i can't remember how i paid. and to top it off, i got a gift subscription for my buddy, member Crowbait !

With what might be happening with Mopar action I'm glad I've been collecting old drag racing magazines like 60s 70s Super Stock...Hi Performance Cars..Hot Rod and more....I like reading about the drag cars and their drivers...hemi motors,mopar new car test drives,tech tips ads.

So did I…my friend just called me last week to thank me😡

Old Cars Weekly is now bi-weekly.

Athlon Outdoors (the company that publishes Mopar Action) was purchased by Bleecker Street Publications.

"Athlon Outdoors Portfolio Acquired by Bleecker Street Publications"

https://bleeckerstreetpublications....cquired-by-bleecker-street-publications/

Here's an excerpt from the press release:

The final three (3) issues of print magazines under the previous Athlon Outdoors brand have all gone to print, which marks the end of the print business model. Working with the experienced quality content producers that made Athlon a household name, Bleecker Street Publications will provide the same great content the readership has come to expect in an expanding digital format.

Thanks for posting this.Maybe another publisher will pick up Mopar Action.

Bought the February 2024 edition of Mopar Action today on the newsstand for about 1/3 the cost of a yearly subscription, which included two mail in cards to acquire a yearly subscription, which according to this thread will never happen.

I did learn something in a brief scan of the magazine today. Rick mentions mopar engineers found another reason to justify positive caster. If one suffers a separated tie rod while driving, the unrestrained wheel will track fairly straight, and the other wheel will retain enough control to likely steer the vehicle to a stop..
Having driven over 3+ million miles without a TR failure, I will have to take his word for it.

I really enjoyed the color of money section featuring the Mr.Norms limited edition 69 Hurst Tribute Challenger,white and gold hemi Challenger Widebody GSS.I also liked the section detailing a 68 hemi too.

did anyone mention [or know of] a contact at Bleeker Street Publications to ask about refunds for Mopar Action ?

Got the impression no one on the staff saw the closure coming.

I’m not going to harass anyone about subscriptions.
I love those guy’s work.
I’m just curious, will they be coming back with a digital format?
I would love to know about it if they do.

So are newstand issues officially a thing of the past ??

Unfortunately I think so ...at least here.And a far as mopar related ones.We met our friends for breakfast a few days ago and he gave a new Hotrod magazine and they only release a issue 4 times a year.Ive been buying old dragracing,1001 custom and rod ideas,car craft magazines from the 1960s. Grreat stuff cool pics info,road tests etc..

These older magazines are pretty enjoyable going back to the days of drag racing easy to get off ebay you can even pic ones that had you're car in it!

I threw away 20 years of magazines when I moved. I had 20 years of Hot Rod, Mopar Action, Popular Hot Rodding, Car Craft, etc. For years I kept everything nice and neat in binders. Had everything organized by month and year. Finally got tired of it and tossed it all in a dumpster. Car magazines used to be a big part of my life. I subscribed to about 10 of them back in the 80's and 90's and read every one every month.

My wife helped me when I had 700 car magazines in our old home.She helped organize get rid of alot of them before we moved,they were a mess .Now it's mostly drag racing magazines from the 60s and abfew newer ones nicely organized and some are displayed in a magazine rack.So now I give extra ones away,or put them in the trash.Just a shame how these companies treated thier readers.

Think I'm gonna donate MA and Chrysler Power mag shirts to the American Legion.

I've been away from the Mopar forums since end of December -- my house caught on fire, no injuries, car saved ... house being rebuilt by end of 2024 -- and been wondering WHY my forwarding address mail has become less and less... from magazine subscriptions, etc... I called Athlon today about my Mopar Action subscription and missing issues... they told me Mopar Action is no longer produced since their last February 2024 issue... gave no reason why the ending of publication (..."sudden" ) or IF they will begin again. Mopar Action was by far the BEST of all the Mopar magazines... I really enjoyed reading it and have saved all past issues. I typically re-subscribe for two years or longest available. I am saddened by the departure of MA and hope/wish they will return... even if its in digital format.... but I like the paper issues. I've told my wife to get me another casket and put all my magazines in it when I pass away. Or Else... I'd gladly donate them to a worthy new reader... maybe a charity donation or similar (military included).... I can't throw them away... too valuable ... many many past years of magazines... back to the sixties. Mopar or No Car!

Its been fun reading Cliff's and Richard's articles, editorials, for so many past years, etc... They did their job with a passion!... and with FUN! I've met them both... cool guys! The BEST Mopar writers! Wish they would've published 12 issues a year!

PS: I also contacted Mopar Collector's Guide... they mail in 3rd Class... no forwarding mail... but they did sign me up for digital so that I can re-capture the missing recent issues.

I was pleasantly surprised to see May's issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines on the magazine rack today!It had Amc RedWhite and Blue hi perfance cars on the cover..Amx..Javelin,The Machine,Hurst Scramblers as well as a story of a 71 340 cuda owned by its original owner!Only..7.99 I was feeling so good I treated myself to the May issue of CARtoons magazine!

I occasionally watch a Youtuber named Craig Lieberman. He is about 55 years old. He designed all the cars for the first Fast and Furious Movie. His personal past includes owning and racing V8 muscle cars with lots of street drag racing- old school style on a vacant road without spectators lining both sides like today. Any way he said the mid 2000s was a turning point for aftermarket manufacturers of parts as to who would receive free products- Magazines were still a thing but cable TV car build shows were in full force and internet websites was the latest interrupter. Print media needs people buying their magazines but they also need heavy sponsorship from the aftermarket companies. In the 90s EVERY OTHER page of the 2 most popular muscle car magazines had an advertisement. I wonder if the aftermarket no longer delivering freight loads of donated products to print magazines is a big factor with that magazines demise.