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Rodder Jan 1963
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Custom Rodder January 1963

Features
Latest Low-Cost Rage: Scooped Switches For Shaved Doors
Tech Analysis: Add 45 Horses With A New Induction Setup
Special Pictorial Top Trophy-Taking Rods Coast - To - Coast

 


Rodder Feb 1963
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Custom Rodder February 1963

Features
The Pick Of The Crop 18 Pages Of Trophy - Taking Dragsters
Customize The '63 Chevy
Tech Report: Performance - Testing Ford's 405 HP Drag Package
Bonus Low-Cost How-To: Add Class With A Recessed Aerial

 


Rodder Mar 1963
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Custom Rodder March 1963

Features
33 New Upholstery Trends Photo Ideas!
Step-By-Step Photos Add Dash To Your Fairlane With 406 Ford Power
A-To-Z Tech Analysis: How Experts Rework Heads For Competition
More Custom How To Gary Shows How To Fill Holes The Right Way! Alexander Bros. Design & Install

 


Rodder May 1963
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Custom Rodder May 1963

Features
Step-By-Step Custom Feature: Flared Wheel Wells For Any Car!
First Photos: The Accelerometer, A New Performance-Testing Gauge
The Greatest Super-Stock Section Ever! How Ray Nichels Sets Up The Winning Pontiacs
Drag - Testing Dodge's 425 HP Ramcharger

 


Rodder Jul 1963
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Custom Rodder July 1963

Features
2 Ford S/S Road Tests! 427 Galaxie Monte Carlo Special
Scoop! Vince Gardner's Latest, A Low-Cost Kit To Convert Any Falcon Into A Cayuse!
Gary Reviews Basic Customizing: Part 1 Of A New Series; Brazing

 


Rodder Sep 1963
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Custom Rodder September 1963

Features
New $300 Slant 6 Kit Adds 50+ Horses
Exclusive... Nicholson Shows How To Prepare A 427 Chevy For Drag!
Bonus Roundup Dress Up Your Trunk For Show
Ron Loden Tech Analysis... Drag Only VS. Two-Way Shocks

 


Rodder Nov 1963
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Custom Rodder November 1963

Features
1964 Hot Car Tests
271 HP Fairlane 260 V8 Sprint 427 Galaxie
First Report New, Streetable Ramcharger With Single Four-Barrel And Chrysler's Own 4-On-The-Floor!

 

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Custom Rodder was an East coast, trade-sized magazine published by Irwin Stein and his Magnum Publications organization. The first use of the title was in May, 1957. It was a 68 page magazine and had good rod & custom content. Published monthly in the beginning, the publishers switched to every other month starting in March, 1963 at the same time they went to a larger format. The magazine was re-titled to Rodder & Super Stock in March, 1965.

Other publications also used this same title. The second generation was published from 1979 to 1983 as a muscle and performance car magazine. And then in the Fall, 1991 Custom Rodder The Trendsetter was a hot rod magazine started by Tom McMullen with editor Jerry Weesner.

Popular Cars magazine was published monthly by McMullen Publishing. It was a re-titling of Custom Rodder (Second Generation).

The content focused on modern (post-1948) factory cars and street performance. It included hot-to's and the latest technology tips. It was folded into Super Street Machines in 1989.

PUBLICATION DATA:
Custom Rodder had three years of publisher provided print volume data from 1961 through 1965. Annual print production started at 203,500 and grew to 305,100 in 1963. But the publisher submitted exagerated data for 1964 and 1965 of 1,543,500 issues. These were likely "juiced" so the magazine appeared bigger than the closest competitor, Hot Rod.

Rodder and Super Stock was a re-titling of Custom Rodder magazine. It was an East coast, bi-monthly, full-format magazine published by Irwin Stein and Magnum Publications organization. Irwin Stein was well known as a New York publisher and owner of Lancer Books. The editorial director was Martyn L. Schorr.

The first issue was in March, 1965, and the last known publishing date was January, 1974. Content was mostly focused on drag racing. Note that the volume and series numbering continued from Custom Rodder at volume 14 and continued through volume 19. Then for some unknown reason, the numbering was re-started at volume 6 in March, 1971. This appears to have been due to a change in ownership.

In March, 1974 the name changed again when it was re-titled as Chevy Action.

Chevy Action was a re-titling of Rodder and Super Stock magazine. Content was focused on Chevrolet street and drag cars. Numbering continued from Rodder and Super Stock.

OWNERSHIP:
The title name was changed to Chevy Action with the March, 1974 issue. After the May, 1974 issue, ownership shifted from Magnum-Royal Publications to Popular Publications Inc. The new publisher was Harry Egner, but the editorial director remained Martyn Schorr.

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