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23/08/2016 11:51 am
Does Hemmings Classic Car have some sort of relationship with Brooklin?
They feature one of their models in every issue. October has the 1938 Chrysler Imperial Eight. Just wonder why they seem to review only Brooklin in 1/43.
23/08/2016 12:05 pm
I don't know, but I have enjoyed these comments for years. Hemmings CC is
IMO a news magazine of the antique car hobby as well as a feature publication, and I think the featured BRKs certainly qualify as news. Of course, I wish Hemmings would also feature other 1:43 models, but very few meet both our demands (quality, assembly, etc.) and Hemmings' restricted subject matter (classic cars).
BTW, when I finish reading (and often re-reading) my Hemmings Classic Car, I don't even attempt to keep them. I take them to a local "old folks' home" (where I may wind up in the not-to-far-distant-future) and leave them. Folks there tell me they are snatched up in a hurry by residents left hungry by women's magazines and the like. Think about it before you chuck your auto mags.
23/08/2016 2:04 pm
I to have been recycling Hemmings Classic Cars and other car magazines to the VA Hospital for years. They seem most appreciative to receive them.
24/08/2016 5:09 am
When SIA (SPECIAL INTEREST AUTOS) gave up the ghost I switched to the new HEMMINGS CLASSIC CAR.
It held a lot of promise about classic cars but they got more and further away from that concept. I cancelled my subscription after #115 (April 20140, so I have a complete set of 115 issues should anyone be interested in buying them. I really wasn't at all interested in drive reports on a 1974 Road Runner, a 1967 Galaxie Convertible, and a 1967 Olds Delta 88. The only article I liked was a Maxwell history. At that time there was no mention of car models, let alone Brooklin. On the two Hemmings Cruises we took and a visit to Bennington, VT, I suggested they add something on models and offered to write it. I got no response but I am glad to hear that they added such a feature. I'll check it out at Barnes & Noble.
24/08/2016 12:58 pm
Dick, I grew up with the understanding that Classic cars were those designated Classic by the Classic Car Club of America. Today the term Classic is widely used to denote cars that were once referred to as Collector cars. I suppose we are showing our age.
24/08/2016 4:07 pm
As a CCCA member I totally agree with you.