aint it the ****s getting old?
the cars I had as a kid in the early 80's were 60-70s cars about 10-15
years old -- pretty obtainable for the average kid hotrodder.
todays generation in the 2000's looks back 10-20 years for a car and see's
mostly 80's stuff.. that is what they have to work with. so maybe the
magazine is trying to appeal more so to the average day hotrodder.?

> wrote in message
oups.com...
>A Letter to Muscle Machines Magazine --
>
> "Thanks for the last issue. It helped me make up my mind to let my
> subscription expire. Upon receiving it I was pleasantly surprised to
> see a '64 Comet on the cover. That got my hopes up, only to be dashed
> by the pathetic contents of the issue. I suppose there are people out
> there who want to read about '76 Chevelle Lagunas and '84 Rivieras,
> but I'm not one of them. What's next? Aspen R/Ts, maybe a Citation
> X?
>
> I realize the definition of a muscle car is always debatable, but you
> guys need to get a grip.
>
> I'm sure you won't print this letter since Fitzgerald left, but, I
> wanted to let you know why you lost another reader. Best of luck to
> you and your politically correct magazine."
>
> ---
>
> Here would be my reply if I were editor.
>
> Look at the title of the magazine, again. You'll notice it's NOT
> called 'Muscle Machines of 1960s'. It's called "Muscle Machines."
> Period. Dot. Muscle machines didn't start life in the 60s and end in
> the early 70s. Ever since the first internal combustion engine car
> was built the race has been on to build better performing machines.
> While the mid-70s/early 80s were some lean years, the factories did
> continue building [some] performance vehicles. Sure, they were a big
> step backward in straightline performance, but they did offer
> evolutionary progress in areodynamics, braking, and handling. And if
> we look back in automotive history we see numerous peaks and valleys
> in performance, so why single out, and obmit, the late 70s/early 80's
> valley? Plus, today's [now] middle-age population grew up with these
> cars, and have a nostelga for them, just like earlier generations have
> about their period cars. Time marches on.
>
> ---
>
> I say bring them on -- the Aspen R/Ts, Citation Xs, Cobra 2 Mustangs,
> Gremlin Xs, Little Red Express Trucks, Bandit T/As, LTD LXs, turbo
> Buicks, Omni Chargers 2.2s, whatever. In my book, they all belong in
> the same muscle machine family.
>
> Patrick
>