Which 1966 issue of CARS magazine is this??

[SFM66H]

Does anyone know the month of the issue of CARS magazine that has this great Gordon Chittenden article?



The rest of the article has some fantastic 1966 detail photos, and it's driving me nuts that I didn't save the cover or the contents page.

It's really cool to me that it looks like the road test photos were taken at LAX!

Thanks,
Kieth

[honker]

Could be May 1966, I have it but not in my hot little hand  can't get to it now.

Image found on the 'net, GT350 test called out on cover, and super tuning the 260 Tiger.

Mike

[SFM66H]

Thanks Mike. I had speculated that myself, but wanted to see if I could find proof positive by someone having the magazine with cover/contents intact.

Also, note that the cover you posted is "Hi-Performance Cars. I'd like to confirm if that title and CARS were indeed two different magazines??

[joephil]

 

[SFM66H]

?? What is the month/date of this issue ??

[s2ms]

Kieth,

I have the same article in a plastic sleeve, on the sleeve I wrote "July 1965?", but that seems way too early to me...

Dave

[Richstang]

Awe come-on. Don't tease us like that.

[s2ms]

Thanks Mike. I had speculated that myself, but wanted to see if I could find proof positive by someone having the magazine with cover/contents intact.

Also, note that the cover you posted is "Hi-Performance Cars. I'd like to confirm if that title and CARS were indeed two different magazines??

Poking around on ebay it looks like "CARS" and "Hi-Performance CARS" are the same magazine, title change looks to have been ~Oct 1965...

[SFM66H]

Thanks Dave, you are spot on about that name change after the October 1965 issue. I discovered that myself today after making my original post.

You can see in the scan I posted that it definitely says only CARS at the bottom, which would infer that the article might be prior to October 1965, even though it features a 1966 model. I need to see if an article later than Oct '65 still has pages that are marked just CARS, or if that changed to Hi-Perf Cars, for example.

The May 1966 issue that Mike suggested is an intriguing possibility, and if my article did indeed come from that issue, it would prove that only CARS was displayed at the bottom of the pages even after the magazine changed names.

It's really getting intriguing now!

[SFM66H]

Dave,

Your 'July 1965' note might be the right stuff! Note the 1965 1/2 "Mustang GT-350" Performance Test on the cover of that issue:



I need to search if Gordon Chittenden wrote for CARS magazine...

Kieth

[Richstang]

Kieth, it's not that issue. I just found that July CARS issue mixed in with my Motor Trend magazines from 1967.

Gordon Chittenden is noted as the West Coast Editor.

[s2ms]

Dave,

Your 'July 1965' note might be the right stuff! Note the 1965 1/2 "Mustang GT-350" Performance Test on the cover of that issue:

I need to search if Gordon Chittenden wrote for CARS magazine...

Kieth

Kieth,

Mike nailed it with the May 66 issue. Looking at the article I have, the "continued" page 76 talks about the Sunbeam Tiger and GT350, both are mentioned on the image he posted.

Now I'm curious about the 1965 1/2 "Mustang GT-350" Performance Test mentioned on the cover of the July 65 issue!

Dave

[SFM66H]

Dave,

I don't have page 76 of that article, so it's great to learn that the content of it matches what is stated on the cover of the May 1966 issue.

I remain curious about just the word CARS being shown at the bottom of pages in a magazine called HI-PERFORMANCE CARS, but maybe that's just the way they continued doing it even after the name change??

Thanks!
Kieth

[joephil]

?? What is the month/date of this issue ??

May 66 

[SFM66H]

Mystery solved!

Thanks to all for the help - much appreciated.

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