FUEL FOR THE MOTORING LIFESTYLE Dee-troit Ford vs. showdown ... CHevy Fall 2011 $4.95 U.S.a. | Canada Different ... for the Strokes The World of AMC baddest Plus: of them all! THE ODD ART OF COLLECTING CONCEPTS COOL GARAGE STORAGE SOLUTIONS ST. LOUIS OR BUST—IN A LOTUS, NO LESS a word from mckeel FordFord vs.vs. Chevy Chevy in the Driver’s seat editoriAl stAFF Executive Publisher McKEEL Hagerty Publisher RoB SASS Associate Publisher Jonathan A. Stein Senior Publishing Advisor Greg Stropes Executive Editor JERRy Burton Managing Editor nAdInE SCodELLARo Art director/designer Todd Kraemer Copy Editor SHEILA WALSH dETTLoFF Art Production Manager JoE FERRARo Although McKeel Creative director LAURA RoGERS hagerty spends as Editorial director dAn GRAnTHAM much time as possible in the driver’s seat, he Publishing stAFF director of Publishing Angelo ACoRd found time to sit on a Publication Manager Danielle PoissanT panel of notable auto Production Manager Lynn Sarosik MAGES editors and writers y I Ad Sales Coordinator KIM PoWERS to make his picks in ETT our Ford vs. Chevy Contributors Carl Bomstead, BoB Butz, WAynE on, G showdown. rt CarinI, KEn GRoss, DavE KInnEy, Stefan Lombard, jeff peek, JoHn L. Stein n Mo TEPHE Advertising stAFF S director of Ad Sales East Coast Sales office ToM Krempel, 586-558-4502 [email protected] Central/West Coast Sales office Lisa Kollander, 952-974-3880 Fun with cars [email protected] Anyone who’s read at least one issue of Hagerty magazine realizes that we subscribe to the notion that the old car hobby is supposed to be fun — fun in the sense that we enjoy using our cars from time to time and that we have a good time poking fun both at ourselves and the foibles of our beloved old cars. There’s a double dose of that in this issue with “The Eccentric World of AMC” and “Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious,” an experiential piece chronicling an epic journey in a 32-year-old Lotus Esprit. Questions about our products and And it’s all in good fun that we take a rather novel approach to the evergreen Ford vs. Chevy rivalry services? 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JaMIE KITMAN, an attorney, is the new The Pacer? The Gremlin? dream cars for which little asked a panel of noted york bureau chief and a columnist for The Hornet? They are all knowledge and fewer parts magazine writers and Automobile, for which he won the national the fruits of a company exist? Jerry Burton talks editors this question: If you Magazine Award for commentary. A regular Did your restoration have a desperate to remain to some noted dream car had to pick the ultimate contributor to GQ, The Nation and nPR’s competitive against the Big collectors, including the collector car from Ford or “Car Talk” website, he owns a company Three in the ‘60s and ‘70s. “King of the Concepts” Chevy, what would it be? that manages rock bands, including They HAPPY ENDING? himself, Joe Bortz. Might Be Giants and oK Go. His own collection of cars — which includes several Lancias, MGs, Lotuses, Jaguars, Lotus- Cortinas and an International Travelall — lives nearby him in nyack, new york. 2. roy ritchie is a prolificd etroit-based advertising and editorial photographer who has contributed to countless magazines and ad campaigns in his career. Roy’s latest assignment was to capture the fun of AMC in our “Eccentric World of AMC” story. 3. Ken gross, an auto writer for 38 years, writes for Playboy, AutoWeek, Hemispheres, the Robb Report, Rodder’s Journal, Street Rodder and Hot Rod. He’s a columnist for Old Cars Weekly. His books include Illustrated BMW Buyer’s Guide, Ferrari 250GT SWB, Milestone Hot Rods, Art of the Hot Rod and more. Have you had a great experience with a classic car restoration specialist … or a terrible one? 4. evan Klein shoots images that have ES v populated many pages in this magazine over Join Angie’s List today to swap stories with other enthusiasts RCHI A the years as well as those of Motor Trend about classic and custom car professionals nationwide — IA d E and Motor Trend Classic. We turned the so you know who you can trust, and who to avoid. GM M L.A.-based Klein loose on our Ford vs. Chevy Join today at “Baddest of Them All” cover story in this AngiesList.com/Cars departments issue. The results speak for themselves. 14 5 ContriButors 19 AsK hagerty 56 HVA upDate 5. Jerry Burton is the author of three n 6 Short shiFts 40 New experiences 62 Rearview Mirror books, the most recent being 100 Years URMA of Chevrolet published by Automobile F 14 AutoMoBilia 46 Essential collector Quarterly. 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