July Hot Rod, follow up on April Fools

Yeah, I finally got my copy of the April edition Hotrod. It must have been on a very slow boat across the Pacific or it travelled around he world first to get here.

Edited by huddy55 - May/21/2008 at 3:20am

Actually I was very depressed for the first 24 hours after I read all these great promises for the new AMC in the April Hot Rod, and then the little "April's Fools" at the end. The next day, after the depression faded, I tried to turn it around, so Hot Rod never knew that I was one of those who was really upset, at first... At least they published an additional picture of Steve Stanford's Rebel Machine to try and make up with us AMC'ers. I have been looking for Steve Stanford and someone at the Knott's Berry Farm Kit Car show told me his is in his 50's. Steve, where are you? It's funny to note also that over the years Hot Rod has given the least amount of coverage to AMC, Car Craft, Popular Hot Rodding and the others featured more AMC's than Hot Rod. The only time Hot Rod ever had an AMC was when it had a Chevy engine. But now that the Chevys, Mopars and Fords are getting so expensive only a 60 year old baby-boomer from the "lucky sperm club" can afford one. Finally AMC is coming around as the great bargain to buy for main stream collectors.
Tom

P.S. "Lucky Sperm Club" is what Donald Trump calls those born into money, some say "trust fund baby". Too bad I already spent mine on AMC's.

Here is a link to the original article from April's Hot Rod on their website.

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0804_amc_concept_cars/index.html



Edited by AMX390 - May/21/2008 at 10:29am

This is what "ruined" me for life wanting an AMC AMX hotrod as a teenager in the late 70's

Originally posted by PHAT69AMX This is what "ruined" me for life wanting an AMC AMX hotrod as a teenager in the late 70's It was in the first HotRod magazine I purchased new sometime in the late 70's. A friend had a '69 Nova SS 396 4 speed 4.10 car and wanted to race him in a 390 AMX. Is it okay to post a scanned pic from a 30 year old HotRod magazine ???

A similar all black 70 AMX also ruined me for life. I have both articles in my collection. If I build 1 more AMC, it will be a 70 AMX. Not that repro parts are coming out, it is actually possible. I let my Donohue go because I couldn't find good parts to redo it properly. I enjoyed the Hot Rod article for what it was and had no thought that any of it was actually true. I did give me some more customizing ideas, but my Javelin is too far to redesign it now.