For what it is worth, of the various T-shirts I have (many now) my favorite is the one I got several years ago from Street Rod Builder. It has a very nice pin stripe design that covers the whole back a la Von Dutch. I do not know who did that pattern but it takes me back to the '53-'55 era when HRM showed a lot of California rods with elaborate Von Dutch patterns. At one point I was paid eight years in advance on Street Rodder because I kept getting phoney bills from a separate company that would forward my subscription to Street Rodder. Finally I called the main office at Street Rodder and found out how far ahead I am still suscribed. Maybe Street Rod Builder should use that same tactic. I finally got a very plain T-shirt from Street Rodder when I called the main office and told them the least they could do for eight years of subscriptions would be a T-shirt and they came through last Spring before the economic distress. Actually I liked Street Rod Builder (now overdue for the latest issue) but to my lower level of craftsmanship it always seemed way beyond anything I could ever do and was just advertising new innovations. Thus I would like another pin stripe T-shirt but I probably will not miss Street Rod Builder Mag; I can barely imagine doing stuff shown in Street Rodder which is at a slightly lower level, but I do value the advertisements in Street Rodder with phone numbers for various products. Sad to say I gave up on HRM years ago when they forgot to put at least one roadster in every issue along with all the modern stuff. I still have boxes with Popular Hot Rodding issues especially covering the years where Brian tried to convert rodders to the virtues of the Buick V6 but the parts for SBC V8 are still in the main groove so I took the plain vanilla path.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder