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    So what magazines have you bought cuz the cover caught your eye?

    My most memorable one is the PHR (I think it was PHR, anyway) with the quad-turbo Moran/Meany motor back in 2001. I bought that issue at a convenience store on my lunch break, and it took me a while to get back to work.

    As a side note, I tend to not buy mags with girlies on the cover cuz that to me is a sign there is probably no useful info in that particular issue. No, I'm not gay, either.
    The official Bangshift garage door guru. Just about anything can be built using garage door parts, trust me.

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    Originally posted by dagenesta
    As a side note, I tend to not buy mags with girlies on the cover cuz that to me is a sign there is probably no useful info in that particular issue. No, I'm not gay, either.
    Amen.


    I've bought a couple of Grassroots Motorsports Mags because of cover shots.

    Also a couple off road mags tend to grab my attention occasionaly, like Four Wheeler




    Bill

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      I bought Popular Hot Rodding today because of the cover.....Kenny Wayne Shephard and his '70 406 cubic inch Duster.

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        Victory Lane as I had photo on the cover!! ;D

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          Hot Rod Deluxe. And it had a girl on the cover :o
          1967 Chevelle 300 2 Door Post. No factory options. 250 ci inline six with lump-ported head, big valves, Offy intake and 500cfm Edelbrock carb.

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            Muscle Car Review because it had a red 62 Dart with the 413 Max Wedge ! Ron

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              early 80's HR cover with Mike Johnson's yellow 69 Chevelle with new parts all around it. First shiny object I ever cared about.

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                Originally posted by mopower58
                I bought Popular Hot Rodding today because of the cover.....Kenny Wayne Shephard and his '70 406 cubic inch Duster.
                FYI, covers with dudes on them tend not to sell well, no matter who the dude is. Leno, Eddie Van Halen, Billy Gibbons, Sammy Hagar, Dale Jr....I've seen 'em all. It works even less when it's not someone REALLY recognizable.

                Did you by for Kenny Wayne, or for the Duster?

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                  That's funny. When the Dalr Jr issue came in the mail, I thought, "Wow, they'll sell a lot this month." If I had not had a subcription, that is one issue I would have bought cuz of the cover. That car is bad... Anyway, shows how much I know...

                  BTW, I haven't bought a mag off the rack in a couple years cuz I have subs to all the mags I want. Funny thing, the more mags I read, the less interesting they are.
                  The official Bangshift garage door guru. Just about anything can be built using garage door parts, trust me.

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                    September 2000 Hot Rod. It has cover mention of my dyno article. Oops - reminds me I owe someone a copy of that.

                    Dan

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                      Originally posted by dagenesta

                      As a side note, I tend to not buy mags with girlies on the cover cuz that to me is a sign there is probably no useful info in that particular issue. No, I'm not gay, either.
                      that aint what the mens room at maple grove says about you. ;D
                      now where did I put my sharpie.
                      Reading , Pa
                      Good Guys rodders rep.
                      "putting the seat down is women's work" Archie Bunker.
                      Ban low performance drivers not high performance cars .

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                        Never.I always look for the Table of Contents page(or pages) if I can find'em(some aren't easy to find).Then I thumb thru the mag. anyway before making a decision.
                        Calypornya...near the beach

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                          Originally posted by Freiburger
                          Originally posted by mopower58
                          I bought Popular Hot Rodding today because of the cover.....Kenny Wayne Shephard and his '70 406 cubic inch Duster.
                          FYI, covers with dudes on them tend not to sell well, no matter who the dude is. Leno, Eddie Van Halen, Billy Gibbons, Sammy Hagar, Dale Jr....I've seen 'em all. It works even less when it's not someone REALLY recognizable.

                          Did you by for Kenny Wayne, or for the Duster?
                          Well I do like Kenny Wayne, not in a gay way ;D,but for the Duster, as we are building a '71 for my son with a 360 in it.

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                            Originally posted by ls7gto
                            Originally posted by dagenesta

                            As a side note, I tend to not buy mags with girlies on the cover cuz that to me is a sign there is probably no useful info in that particular issue. No, I'm not gay, either.
                            that aint what the mens room at maple grove says about you. ;D
                            now where did I put my sharpie.
                            Dang, it Doug! Quit sharing our secrets! :-X :-* :P
                            The official Bangshift garage door guru. Just about anything can be built using garage door parts, trust me.

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                              Back in the late 80s (88?) I stumbled across an issue of High Performance Mopar with a color picture of a row of Superbird wings on the cover. I was blown away and subscribed immediately. After high school it seemed none of my friends cared about cars or had any idea what a Superbird was. I used that magazine to clue them in to the history of Superbirds and why I wanted one. The guys I worked with knew I was looking for one as I was checking out classic car dealers all over the country, but they didn't really understand what a Superbird was until they could saw them in color on the cover of High Performance Mopar and in the article on the Wing Car Reunion in the magazine. That cover hooked me and I kept my subscription for years until the magazine finally folded in the mid to late 90s.

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