The editor’s Blowin’ Smoke – 1-Jan-2010
Well folks, this is our last magazine….with black and white pages.
OK, that was a cheap stunt, but I just wanted to make sure I got your attention — that is if the magazine before you hasn’t already done that for me. Hopefully you noticed a fewchanges we’ve made to this issue.
First of all, CHRC is bigger — another eight pages compared to last issue — and it is full colour. That means unless the photo was taken “back in the day” with black and white photography the cars and photos you see in the magazine will always be full colour — the way the gearhead gods intended you to see them.
Secondly, those eight pages are on glossy stock, including our centre pull-out poster. Hope you like it.
We’ve also added a few new regular features, the most exciting of which is Engine Guy by Mike Dunn (page 10).
Now, maybe I could have thought of a better name for Mike’s column, but I was tired and he was too busy to help me out. While Mike’s mechanical skills go beyond “just” being an engine guru — which by the way is another column moniker I thought about then dismissed as too cliche — he definitely knows an awful lot about engines.
We hope you begin to see him as the guy who can answer your questions when it comes to the next powerplant you stick under the hood. Just e-mail Mike your questions to mycarpublications@shaw.ca and put Engine Guy in the subject line — he’ll take it from there.
Another feature we’ve added is Cool New Stuff (hey, I’m just loaded with dazzling, creative feature titles
this issue) which is, well, exactly what it says it is. Every issue we’ll fill a couple of pages with new gearhead
schwag that’s caught our attention and might be of some use to you. If you see anything out there you think should be in the feature, give us a call (1-888-753-2111) or e-mail the weblink and we’ll take a look. The debut column is on page 78.
Last but not least we’ve reintroduced the What’s in Your Garage feature after a few issues hiatus. It’s just one page in this issue, but in subsequent magazines I hope it’s always two pages so send in the photos of
your latest project and give us a little writeup about what your doing with the car, etc.
As always, we encourage you to write in and tell us what you like or don’t like about the magazine or comment on articles and columns.
In less than two weeks (July 2) we’ll be hitting the road for our cross-Canada tour which means my wife Patty and will be dipping our toes in the Atlantic Ocean after participating in the Atlantic Nationals in Moncton, NB (July 12-15) then hooking up with the Canadian Rodder Hot Rod Tour July 17 and making a 10-day trek back to B.C. just in time for Northwest Deuce Day in Victoria, B.C. July 29.
Speaking of Northwest Deuce Day, in last issues Blowin’ Smoke column I made a boo-boo concerning the departure and landing point for all the U.S. cars that are coming up for the event.
Those cars will be departing the U.S. from Port Angeles, WA and arriving Friday, July 27 at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Should be quite the sight to see as close to 100 cars roll off the ferry and head into downtown
Victoria. Contact Al at Deuces Northwest (250-385-8571 or al@deucesnorthwest.com or check out www.deucesnorthwest.com) for more information.
Last count I heard was more than 700 cars and more than half of those are ’32 Fords. Should be quite the 75th Anniversary bash.
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Speaking of the Canadian Rodder Hot Rod Tour, Frank Colgoni recently emailed to say that as of June 20,
there are 107 people registered. “Of course, there’s no way of knowing who will “show up,” says the Tour founder and organizer. “We’ll leave Toronto with around 30 cars and pick up some on the way to Sudbury -— arriving with around 36 I believe. We leave Sudbury with around 48 and, after Thunder Bay, it’s about 36-37 cars until Medicine Hat where we bring about 41 into Calgary. Then 63 leaving Calgary and 75 leaving Kamloops.”
Look to www.canadianrodder.com for more information or to sign up for one of the legs.
It’s going to be a blast.
Need to mention another tour that’s happening in late July, early August and departing from Lloydminster, SK on July 31. The A&W and Lloydminster Auto Club have organized the Boogie to Brandon Tour for all those interested in taking in Western Canada’s biggest hot rod event — the Super Run which this year takes place in Brandon, MB.
The Boogie to Brandon tour is a three day run which kicks off July 31 (that’s a Tuesday) a 9 a.m. from the
Lloydminster A&W and then hits A&W restaurants in various cities along the route until we arrive the
afternoon of Aug. 2 (that’s a Thursday) at Brandon for a show & shine in the parking lot. Then it’s
three days of fun at the Super Run.
For more information about the Boogie to Brandon tour contact Gord Christian at 780-875-0120 or check out the website at www.lloydminsterautoclub. com. CHRC will be on the tour and at Super Run. For more on the Super Run check out www.brandonfairs.com
A final note — due to our gypsy lifestyle this summer the Sept/Oct issue (Vol. 3/Issue 2) will come out in
mid-September. Sorry about that — but we’ll have lots of stories to tell so don’t miss the issue.