GRM of Yesteryear

I continue to scan old magazines. The oldest article I have by Tim - Auto-X 1988

And the first story on the TR3 from this issue:

Cover: Neon, Civic, BMWs, RX7, Datsun Z, Corvette, and Pantera. Ok, so the Pantera is odd man out, but otherwise the same cars would be completely unsurprising on today's cover as well. Interesting.

Bryce

True story: That BMW cover was not shot on a race track.

That's really all I should say about it.

Doesn't seem like that long ago.

Palm Coast, maybe?

Sure would like a copy or a scanned image of issue number 2. I wrote a C Stock comparison article in that one.

Funny to see ads with no websites listed!

In reply to jstein77:
What year and month would that be?

Oh man...I have to go up to the attic...

Woah, it was monthly back then!

Auto-X!

Apis_Mellifera wrote:

Anybody else think this picture makes Tim look like Kenneth Branagh?

David S. Wallens wrote: True story: That BMW cover was not shot on a race track. That's really all I should say about it.

Is that the famous 'test track' where you also shot the Lexus race cars later on, it later became a subdivision and one of the staff now/did live on one of the corners?

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

David S. Wallens wrote: True story: That BMW cover was not shot on a race track. That's really all I should say about it.

Is that the famous 'test track' where you also shot the Lexus race cars later on, it later became a subdivision and one of the staff now/did live on one of the corners?

I was thinking the same exact thing....

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

David S. Wallens wrote: True story: That BMW cover was not shot on a race track. That's really all I should say about it.

Is that the famous 'test track' where you also shot the Lexus race cars later on, it later became a subdivision and one of the staff now/did live on one of the corners?

It is not. You know, only three other people know where that was taken: JG (that's him in the 2002), "slippy the clutch boy" (the guy driving the M3 whose real name we forget) and whoever was driving the camera car (Gabe? Donovan?). At what point does the statute of limitations run out for driving a race car on public streets expire?

Beer Baron wrote:

Apis_Mellifera wrote:

Anybody else think this picture makes Tim look like Kenneth Branagh?

For some reason he always reminds me of this guy.

Toyman01 wrote:

Beer Baron wrote:

Apis_Mellifera wrote:

Anybody else think this picture makes Tim look like Kenneth Branagh?

For some reason he always reminds me of this guy.

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

David S. Wallens wrote: True story: That BMW cover was not shot on a race track. That's really all I should say about it.

Is that the famous 'test track' where you also shot the Lexus race cars later on, it later became a subdivision and one of the staff now/did live on one of the corners?

Still live here, and it's pretty much a real neighborhood now. There's not a house on every lot—maybe every 8th or 10th—but it' still way too dense for any kind of "journalism."

Man, we had some cool stuff up here, too. Everything from those Lexuses to IT cars and press fleet cars and even the Callaway team with the C7R one evening. THAT is a wacky story. Maybe that'll be my next column.

jg

PS: And the location of the BMW shot is actually rather innocuous, even though laws were probably technically broken.

jstein77 wrote: Palm Coast, maybe? Sure would like a copy or a scanned image of issue number 2. I wrote a C Stock comparison article in that one.

Hey Jerry, do you happen to remember where in Palm Coast those autocrosses were? That was a little before my time.

And I'll see if I can track down a #2 for you.

jg

Looks like an interstate to me.

Nice stippling!

JG Pasterjak wrote: And I'll see if I can track down a #2 for you. jg

Do you guys have hardcopies of every issue from Auto-X on? I recall requesting a back issue sometime around '98 and received a photocopy instead. Apparently, there was only one known copy left.

Apis_Mellifera wrote:

JG Pasterjak wrote: And I'll see if I can track down a #2 for you. jg

Do you guys have hardcopies of every issue from Auto-X on? I recall requesting a back issue sometime around '98 and received a photocopy instead. Apparently, there was only one known copy left.

Ohhhhh...issue #2. Whew! That makes MUCH more sense...

DeadSkunk wrote: In reply to jstein77: What year and month would that be?

I don't remember what month the second issue was, but the year was 1985. March, maybe? Not sure.

I think the Palm Coast events were in '85 and '86.

If I'm doing this correctly, here are the coordinates from that shoot:

Latitude, Longitude 29.217429,-81.108112

Note that at the time the interstate interchange, overpass, auto mall, fire house and housing developments didn't exist.

Apis_Mellifera wrote:

JG Pasterjak wrote: And I'll see if I can track down a #2 for you. jg

Do you guys have hardcopies of every issue from Auto-X on? I recall requesting a back issue sometime around '98 and received a photocopy instead. Apparently, there was only one known copy left.

We have at least one or two in the files, and reprints are made from those.