So the April 2012 Hot Rod arrives in the morning mail.
Screaming across the cover: 20 BEST V8s
O'boy, 'hope they mention the Studebaker V8 somewhere!
Quick scan of the article: None, Zero, NADA; NO Studebaker V8 mention at all, anywhere, period!
Uh-Oh: 'Just when I thought I'd get something useful done today, 'time to head over to the 'puter, 'fingers dripping with venom, ready to rock-and-roll the keyboard to Editor Freiburger & Company, whom I normally like.
But 'figured I'd better read the whole story first, so I did.
Sadly, this was a little-known Reader's Poll in which all of 2,000 people -yes, only 2,000- participated. That's gotta be a really small percentage, I'll bet less than 1%, of all Hot Rod subscribers. After all, Hemmings Classic Car now has over 150,000 paid subscribers. I would think Hot Rod would have many more, as cheap as they sell it by subscription.
Phooey. 'Wish I'da seen the V8 Engine Poll earlier, but I had not. Properly motivated, I would hope we could have generated almost 2,000 pro-Studebaker responses right here!
Oh, well; maybe next time.
Meanwhile, don't get your panties all wadded up reading the article because the wonderful Studebaker V8 isn't mentioned. It isn't necessarily their fault.
('Think I'll write 'em anyhow, just on general principles, since their own, small, internal "Editor's Poll" appears on Page 65 and doesn't mention the Studebaker V8 either!)
'Time to reorder blood pressure meds anyway...<GGG> BP
Screaming across the cover: 20 BEST V8s
O'boy, 'hope they mention the Studebaker V8 somewhere!
Quick scan of the article: None, Zero, NADA; NO Studebaker V8 mention at all, anywhere, period!
Uh-Oh: 'Just when I thought I'd get something useful done today, 'time to head over to the 'puter, 'fingers dripping with venom, ready to rock-and-roll the keyboard to Editor Freiburger & Company, whom I normally like.
But 'figured I'd better read the whole story first, so I did.
Sadly, this was a little-known Reader's Poll in which all of 2,000 people -yes, only 2,000- participated. That's gotta be a really small percentage, I'll bet less than 1%, of all Hot Rod subscribers. After all, Hemmings Classic Car now has over 150,000 paid subscribers. I would think Hot Rod would have many more, as cheap as they sell it by subscription.
Phooey. 'Wish I'da seen the V8 Engine Poll earlier, but I had not. Properly motivated, I would hope we could have generated almost 2,000 pro-Studebaker responses right here!
Oh, well; maybe next time.
Meanwhile, don't get your panties all wadded up reading the article because the wonderful Studebaker V8 isn't mentioned. It isn't necessarily their fault.
('Think I'll write 'em anyhow, just on general principles, since their own, small, internal "Editor's Poll" appears on Page 65 and doesn't mention the Studebaker V8 either!)
'Time to reorder blood pressure meds anyway...<GGG> BP
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