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If you're a Hemmings subscriber, you can try the Hemmings Parts Locator service:
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Hemmings takes a big-tent approach to the hobby, and our cruise-ins reflect that approach. All enthusiasts are welcome, regardless of what it is they're enthusiastic about. Yes, we do get people who show up in late-model cars - mostly modern muscle cars - but by no means are they the majority.
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Sorry to hear you turned around and missed the event. Yes, we typically get some folks who show up early to grab the shady parking spots - more of 'em if the weather's super-nice. If you do have special needs like weak headlights, let the folks checking you in know so they can try to get you a parking spot toward the front.
Hope to see you and the Packard next time!
dan
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True, the data for most commonly listed cars on Hemmings is merely a proxy for popularity, but it's also the best data we have access to - state-by-state registration data is unavailable due to privacy laws - and it's pretty good data, given that Hemmings caters to the entire collector car hobby and has done so for several decades now.
That said, we have an awful lot of data at our fingertips. What facets of the collector car hobby would you be interested in quantifying with that data?
dan
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55 minutes ago, 62BillT said:
Evidently you need to be a paying subscriber to get full access of Hemmings.com. As a current non-subscriber, I am getting some online, but very little.
Is this correct?
We do restrict the last few months of our glossy magazine stories to paying subscribers. However, any stories earlier than that are available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike. Take a cruise through, for example, our Hemmings Classic Car archives prior to February 2017.
https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc
The Hemmings Daily (https://www.hemmings.com/blog/) is also 100 percent free to both subscribers and non-subscribers alike, as are our online classifieds (https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/).
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9 hours ago, victorialynn2 said:
I have a soft spot for HMN. As a child I read my father's issues. I have always enjoyed thumbing through the entire magazine. I'm a little annoyed at it now because I have 5+ decades of heavy boxes of them I'm trying to get down from tall shelves in my father's garage and haul off somewhere. Those older issues are very heavy! Lol. Truth be told I haven't thrown one box away yet as I keep hoping someone will want them.
I subscribe only to the online version now which works well for me. I like the hard copies but with so many back issues right now I can't see ordering it.
I put an ad in a few months ago for a car but I sold it via a Facebook group with an eBay link before it was even in the printed version. I did however get a few calls on it from the issue it appeared in and will probably sell some flathead engines and parts as a result.
I agree that it's helpful to see the advertisers. As someone who is liquidating my father's collection, both the website and the older hard copies have been invaluable as a pricing tool, vendor and parts resource and has helped me identify many items as well. I use other online resources too, but sometimes it is just easier to pick up dad's hard copies.
I still enjoy reading it cover to cover. It has brought some familiarity to me in a very challenging process of liquidating my father's life. I was so relieved it was still available and I hope it's around for a lot longer even though I'm sure things will have to change to keep up with the world.
Victoria, not sure what your plans for those boxes and boxes of back issues are, but we often recommend to subscribers looking to "re-home" their back issues that they donate them to area veterans homes or high schools.
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16 hours ago, ejboyd5 said:
Unfortunately the entire Hemmings empire is circling the drain. The stopper was pulled a little further out and the drainage increased with the demise of SPORT & EXOTIC CAR last month. How much longer the remainder can survive is anyone's guess. Hemmings had a good thing going, but felt it wise to expand their product line with subsidiary print publications at a time when other publishers were exploring transition into electronic media. Our 20/20 vision as provided by retrospection shows this to have been a fatal step.
We certainly weren't happy to discontinue Sports and Exotic Car, and that decision wasn't made lightly. However, while that magazine was not profitable, the company overall is and remains healthy.
As for the transition to electronic media, have you visited Hemmings.com lately? We have plenty more to offer than just print magazines.
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16 hours ago, poci1957 said:
Hey Daniel Strohl, I would like to commend "Hemmings" for expanding and doing a good job with the glossy magazines. I haven't subscribed to Hemmings itself for years as I do not buy and sell much, but I subscribed to "Special Interest Autos" for years and was later a charter subscriber to "Hemmings Classic Car" and "Muscle Machines" (which was later replaced by "Sports and Exotic" as my tastes changed). I commend you for consistently excellent content and editorial columns, note I especially enjoy the "Detroit Underdog" and "I Was There" articles. I will miss "Sports and Exotic" but hope you keep up the good work on "Classic Car", Todd C
Thanks! I'll pass on your compliments.
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48 minutes ago, tripwire said:
I find it interesting that no one mentioned the online version of this magazine, not even H.M.X. This format has been my choice for reading this magazine for several years now. I can read the magazine on my computer or tablet on the day it arrives (no waiting by the mailbox for a damaged issue) and I can view back issues with the click of the mouse. I don't miss the brown paper stack on my desk at all. On top of all that, it's way cheaper. Feel free to reply with your list(s) of why the online version won't work for you; I've heard quite few already like:
I've always done it that way. Yup, old habits are hard to break.
It's hard to read for my old eyes. The online version can be magnified on-screen.
I like the feel of it in my hands. Well, that's fine.
I can take it with me. My laptop is portable and I can carry all of the back issues with me.
There's more I'm sure so, chose your version and I'll chose mine.
WParo in VT
Like I said, I'm no salesman. A lot of our overseas customers really like the digital versions of the magazines - postage sometimes cost more than the magazine itself!
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1 hour ago, Xander Wildeisen said:
Not to get off the topic here, but. I have posted comments on this forum about some things that go on behind the scenes, in regards to what small businesses have to deal with in this hobby/trade/industry. And now that I have the ear of a "web editor" I would like to take the opportunity to say, IMO this hobby/trade/industry would do it's self a lot of good to start a conversation about this topic. I think it will make it a better place for people working in it, and for people wanting to get involved. I can not speak about other States, and in no way am I saying anything bad about the car scene around the Country. But there are some real issues that should be talked about. I would be happy to talk about this topic with you, if there is any interest. Xander Wildeisen, Wild Iron Classic & Custom Cars.
