Hopefully this won't sound too terse, as i am in a bad mood from something else, but here it goes.
My name is Steve Baur and i am the associate editor for Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords. Here are some facts about our magazine and the people that work there.
Editor Evan Smith and Tech Editor Mike Galimi both own fox bodies. I have four between my wife and i, my three brothers all have one apiece and my three closest friends all have one apiece. We all love Fox bodies. I'm sure in the early years of MM&FF that people complained there wasn't enough old Mustangs in the book, so it figures that people today would complain that there is too much of the newer cars.
Our editor painstakingly picks a balance of makes and models each month. Sometimes it works out. Other times it doesn't and you have a Modular heavy issue every now and then. There are a lot of reasons for this that are related to the business of publishing magazines that we won't get into, but i'm here to assure you that we really do try to achieve a perfect balance.
In every issue of 2007, there was at least one fox body story, which was largely the buildup of my '93 Cobra. There were plenty of other Fox body stories too. I just wish one of these naysayers would go back and add them up before making such assumptions without concrete evidence. Our February 2008 issue starts the modification of a '92 coupe, and you'll be seeing much more of that car in the months to come. We are also coming out in 2008 with a 5.0-liter one shot magazine that will be newsstand only.
All of the Mustang magazines will be heavy on one model or the other from time to time. It's unavoidable. As for a Fox body only magazine, if that would be successful, then i would have thought that someone would have started an Internet site about it already, but that hasn't seemed to happen or at least take off in popularity.
As vocal as the 5.0 contingent is, the Modular guys are just as vocal if not more so, because they seem to rely on the Internet far more. So we hear it from both/all sides. That's one of the reasons for the balance in the mag. Psychologically, if you see a model you don't like, it usually reaffirms your favoritism of another, which is good for both the consumer and the magazine. Trust us, we would love to satisfy everyone all of the time, but trying to appease all of the 120,000 readers each month is a tall task, and probably not something many would envy.
We always want to hear what you want in our mag. We obviously want to keep you reading it, but keep in mind that we are trying to satisfy Muscle Mustangs and Fast Ford enthusiasts. I promise you that we'll always try to have a little bit of everything, whether its 5.0-liters, 4.6s, V6, Thunderbirds, Mark VIIIs, Merkurs, or whatever.
Please don't hesitate to email any of the MM&FF staff members your questions, comments, concerns, ideas and car feature submissions. For those that are frustrated and start these threads, please call or email us with your concerns. We're listening. While some say we "blow them off", i assure you we take each letter seriously and give it the consideration it deserves. I would highly suggest you cut out the middle men and email our editor directly, but all of us are easily approached whether its on the net or at the show or track. We love our jobs and the magazine we produce, and glad to have you reading it.
Thanks for your time,
Steve
