Magazines

My name is James, and I am a caraholic.

Phew! I'm glad to finally say that. Anyway.

I have a mild obsession with car magazines, all thanks to going through old issues of Hot Rod and Car and Driver from the '60s and '70s my dad had collected over the years. For hours and hours I would scour the pages with eyes wide open looking at the car cultures and style from the days of Elvis and JFK. I have been getting monthly issues form six different magazines for the past 5 years now, and somehow I always run out of material. hmm.

Today I went to Barnes and Noble on my lunch break, and to my delight there was an issue of Hot Rod Deluxe that I (by some miracle) didn't have yet. On the cover was a perfectly chopped '30-'31 Ford Model A 5-window. Unlike most of the HRC, I prefer the looks of the Model A coupes over the beloved 1932 Ford. I just think the lines are cleaner (and they are easier to chop. But thats not the point). I thumb through the pages to see what I belive to be the picture perfect representation of a true hot rod. Deuce rails, a six inch chop, a Desoto HEMI with six Holly 94's, three pedals, and straight axles with buggy springs. I rarely covet other peoples cars, but I have to make an exception here. Props to Mark Ford for building the most Bad-ass car I have ever seen.