Sent you a DM.
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3 hours ago, michel88 said:
I like the auction coverage and the articles especially Daniel Strohl's. I don't consider them "fluff" at all.
Your $5 is in the mail....
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4 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said:
Dan, thanks for the reply, for listening, and for caring what
your customers think.
If you want to enhance Hemmings' internet presence,
consider allowing another perquisite to your subscribers:
Set up your internet listings so that a user can
scan prior months also--even back a year or two, or more.
As I mentioned on this topic, the ability to look at PAST
ads is a big advantage, since many cars today begin
with optimistic prices and require some time to reach reality.
I know of no website that does this, so Hemmings' subscribers
would be getting another advantage.
I once called about a Stutz for sale in Hemmings Motor News
a year after the ad appeared, and the car was still for sale.
(I didn't buy the car, but the seller is now a friend--yet another
advantage of networking through your magazine!)
So old, archived ads can be very useful.
We've discussed what value there might be in leaving online ads up beyond their expiration date in the past. Researchers would better be able to see trends in pricing. We could build more stories based on that expanded set of data. However, we'd lose quite a bit of revenue in renewals. We'll keep thinking of ways to make those ads available without losing that revenue.
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4 hours ago, Terry Bond said:
Thanks for the reply Daniel, your hard work is appreciated. I've subscribed since you could fit HMN in your back pocket and it was 90% Model Ts and As. Although I lament the now insignificant brass car section, the blame is properly placed on those who are brass car folks but have gone another direction for whatever reason. My method of digesting HMN has never changed - a quick look (even quicker now) at brass stuff, Model Ts, Model As, parts for them, then on to MGs and GTOs, then about third read I'll begin to wander around into the other sections. I still eagerly await its delivery and have passed copies along to many other old car folks who surprisingly have never seen one before. I consider it much like the Idiot-box in the family room - if you don't like what's on, just change the channel. I pass the vast majority of those silly ads inserted by auction companies, or car collections/dealers where no price is disclosed, and I'll occasionally just glance at the auction reports. I do miss greatly what used to be a strong "automobilia" section. It's been moved to the tail end of the mag and the definition has changed over the years to "modern toy cars." Still, that's business and I understand. Keep up the good work and may you guys never run out gas!
Terry
Yeah, as a general car publication, sometimes those segments like brass tend to get lost in the crowd. Could be, too, that brass cars aren't trading hands as much these days?
dan
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Folks, thanks for all the comments, both good and bad. As I'm sure you're all well aware, the cost of business continues to creep upward, so we often have to make business decisions which aren't universally popular, but which are necessary to remain in business (and to support more than 100 jobs here in Bennington, Vermont). I'm no salesman, so I won't try to pitch you all on choosing Hemmings the next time you're buying or selling cars or parts, but I will echo what John_S_in_Penna pointed out: We vet every ad that goes into our magazines or online, something few (if any) other classified ad sellers do, so what you see in our pages and on our website are serious buyers and sellers and only serious buyers and sellers. In addition, we're always working on new ways to connect buyers and sellers and to make the relationship between seller and buyer even more secure.
As for the editorial content, I sure hope y'all don't lump anything under my byline with the "fluff!"
Admittedly, we're not perfect (who is?) and we don't know everything (who does?), but we have a great readership that keeps us on our toes, and hopefully out of the hundreds of pages' worth of stories we write every month, you find something that piques your interest.
We do listen to all of your feedback, whether it's sent with a stamp, via editorial@hemmings.com, or in the comments to the stories on the Hemmings Daily or on our Facebook page.
Daniel Strohl
Web Editor
Hemmings Motor News
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FYI, guys, it's actually old news. MSN and HRM didn't do their homework, or else they wanted to get eyeballs by being alarmist:
dan
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Thank-you Daniel, I only wonder now how far back the issues are avail but I guess I may just have to go look for myself.
Back to about 2004, when we started posting our archives to the website.
dan
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I am looking for someone that has this issue of hemmings.........Jan. 2012 Hemmings Classic Car mag..........I need a scan of an article from it. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. My e-mail is jhason2@yahoo.com Thanks
Just an FYI, for anybody who's looking for stories in back issues of any Hemmings publication, they're all available on Hemmings.com. While the most recent few months are available only to subscribers, the full articles are available to everybody after that time has elapsed.
We also have linked indexes available for every magazine, so if you're not sure which issue a particular article appeared in, you can scan through the index to find out:
Hemmings Motor News
Hemmings Classic Car
Hemmings Muscle Machines
Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car
To answer the OP's question, the articles from the January 2012 issue of Hemmings Classic Car can be found at
Hemmings Classic Car stories from January 2012 | Hemmings Motor News
Hope this helps,
Daniel Strohl
Web Editor
Hemmings Motor News
Admittedly, we're not perfect (who is?) and we don't know everything (who does?), but we have a great readership that keeps us on our toes, and hopefully out of the hundreds of pages' worth of stories we write every month, you find something that piques your interest.
Photo's at Hemming's Concour's this past Sunday
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A couple notes here. Hemmings wasn't associated with the Bennington Car Show for its last several years, after the Chamber of Commerce took over the show. The last several iterations of the show took place at Willow Park. Whether it'll come back is up to the Chamber of Commerce.
I highly doubt a Hemmings employee told you that nobody is interested in any sort of old cars. We celebrate every aspect of historical motoring and don't turn away any any make or model.
That said, thank you for visiting Hemmings, and please do try to make it up to one of our cruise nights next year.
Dan