Hi-Performance Cars - Magazine Covers 1965 to 1983
OVERVIEW:
This East coast magazine was re-titled from Cars - The Automotive Magazine by Royal
Publications in New York. Published monthly with intermittent breaks, and it had a
street and strip focus. Content included muscle car tests, drag racing event coverage, how-to and technical
guidance for the do-it-yourselfer, and feature cars that included dragsters, muscle cars and occasionally a pre-1948 hot rod.
OWNERSHIP:
Royal Publications was managed by Irwin Stein and Walter Zacharius. In 1973, Mr Zacharius took control and renamed the business entity
Magnum-Royal Publications. The following year, he sold the title to Popular Publications and publisher Harry Egner. And in
the late 1970s or early 1980s, the title was sold to publisher John McCluskey who operated both Arden Communications and Courtney Books.
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PUBLICATION DATA:
The publisher provided net paid circulation data to N.W. Ayer from 1968 through 1984 with occasional breaks.
Net paid circulation started at 453,000 print issues and slowly declined to 184,000 print issues by the end.
CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 184 issues was printed from October, 1965 through December, 1983. All cover images are complete.
Oct 1965 Vol 8 No 10Nov 1965 Vol 8 No 11Dec 1965 Vol 8 No 12Feb 1966 Vol 9 No 1Mar 1966 Vol 9 No 2Apr 1966 Vol 9 No 3May 1966 Vol 9 No 4June 1966 Vol 9 No 5July 1966 Vol 9 No 6Aug 1966 Vol 9 No 7Sept 1966 Vol 9 No 8Oct 1966 Vol 9 No 9Nov 1966 Vol 9 No 10Dec 1966 Vol 9 No 11Jan 1967 Vol 10 No 1Feb 1967 Vol 10 No 2Mar 1967 Vol 10 No 3Apr 1967 Vol 10 No 4May 1967 Vol 10 No 5June 1967 Vol 10 No 6July 1967 Vol 10 No 7Aug 1967 Vol 10 No 8Sept 1967 Vol 10 No 9Oct 1967 Vol 10 No 10Nov 1967 Vol 10 No 11Dec 1967 Vol 10 No 12Jan 1968 Vol 11 No 1Feb 1968 Vol 11 No 2Mar 1968 Vol 11 No 3Apr 1968 Vol 11 No 4May 1968 Vol 11 No 5June 1968 Vol 11 No 6July 1968 Vol 11 No 7Aug 1968 Vol 11 No 8Sept 1968 Vol 11 No 9Oct 1968 Vol 11 No 10Nov 1968 vol 11 No 11Dec 1968 Vol 11 No 12Jan 1969 Vol 12 No 1Feb 1969 Vol 12 No 2Mar 1969 Vol 12 No 3Apr 1969 Vol 12 No 4May 1969 Vol 12 No 5June 1969 Vol 12 No 6July 1969 Vol 12 No 7Aug 1969 Vol 12 No 8Sept 1969 Vol 12 No 9Oct 1969 Vol 12 No 10Nov 1969 Vol 12 No 11Dec 1969 Vol 12 No 12Jan 1970 Vol 12 No 12 Numbering errorFeb 1970 Vol 13 No 2Mar 1970 Vol 13 No 3Apr 1970 Vol 13 No 4May 1970 Vol 13 No 5June 1970 Vol 13 No 6July 1970 Vol 13 No 7Aug 1970 Vol 13 No 8Sept 1970 Vol 13 No 9Oct 1970 Vol 13 No 10Nov 1970 Vol 13 No 11Dec 1970 Vol 13 No 12Jan 1971 Vol 14 No 1Feb 1971 Vol 14 No 2Mar 1971 Vol 14 No 3Apr 1971 Vol 14 No 4May 1971 Vol 14 No 5June 1971 Vol 14 No 6July 1971 Vol 14 No 7Aug 1971 Vol 14 No 8Sept 1971 Vol 14 No 9Oct 1971 Vol 14 No 10Nov 1971 Vol 14 No 11Dec 1971 Vol 14 No 12Jan 1972 Vol 15 No 1Feb 1972 Vol 15 No 2Mar 1972 Vol 15 No 3Apr 1972 Vol 15 No 4May 1972 Vol 15 No 5June 1972 Vol 15 No 6July 1972 Vol 15 No 7Aug 1972 Vol 15 No 8Sept 1972 Vol 15 No 9Oct 1972 Vol 15 No 10Nov 1972 Vol 15 No 11Dec 1972 Vol 15 No 121973 to 1983