Hot Rod Magazine

I have often thought a winning theme for a Mopar mag would be they give a staff person $10k to find a car and make it at a minimum a safe driver/budget racer.

Don’t count the value of the writer’s time or skills. The car has to be purchased from a “for sale” ad, Craigslist, etc. Document where it came from and what it cost. The car has to be a purchase anyone could make - NOT from a friend or colleague.

Print business names, locations and prices. DON’T build it with donated parts, new or used. Instead, have them spend the remaining cash on the car - no more. Document it all on the mag over the next 12 months. Cover a different model each build.

Publish what was done, why, and what it cost. When completed, if you want a “Freiburger, Finnegan or Dulcich” to tune it, that could be an episode to itself.

Raffle it off when done. Find the next project.

I think that would be interesting, educational and sell mags.