Hello from Chevy High Performance

[Damn True]

Oh yeah, CHP already does a much better job at this than most, but please continue to tell us how much stuff REALLY costs, the more consumer info the better.

[Henry D]

Just wanted to say thank you all for responding. I'm keeping notes and certainly appreciate all of your input. Keep them coming, I'm still taking it all in.

Regards!
H

[montec_ss85]

It's great to see CHP look to Lat-G for information. I too am a subscriber. Add G-Body to the mag it it would be even better.

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by Henry D

Just wanted to say thank you all for responding. I'm keeping notes and certainly appreciate all of your input. Keep them coming, I'm still taking it all in.

Regards!
H

We're the ones who should say thanks. It isn't often that regular guys like us get to send our ideas right to the source.

[shanekennedy]

need more mpg articles (kudos on current issue)

need more pages in mag

need track specs on featured cars (0-60, 60-0, 1/4mi, lat-g, mpg).
for owners who don't have specs, loan them a g-meter, w/ a pending charge on their credit card.
tell owners their cars can't be featured w/o specs.

[Damn True]

Originally Posted by shanekennedy

need track specs on featured cars (0-60, 60-0, 1/4mi, lat-g, mpg).
for owners who don't have specs, loan them a g-meter, w/ a pending charge on their credit card.
tell owners their cars can't be featured w/o specs.

Brilliant!

[JayR]

Thanks for the inquiry Henry. I have lots of thoughts on this and have stacks of mags dating back a long time to prove my feelings on the subject! Leave the Tri-5 with 16" American Torq-Thrusts to Super Chevy as well as other cars that we all see on friday night at the burger stand. Pick feature cars that are special and extraordinary like Chicayne or The Mule to complement the regular guy's projects so a reader feels like he is seeing great photos of a car he might never see in person instead of one car after another that looks like one he saw at DQ last friday.
Speaking of feature photos, Whoever shot the feature on Dean Sears' 59 Chevys a year or two back needs to go back to photog school. One of the worst features I've ever seen. High noon in direct sunlight with more hotspots on all that 59 chrome than I've ever seen in a mag. It looked exactly like the bad "what not to do" examples of photography in the how to photograph your car articles.
I love event coverage. I remember when i would wait at the mailbox for the SEMA issue and there were NEVER enough photos. Event coverage like Hot rod and Car Craft used to do for the Super Nat's and Street Machine Nationals back in the 80s were the best issues of the year. Most readers can't make all the big shows and want to see what they missed whether it's a GoodGuys show, SEMA, a track day or auto-x, show more of the event and a variety of events!
An event for readers to pound their car against other readers like some of the guys suggested would be very cool. Something like Hot Rod just did with the drag cars but with only one drag strip stop and then an auto-x, road course, skid pad 0-60-0 and drive a little between events over a few days. You have enough venues in Southern CA to pull it off right from the office.
You could call it One Lap of L.A. if you don't think Brock Yates would get upset. haha....
And as long as i'm venting, how about a shameless plug for some sketchpad articles? I already do them for a few Primedia titles so all my waivers are on file. drop a line if you want to discuss some themes!
Thanks for letting us vent. We'll be watching for our ideas to come to the pages.
Jason
www.jasonrushforth.com