A new side gig for me (if anyone's interested)

[VintageMusclecar]

Well....

Sadly, this isn't panning out as was originally expected--nor intended.

The new owner of the CI name apparently isn't interested in reviving CI as it originally was--a kick-ass magazine aimed at working stiffs. Shame, since that's precisely what made it great in the first place. Now it's going the way of becoming little more than a 1 man blog with the primary goal of hawking the latest & greatest new flashy gizmos and gee-gaws with the random car show or event coverage sprinkled in for good measure.

I'm not going to go into further detail here, but if one should be so inclined, it's all pretty much out in the open over on FB (I literally cringed while typing that sentence.)

Here's the part that really sucks for me--I had been considering doing the Vintage newsletter for a while, but to be perfectly honest I wasn't able to generate enough material on a consistent basis to keep it moving forward. When the CI gig was presented to me, I was hoping that would provide enough extra material to be able to do the newsletter on a consistent basis. Not that the CI gig is dead in the water, I'm back to square one again.

However...there may still be a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm not at liberty to go into details at the moment, bit if/when things come together, I'll post up back here again.

I'm trying! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

[earntaz]

Eric -- I'm sure if there is a way, you'll find it ... hang in there! TAZ

[VintageMusclecar]

For those who haven't already seen it on FB;

There's a new internet magazine in the works.

Since CI is now (sadly) meandering off in it's own direction, Tony &amp; Neil decided to take matters into their own hands by starting their own magazine, &quot;Street &amp; Strip Garage&quot;. Naturally, yours truly has been drafted into service as well, and I consider it an honor to be a part of this merry band of maniacs.

So far there's a Facebook page, and a website is in the works.

Tony has posted up a killer ultra-low buck slant 6 Dodge Dart project which is coming to fruition as we speak, along with a few other projects which will soon be revealed. I've posted some material on my `83 Malibu wagon build, and Neil has brought his &quot;Project Pro Tree Mustang&quot; out of hibernation and is on the verge of getting it back to the digs after a far too-lengthy hiatus.

If you dig low buck stuff being built by &quot;average Joe&quot; (or Neil, or Tony, or Eric)-type working stiffs, then SSG should be right up your alley. Don't expect too much in the way of modern stuff, this is old-school hot rodding the way it used to be.

We're still scrambling to get everything up &amp; running, so please be patient.

It'll be worth the wait. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]