February 2004 issue of Chevy Rumble

[J_D]

Nice article starting on page 85 written by Doug Marion about Helen Gibb and her 2002 Phase I ZL1 SuperCar.

Also, nice article starting on page 92 about the Maple City Cruisers Car Club Cruise-In at Monmouth the night before the Fred Gibb show with pic's of Steve Albert and Kenny Barnhardt and his '02 ZL1 Phase III. On page 94 Doug also included a couple of pic's of D.C.'s Chevelle (ORIGLS6).

Guess I didn't pay Doug enough. All I got is a pic of my hood in this issue.

[mssl72]

They are nice articles. I like Chevy Rumble. The only thing that bugs me is the mistakes that I usually run across. In the Feb. '04 issue look at page 17, photo #11. Now read the description for it. That's not a '68 in that picture. How did they miss that? Another recent issue (I think Nov. '03) had engine options listed and for the 1966 L72 option they had the total production numbers reversed for the Corvette and passenger car. I know that mistakes slip through now and then, but when I see them it bugs me a little.

[ORIGLS6]

I agree that you see mistakes in Chevy Rumble from time to time but it happens with all publications. Super Chevy probably takes the overall prize for inaccuracies with their captioning of photos. Most of the writers submit their articles and photos and never have a chance to see what's happening with them 'til the final product is in the hands of the public. I've chatted with Doug Marion a couple of times and know for a fact that is the case with Chevy Rumble. Doug submits a number of articles for every issue but doesn't know which ones are used until he picks up a copy from the local news stand. For the most part, it's out of his control once it leaves his computer. The layout people are the responsible parties and I'm guessing some of them aren't as 'hard core car nuts' as we. I'll bet Charley, Kevin H., Kevin S., Capt. Carl, etc. could tell us volumes of litttle bits of misinformation included in various articles about their favorite toys. Sometimes it might be tweaked a little to make for more interesting reading but for the most part is just honest mistakes.

Pretty cool article about Helen's car and Doug's driving impressions. I can see her sitting beside him, as calm as can be saying "Check the brakes, I've never tried them before!" I can also see that big smile she probably had when he set the car on it's nose. The lady does like her car!

[SS427]

Dennis,
It was also nice that you got some ink albeit small. I was glad I was able to point you out to my wife and show her who you were. However, she wasn't impressed with the back of your head.

[ORIGLS6]

No big surprise there. She'd be even less impressed with the rest of the package!

Probably a good explanation for my current position!!!

[Kim_Howie]

NO COMMENT

[SS427]

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No big surprise there. She'd be even less impressed with the rest of the package!

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No, actually she something about an age thing.........

[ORIGLS6]

Rick,

Tell her everything ages! Some just get better as they go along; good whiskey, fine brandies, classic musclecars.

But on the flip side, there's Howie!

[J_D]

I know I aged last night while you were blabbing with someone for an HOUR AND A HALF ! ! ! ! !


I finally gave up and went to bed.

Just wait until I send you the freakin' phone bill ! ! !

[hvychev]

Dennis what magazine were you in again?? was it Chevy Rumble or Dinosaur quarterly?