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04-12-2022 @ 4:59 PM

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I wish the editor of the V8 Times magazine would consider going back to the "In Transit" format of old using two different cars - one car on the front cover and one car on the back cover. It seems the printer is having a difficult time aligning the single picture on the the front cover with its other half on the back cover using the current format. A good compromise would be a 'Centerfold' (ala Playboy magazine style) of a featured car in the middle of the magazine...

This message was edited by MG on 4-12-22 @ 9:08 PM

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04-12-2022 @ 8:47 PM

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Not sure what you mean by the printer having a difficult time aligning the cover.
From my summer job years and years ago in a pressroom, book and magazines are printed as one flat piece and then folded as they leave the press. So it is not two photo parts that make up these covers. In years past when there was one vehicle on the front and one on the back, then yes there could be an alignment issue with the printing plates, but again, it was all printed flat and then folded when bound to the other pages. While my answer may not be using technical printing terms, all magazines start life as flat pieces of paper that run through the press and then get folded before becoming inserts in the binding process.

You can always contact the editor, their email is listed in the magazine and also on this web site under National Club Information/Staff.

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04-12-2022 @ 9:43 PM

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Here's an example of what I'm talking about. Attached is a scanned picture showing the front and rear covers of the Jan-Feb issue of my V8 Times. Note especially the alignment of the stainless spear, the rocker panel and the front clip...

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04-13-2022 @ 4:43 AM

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I for one think that the single photo covering the front and back is a big improvement over the previous two-photo approach. Evidently only some were partially misaligned like yours, as others like the one I received were not misaligned at all.

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04-13-2022 @ 9:35 AM

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In my opinion, MG has found the key to entice the younger crowd to the hobby. Without a doubt, the discovery of a Playboy centerfold while reading the V8 Times would certainly enhance my reading pleasure!

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04-14-2022 @ 10:51 AM

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For you newbies, here's the ‘infamous" V-8 TIMES cover from March/April 1992. Then editor Bob McCoppin took a lot of heat over this photo with comments ranging from “pornographic” to “I want one of those key fobs’. Bet you didn't notice the Early Ford V-8 Club key fob she's holding in her left hand did you?

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04-14-2022 @ 12:10 PM

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Editor, I for one, commend your great work. I can't imagine having so little else in my life to be overly concerned that the front and back cover photographs do not align perfectly.
Please, keep up the great work

Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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04-14-2022 @ 3:57 PM

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Mike,

It's always the "usual suspects" who seem to lose sight of it only being an assemblage of paper, words, and photos, none worthy of a place in the Library of Congress, just like most Congressional paperwork.

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04-14-2022 @ 5:24 PM

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Mike, any alignment issues are in the pdf files used to display the electronic copy of the magazine. The electronic copy is a collection of single page scans causing the front and back covers to be scanned separately. Take a look at the cover when your snail mail copy arrives. I'm willing to bet there will be no problem there.

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04-15-2022 @ 5:28 AM

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Don, Even if it was misaligned, I'd be fine with it

I do appreciate you teaching me something new (to me).

Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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