Muscle Car Review..

[WILMASBOYL78]

Just picked up the September issue....wanted to read the story about the L78. I was surprised there were some obvious errors concerning the compression ratio and the style of Holley carb. Do these guys fact check this stuff with folks who know [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

-wilma

[mockingbird812]

Tom - MCR (and others) are known (at least by me) to have on occasion some glaring errors in some of their articles. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[earntaz]

Sometimes all they go by is what is told to them by the owners -- we all know the issues with that ... TAZ

[BJCHEV396]

I let my 2 year subscription run out.Wasn't much new month in month out...same old same old.

[WILMASBOYL78]

I don't get it all the time...once in awhile if the spirit moves me. The L78 article caught my eye...perhaps they should have asked one of us to help write it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]


-wilma

[earntaz]

X2 ^^^^^^^ !!!!!

[68l30]

Often, what was edited and published was not what the author had written. Things get changed for odd reasons by people that should not be editing content. Something I recently learned. Don't shoot the author, hang the editor.

BIG

[Bill Pritchard]

In a similar vein, the current issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines has a story about the 64 Impala SS. They state that the 300hp 327 had solid lifters....I think not.

[69hurstSC]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Often, what was edited and published was not what the author had written. Things get changed for odd reasons by people that should not be editing content. Something I recently learned. Don't shoot the author, hang the editor.

BIG </div></div>

What experience are you basing this statement on?

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I see the odd issue but love MCR and HMM like a family member:-) I like to meet and great with the editors of both magazines at various shows but these little inaccuracies never seen to bother me enough to bring it up. I love to see our hobby publicized and shared.

I agree the right expert is needed to edit or perfect each story, the article on my car for example was made available to me so I could edit it myself and from a phone conversation there were inaccuracies and a few statements I didn't like so I changed them so people would understand how well Al took care of my car and that they decided we were the family to buy their car.

There are some experts on sYc that so far I have only seen share exact, correct, information and these are the guys who should be checking stories for accuracy.

Ryan