nlike the “olden” days when you looked at the date on a “fresh” magazine cover that read three months in advance (I won’t go into the logistics of that practice), when you glance at the exterior spine of the latest issues of Modern Rodding, Classic Truck Performance, and/or All Chevy Performance, it’ll say the same thing your calendar does (assuming your physical calendar is current!). There’s no timeline tomfoolery here at In The Garage Media! Furthermore, beginning with this very issue you’re holding in your hands—be it paper or via your smartphone/tablet/computer—you can expect to get your fix on a monthly basis … with all three brands!
Speaking of brands, that brings me to this month’s update on the sister publication that I’m responsible for producing month in, month out: Classic Truck Performance. Our fifth effort to date marks the first for 2021, the first monthly, and just two issues shy of our one-year anniversary (hard to imagine, isn’t it?!). And we’re kicking off the new year with another amazing cover feature from our ground-floor team member Tim Sutton: Dan Williams’ 1969 GMC under construction at South City Rod & Custom (SCR&C) in the Bay Area of California. For those of you with any amount of grease under your nails, you’ll definitely recognize the name of SCR&C’s owner/operator, Bill Ganahl, the son of longtime hot rodding journalist Pat Ganahl. As you will see by the accompanying feature on the Williams’ Jimmy, the fuel runs thick in the Ganahl bloodline!
Additionally, Tim Sutton spent some time in the seat and behind the lens with road racer and motocross expert Derek Brown and his purpose-built 1967 Ford F-100. And when we say this bad Bumpside was built for a purpose, we mean it was built to perform … on the track (autocross/road course) as well as the street. With a full-race chassis and pro-tuned Coyote Boss 302/T56 Magnum under its OG exterior, you’ll definitely want to read more about this one!
As for the usual assemblage of good-old hands-on tech, you’ll also find some great articles on Task Force–era Chevy truck sheetmetal patching with our friends at Brothers Trucks and four-linking with Performance Online and Aldan American; F-100 cowl vent shaving; and speaking of names you all should recognize, Ron Covell shows us how to replace rusted-out C10 seat brace crossmembers! And lest we forget, in the shadows of the nationwide shutdowns, we also managed to get out to sunny Glendale, Arizona, for the 10th Annual Dino’s Git Down—so get your hands on a copy (or better yet, subscription if you haven’t already) to Classic Truck Performance while it’s still “fresh”!