[Mick Mc]

I’m not talking about readers rides.
I’m talking about a full feature.
I have been told and have read, if one magazine shoots your car then the other magazines aren’t interested. If a freelance photographer shoots your car then all bets are off. If I have internet coverage, then the magazine is not very interested because its not new (everyone has already seen it). If I have no internet coverage then the car must be a fluke or barn build.

So do I let everyone photograph my car and hopefully get in one magazine or do I let no one photograph my car and hope that my favorite magazine calls and shows interest.

Is it more about who builds the car or the color?
Is it more about home built or what’s hot in the industry?
Is it about the name brand of the parts on the car?

I realize none of this (how to get in a magazine) is written stone, but a few rules would help.

Here are a couple of examples that have got my mind asking these questions.

A very nice Camaro was shot in February but has not been seen in the magazine.
This car was fast, raced, driven hard, looked good, but no printed press. Lots if internet coverage, by the builder.
Not a home built but not a total pro-shop built either.

Another Camaro, big name guy helping out (not the official builder) gets seven pages in a major magazine and then the cover in another magazine. Very nice car, but two magazines back to back. How do I do that? I thought if you were in a major magazine then no else was interested. Non competing and who was first and all of that.

Do I throw everyone’s name in a hat and pull cards to see gets a chance to put my car in a magazine, or do I make it a free-for-all and hope I get in at least one magazine (with everyone thinking that the other guy is going to use the photos).

If one guy promises to put my car in the magazine, do I not let anyone else take pictures even if they're promising coverage too.

Every magazine wants exclusivity, but if I say yes and they don’t run my car now I have no coverage. I feel like I could be between a rock and hard place. I know there are lead times and my car is not the only car out there. But I have seen a couple of top cars get completed and the next month they're on the news stand.

I searched for other posts on this subject and have been told they were deleted, not locked, deleted. Very interesting way of stopping a post by a moderator.

Are there some rules or a rule book?
Do I need to learn the secret hand shake to get the rule book?

Mick