OVERVIEW:
Custom Cars and Kart was published monthly by Teen Publications in Los Angeles, California. The publisher was Robert E. Petersen, and Dick Day was the editor. After two issues, the title was changed to simply Kart. In December, 1960, the format was upgraded from trade-sized to full-size. And after fourteen issues, it was folded into Car Craft with the November, 1961 issue.

PUBLICATION DATA:
The publisher provided net paid circulation data to N.W Ayer's compendium for 1961 only. Reported print production was 320,000 issues annually.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 14 issues was printed from September, 1960 through October, 1961. All cover images are complete.

Custom Cars and Kart Sept September 1960
Sept 1960 Vol 1 No 1
Custom Cars and Kart Oct October 1960
Oct 1960 Vol 1 No 2
Kart Nov November 1960
Nov 1960 Vol 1 No 3
Title Change
Kart Dec December 1960
Dec 1960 Vol 1 No 4
Format Change
Kart Jan January 1961
Jan 1961 Vol 1 No 5
Kart Feb February 1961
Feb 1961 Vol 1 No 6
Kart Mar March 1961
Mar 1961 Vol 1 No 7
Kart Apr April 1961
Apr 1961 Vol 1 No 8
Kart May 1961
May 1961 Vol 1 No 9
Kart June 1961
June 1961 Vol 1 No 10
Kart July 1961
July 1961 Vol 1 No 11
Kart Aug August 1961
Aug 1961 Vol 1 No 12
Kart Sept September 1961
Sept 1961 Vol 2 No 1
Kart Oct October 1961
Oct 1961 Vol 2 No 2
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