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Offline hebeegbz

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hot rod bankrupt
« on: April 29, 2009 - 10:06:31 PM »
just heard hot rod magazine and other car rags mother company went chapter 11 today. :dunno:
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Offline 426HEMI

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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2009 - 10:11:50 PM »
Hate to hear it but I bet more things will happen that way soon.
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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2009 - 11:47:27 PM »
The downward spiral continues.  I sure hope this thing bottoms out pretty soon.   

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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2009 - 01:27:19 PM »
I haven't bought that mag for years since they should be called Chevy Rod anyway.
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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2009 - 03:31:37 PM »
 :screwy: I hope mopar muscle stays aloat.  :o
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Offline 426HEMI

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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2009 - 03:36:33 PM »
:screwy: I hope mopar muscle stays aloat.  :o


:iagree:  Hope it stays in print.
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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2009 - 04:56:13 PM »
damn...

i hope hot rod mag sticks around...

i love that mag, nothing else comes close to the varied coverage of cool vehicular stuff that it has.
and it's got by far the best design and photography

Offline Super Blue 72

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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2009 - 05:29:15 PM »
:screwy: I hope mopar muscle stays aloat.  :o

 :iagree: And the other Mopar mags.  I like Car Craft too.

So many magazines have gone under, maybe from the internet? 

I still like the magazines.  Don't have a computer in my bathroom......yet....  :roflsmiley:  :smilielol:
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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2009 - 07:00:11 PM »
THey'd sell more if they had more hotties on the cover and innards like DUB or IMPORT RACER.

Sex sells; sorry to say.

I prefer SUPER ROD anyway to HOT ROD.  Much more of a pro-touring, high-tech slant to old cars.
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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2009 - 07:57:14 PM »
Hot Rod was great, but too generic. Today consumers want what they have....aka mopar etc

Offline toomanyprojects

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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2009 - 09:56:21 PM »
aw heck-my subscription is suppose to be good until Feb 2012! i guess not.

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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2009 - 10:22:06 PM »
that sucks i like hot rod especially since freiburger came back or how ever you spell it. also hope mopar muscle and mopar action stays around. mopar action is my fav. just which it was monthly. ehrenburg sure knows his stuff!
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Re: hot rod bankrupt
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2009 - 10:57:53 PM »
I just got mail from them offering me two free years and a clock. I had it for a year once, but only did it to get a free hat  :lol: They like to cool put Mopars on the cover and then you buy it and it has one page with the cover car and 18 articles on how to build a small block Chevy. You'd have to be severly retarded at this point to not know how to do that after 50+ years of monthly "How to build your SB Chevy" articles.  :icon16:

Maybe they thought the free decal they included that has a 1st Gen Camaro on it would seal the deal.  :eek4:
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