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Hmmmm....

I haven't bought a hot rod type car magazine in years...
I get several in the mail each month, but that's because I tear the discount subscription cards out of them when I am in the bookstore (Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Joe Mugg's etc) and give them to my relatives as gift 'reminders' at the appropriate time of year...
I always go to the bookstores that have the fancy schmancy coffee and set up a pile to read... Take a notepad to write down addresses and websites... A slurp of high octane caffein helps to get through the trader magazines, what with their stupid disorganized way of putting stuff random helter skelter .... Makes your eyes go nutz
Save your money for the cool parts for your ride!
Jeff

I like American Rodder, but only pick it up if there is an issue that grabs me. I have a long term subscription to The Rodder's Journal. Other than that, all my car rags are club related such as GoodGuys and other club stuff. Street Rodder's main purpose is to pick it up for ads and where to source some stuff.

Originally posted by Streets
MY statement needs clarification: I scrounge the junkyards for parts and when I find them I take them back to the shop to MODIFY and/or re-bush, re-build AND/OR re-furbish them, only a DUMMY would just bolt it on.. and 95% of the cars in the junkyards today are there because they were wrecked by stupid driver's and their airbags.....

Hey, Streets,

Just wanted to let you know I wasn't cracking on you or anyone else (I did fear how my comments would be taken when I wrote that). Point well taken on the condition of most cars in junkyards. When you live in the rust belt like I do, alot of that crap looks pretty wicked, so it appears that they're all used up. As for myself, I don't have enough experience modifying stuff, so that's why I don't usually hunt a junk yard as my first source. And when you got companies like Mavel Gear making a rack and pinion setup designed to bolt in place of a Vega gearbox, well that looks a bit more attractive than trying to mod salvaged steering parts....at least for a guy like me. If you've never done it before, it can look pretty scary. So, maybe this is my confession that maybe I should do alittle more playing with stuff and not give into the fear. Some of these manufacturers have spoiled us!

Well there were some very good points made here. And I would like add that it appears to me that the mags and alot their readers have forgotten what hotrodding is about! Where I come from its about being able to go to the boneyards and pick different parts to add to your ride too add performance or style.And as STREETS pointed out this is not usualy a bolt on process , but take home and rebuild,modify to fit your car. And there are some projects that should be left to the pros such as cutting the frame to add another front end or tubb the rear because if not done right can be dangerous.I think what I am trying say is this you take pride in saying look at what I built, and not what I bolted together!!!!!!!!

Have any of you looked at Ol' Skool Rods yet. I bought the 1st issue and its real grass roots. Its geared towards the "Greaser Culture" but, its informative and big into the low buck thing.