Vintage Car Magazines from the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. Jerry Dixey Writer May 03, 2021. See All 36 Photos. ... Rod & Customwould go on to become one of the most popular of the Petersen magazines.

Unlike most collectibles, magazines offer a window into the past that feels urgent, still-alive. They also offer the strange sense of deja-vu that comes from news recurring in a loop.

Leslie Ann Coles’ feature debut chronicles the magazine’s heyday in the ’60s and ’70s; if Melody Maker had been a band, this was the period when it went electric. Article content ...