Cars for the new improved Hometown Hotrodding.. and a note on lost images

[Steve1968LS2]

First things first.. in a couple weeks the new and improved PHR will hit the streets.. Even better than the 140 pages is the fact that Hometown Hotrodding is now about 6 pages and is in the middle of the book instead of stuck at the end.

This is good for you and bad for me since I need to fill a lot more pages now.. lol.

The first half of Hometown is the typical "done" cars in all their glory. The second half is new and features cars that are "under construction". This way you can get that never ending project into the book.

For done cars the rule is "the better the pic(s).. the bigger they will run" Some members here that sent in great pics will get a full page. Lower resolution or poorer quality pics will still run but smaller. If you send me a great pic of the car and a great engine shot I will run both. You get the idea.

Same with the "under construction" deal. The cooler the shot the bigger it's ran and if you have a rendering of the final deal I will run that too. Steevo took a cool shot of Jim Mulveys '69 being worked on, it ran a full page.

A note on resolution.. this is a magazine and not the internet.. 72dpi is great on here but we can only print at 300dpi. Sometimes when I convert a sent in pic to 300dpi it ends up being 1x1 INCHES.. lol.. So when you take the pic do it in the highest setting of your camera and don't shrink it to email it. If the files are huge let me know and you can mail me a CD. You can also mail me photos if your digital skills are behind the times.

Now for a note on lost images. I recently had a hard drive problem and lost a ton of data on cars and some images. The images I have left have zero info on who's cars they are. If you haven't seen your car in the mag and you have sent it in let me know and if lost I will have you resend the data. Remember that two months (12 pages) of cars are at the printer right now, so your car may already be "in the hopper".

This is your chance to get in the book and how much space you get is up to you. The June issue even has a ton of tips on how to take a good car picture. There is also a story on this at our website (from June 2005).

Ok, this is turning into WAR AND PEACE so I am done now.. Can't wait to see your pics!