anyone get car craft or hot rod
they are offering a free cap too ....I would probably never wear it because I like big hair but hey if they want to give me free stuff ......their ad campaign might work :violent2:
You buy them cheap because they support chevies and mustangs Rainy. There are SOOO MANY chevies and mustangs that anything related to them is a dozen times cheaper than the Mopar related item.
You might get two to eight skimpy Mopar articles a year. Paint, body work, new tech, etc., & the descriptions of processes might be worth it for you-who cares about the glamorous crap they give you. Some things that they explain might be good for a novice like me, but Rainy, you have 30-40 thousand Mopar enthusiasts at your finger tips here.
Since you are one of like five Mopar ladies that visit this site (so, a celebrity), there is nothing in the realm of education in those magazines that A, either you already know, or B, someone here couldn't tell you in a matter of minutes. Walk by the magazine stand, thumb threw it, and save yourself the trash.
Mopar Collectors Guide is hands down the best, IMO. Less builds, larger magazine-more advertisement, they cover a tremendous amount of the latest Mopar products, there are thousands of Mopar cars, and parts listed like a car trader magazine. They do highlight some off beat products/builds/tech.
Mopar Enthusiast is pretty good, but they have a small budget. These guys highlighted the 60's Barracuda fiberglass body & stroker poly318 build, they enjoy going off the beaten path
Mopar Action has THE BEST TECH -of any of them, from Richard Ehrenberg, but many of their major feature cars are all high dollar, unobtainable rides (for us poor people). This magazine is NOT A MONTHLY issue. They run series-stories that take several issues to cover (best cheap magnum build, for example)
Richard Ehrenberg (& IQ52!) let me and RustyRatRod pick his brain about Mopars for over two hours at the car show-completely awesome for a junior enthusiast as myself. I think Rob liked it too except I forgot to introduce him :(
Mopar Muscle is pretty good, showcases almost all the latest Mopar products, lots of high dollar builds, but not entirely, -Steve Dulcich is their tech editor and he is great. Their main writer Randy Bolig has blown the motor in his Blue B-body, and the stroker small block in his white valiant (if I remember correctly) so I am not sure if they are pushing the envelope or cutting corners or something. I always feel that their articles are almost a sales pitch of new products vice showing us solid (or new tech) builds. AMC's are showcased. Their staff is pretty good at the car show, if they are not rushing towards their own agenda.
In regards to the sales-pitch statement, I get the feeling that because we are such a small community in comparison of the Chevy/Mustang crowd, we are going to get sales pitch builds waaaaay more often than the more common makes (I. E. SBC, LS, BBC, BBF, modular, 302's...) in order to financially keep the magazine afloat-especially in this economy.
10 years of magazine reading while underwater is where most of this perspective came from.