Re:AMC magazine...good idea,but...

[Gremlingts@xxxx]

 are there truly enough people available to purchase one, and do you have 
enough staff to make it happen? The Pacer list has a few hundred, the 
Gremlintime and AMCGremlin lists on Yahoo have about 200 combined, but some 
of those are repeats ( me being one ), and the main AMC list has/had about 
1,000 at one time, which I'm sure some are repeats as well. So, can you 
survive on a subscription base of around 1,000 or so, assuming all Internet 
list subscribers DO subscribe? I'm not knocking your dream, Freddie, but 
1,000 is a VERY small base to work from! And trying to get real life people 
to even join a local club is a headache, and a darn near impossibility, much 
less asking for money for a mag. Most people ( like us, multiple AMC 
owners...you're catching me, I have 7 Gremlins at the moment, Freddie! ) just 
don't have the devotion and dedication to devote time and space to these 
cars, they may only own one, and love it, but that's as far as it goes. I'd 
love to see a full-color AMC magazine, but doubt a monthly or bi-monthly 
could survive...maybe if you did an Annual issue, see what the interest level 
is, then go from there. Not sure how Frank Swagart's AIM online? mag is 
doing, might want to ask him ( he's on the main list ), to see how much work, 
and how much "profit" ( HA! HA! HA! ) there is to it. I"m sure it's a labor 
of love, but I have hardly any time to put into my local club and newsletter, 
much less a broader one! I wish you luck with your dream, but I think it's a 
much bigger pill to swallow than you realize. If you were able to do like an 
AMC centerfold issue, having LOTS of sweet pictures of cars, and some Tech 
articles, etc, you might be able to turn a nice profit on an Annual issue. 
Maybe this is a symptom of AMCism, but I used to buy a mag called 
Autobuff years ago, it was a car/men's magazine, the girls were sometimes 
topless. It had a HUGE following for awhile, 'til the bluenoses got involved, 
the editor had to put halters on the girls, and the whole thing died, as the 
mag wasn't very good technically, but it did have nice cars and photo shots 
of women! One thing I noticed, in Readers Rides, were there ALOT of AMC 
readers sending in their car photos! LOL. Might just be a coincidence, or 
not, but I thought I'd never seen so many AMC cars before in a car mag, and 
this is before I even owned one and really knew what they were. Early '80's 
era, it was. My first AMC I purchased was in '94. 
Anyway, if you can "spice it up" some, maybe it'd sell to a larger 
crowd...and maybe we could get Jeni " The Pacer Girl" and Javlynn Sue " 
Gremlin Queen " to pose modestly for your new mag! :D Just a thought...

Jerry , who'd love to buy an all-AMC mag ...