Classic Trucks Under Cover

I'd like to see a new magazine devoted to all trucks or even trucks and rods that are under construction.  Not rat rods, not cover cars, not show cars.  Just projects that are under construction by pro shops, little shops and regular Joe's.  

I would venture to guess that most (or at least a good portion) of the readership of Primedia publications are people who have incomplete vehicles and truly enjoy seeing the underwear of vehicles rather than the outerwear.  The tech articles are never enough in the regular issues.  And who needs a lot of color.  The black and white photos really set off the frame shots.  Save the color for the feature trucks that have powder coated or painted frames already. The article "Garage Scene" pg 44, October 2007 issue of Classic Trucks is a primedia example.  The article lead could even be the magazine name??   "GARAGE SCENE"  The multi-part tech article about Mike Crimaldi's '53 F-100 would go great in the magazine also.

Just an idea.  Maybe a link to an online poll in an upcoming issue?

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yah i agree
i think editors should also participate in forums like this
so they will know what they're market demands
by the way i also like to see more projects to inspire me more.

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Thanks for the input, and by the way the editors do read and through the forums.  

thats a real clever idea. we rarely c the handy work of those who worl alone, how bout it guys?  

Sounds like a real darned good idea to me too! I recently finished a 12 year project myself. It was one of the winners of the February R O T M contest, that sadly has seemed to have passed by the wayside.  Garage Scene would be the perfect name for the publication. Lets go for it mag editors. 1-2-3 Gooooooo!  

i'll be waiting for the premier issue of "GARAGE SCENE" hope to see it soon(editors)!!!!  

I'd buy a copy of that!  

It's a great idea, but I'm not sure how well a magazine like that would sell. People seem to like seeing the finished products, although it would be a nice bonus for the websites if in addition to the standard they showed some of the images from the build.  

i think it would b great to c how different minds think, we all strike problems, but unless we get into different shops around the world, we would usually attack/build in a similar style to that which we r exposed
this should also have the added bonus of upping the safety levels in our vehicles because when u c projects in the raw, u c things built in such a way that u think more about why a particular guy/gal has done something, which should then make us all think twice about what we build, raising both quality and safety


btw, i have reread this twice, the grammar is wrong, but i hated my english teach!  

Yeh I'm still trying to put together a reality show like that. The real backyard guy. I come across many different types of builds all the time. A lot of people out there want to build on a budget, but we are not talking about RATRODS, but they do give you a good idea. I'm talking about people who just donot have any idea but want to know how to go about it without using the high tech products.Believe me you can build some nice stuff on a limited budget with a limited amount of tools aqnd a certain amount of know how.  

Thespecialist is on the same channel that alot of us are on. A picture is worth a thousand words for alot of folk. Just imagine a tv show like junkyard wars, only building cars or trucks instead of wierd contraptions. Would be a great learning show and probably draw a big audience.    

I am still building up some more contacts to doing the show, it is tricky to get into. I have spoken to some of the people that actually appear on a lot of the shows and they agree with me on the poor editing.
 I need a good editing team, these guys are the front line of the show. Actually my new truck I am building will be incorporated into the show if I get a chance at it. I guess I will have to network a little harder.
 Maybe the magazine maybe interested in another throw off magazine in relation to your idea, I would be interested in that.
  As I have told CT and CCT before, the magazine has a good mixture of articles over actually advertising, which is really tricky, concidering that you need the advertising to keep the magazine affloat or a hell of a lot of readers.  

People do want to see a finished vehicle.  I think the way to do a magazine like that is with articles like the Bumpside build off, and also show the completed vehicle.  I would much rather see garage ingenuity over shop built stuff, but its nice too see how the pros do it as well.  I'm building a 67 Dodge D100.  There is ZERO bolt on stuff for this truck other than the disc brake swap in my CT article and I am on a budget, so its all garage built (hence the lack of updated articles, LOL).  Currently I am starting the process of putting '96 C4 Vette front and rear suspension (home built front cross member and rear frame section) in it and will document it for the magazine.  Might be a couple articles better suited to Garage Scene???  

You know that a magazine article is all good and yeah it is great to see the big boys at work, but most of the people out there are looking for the short cut ways to get the project done and that doesn't mean bad workmanship, as we know there is a hell of a lot of builders out there who have anything as good skills as the well known guys.
 Hence, you don't necessarily have to have the new wiz-bang tools to do the job. If you looked amongst alot of the tools I've used, the word FRANKENSTEIN comes to mind. Most of the questions that come to me are people that just want to get into the scene, and where they should start.The major question being " MY BUDGET IS LIMITED "  

I totally agree with that!!  I know people with some pretty damn good skills that will never be in a magazine.  Ingenuity and working with what you have is the key to making this proposed magazine hit home with readers.   Look to the '60's drag racers, lots of inspiration there.