jersey Posts: 2,572	A Sad Day for Car guys and Gals A Sad Day for Car Guys and Gals It was announced by the publisher that 19 of some of our favorite Motor-head Magazines are being discontinued. Some may remain in digital form, but the hard-copy versions will no longer be available. Here’s a full list of discontinued titles: 4-Wheel & Off-Road Automobile Car Craft Chevy High Performance Classic Trucks  Diesel Power Hot Rod Deluxe  Jp Lowrider Mopar Muscle Muscle Car Review Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Mustang Monthly Street Rodder Super Chevy  Super Street Truck Trend  Truckin’ Vette Now I know things change and I am usually OK with that but I wonder what impact this may have on the upcoming generations of car lovers. But reading the obituary for those magazines made me stop and think of my affair with one of them. The following is what I wrote about this in Corvette Forum: The year was 1965. I finally took some of my newspaper delivery money and asked my parents to write a check for me in exchange for the cash. I was 12. I sent the check and began THE WAIT. Then one day I came home from school and there it was. The first issue of my subscription to Car Craft Magazine! Read the entire magazine 3 times before dinner. Read it again and again until the next issue arrived. Same drill as previous issue. I continued to subscribe until well after I got my drivers license and my first car, But it just wasn't the same. The cars in the magazine and a car that I could afford were worlds apart. Soon after the Car Craft affair simply died. As an adult, Car and Driver took over the empty space. Then Hemmings, Auto Week and Automobile. Soon Corvette Fever, Vette, Vette Vues and Corvette. Now, just Corvette and Hemmings. It is sad however to see them go, Would I or many of you become the rabid car guys and gals that we are without such magazines? An earlier poster spoke of some of today's folly that can be found in some of them, and that certainly contributes to their demise. Certainly though, these computers we sit in front of are the guilty parties. I guess some magazines will go digital and maybe all will be well.................................... ..... I NEVER will forget the way I felt when those first few years of Car Craft came to my mailbox.......... MAGIC! My condolences to the passing of the print. Marty Last edited by DRM500RUBYZR-1; 12-08-2019 at 08:19 AM. DRM500RUBYZR-1 is online now Report Post I guess I will look on the bright side. Maybe more kids will discover their love for cars through the Digital Magazines if any remain. Marty