OVERVIEW:
Many Corvette subscribers considered Keepin' Track of Vettes the Corvette "bible" with strong restoration tips, how-to's, road tests, racing coverage, and technical information. It was a monthly, dedicated Corvette magazine that evolved under multiple names and owners. The title began as Corvettes Unlimited with the tag line, "The Magazine Dedicated to Corvette Enthusiasts". After three issues, it was renamed as Keepin' Track. New titling lasted until January, 1979 when it became Keepin' Track of Corvettes. And then in May, 1980, the publisher settled on the final title as Keepin' Track of Vettes.

OWNERSHIP:
It was first published in Reno, Nevada by Frank and Fredi Kodl in 1976. The editorial page of the very first issue laid out Mr. Kodl's objectives. He specifically wanted to avoid the most commonplace content in other Corvette publications - want ads, how-to fiberglass repair and concours coverage. His goal was to inform, amuse and provoke readers with strong editorial content by professional writers. This meant interviews and profiles of interesting Corvette people along with strong technical content.

The Kodl's also published a shotgun magazine titled Shotgun Sports sometime around 1978 or 1979. They decided to concentrate on their gun magazine, so they sold the Corvette magazine to Bernie Finkel in 1981.

Mr. Finkel was a car lover and race enthusiast. Keepin' Track became a family business, with wife Natalie managing subscription and advertising sales, and daughter Shelli serving as the editor. The Finkel family was heavily involved in the Corvette hobby and sponsored a number of Corvette race cars.

When Bernie died in a tragic accident at age 48, the family - Natalie, Shelli and her husband Ron - ran the magazine for five more years. It was then sold to Dobbs Publishing in 1991. Dobbs ended the title and folded it into Corvette Fever with the January, 1992 issue. Writers like Noland Adams transferred to the new title as did the subscriber base.

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PUBLICATION DATA:
The publishers provided net paid circulation data to Oxbridge Communication's compendium, The Standard Periodical Directory, from 1988 to 1993. For the years with non-zero reported data, the annual print volume was 60,000 issues.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
An estimated 174 issues was printed from July, 1976 through December, 1991. All images are complete.

We apologize for the poor quality images for many covers. Due to their rarity, quality images are difficult to find.

Corvettes Unlimited July 1976
July 1976 Vol 1 No 1
Corvettes Unlimited Aug August 1976
Aug 1976 Vol 1 No 2
Corvettes Unlimited Sept September 1976
Sept 1976 Vol 1 No 3
Keepin Track Oct October 1976
Oct 1976 Vol 1 No 4
Name change
Keepin Track Nov November 1976
Nov 1976 Vol 1 No 5
Keepin Track Dec December 1976
Dec 1976 Vol 1 No 6
Keepin Track Jan January 1977
Jan 1977 Vol 1 No 7
Keepin Track Feb February 1977
Feb 1977 Vol 1 No 8
Keepin Track Mar March 1977
Mar 1977 Vol 1 No 9
Keepin Track Apr April 1977
Apr 1977 Vol 1 No 10
Keepin Track May 1977
May 1977 Vol 1 No 11
Keepin Track June 1977
June 1977 Vol 1 No 12
Keepin Track July 1977
July 1977 Vol 2 No 1
Keepin Track Aug August 1977
Aug 1977 Vol 2 No 2
Keepin Track Sept September 1977
Sept 1977 Vol 2 No 3
Keepin Track Oct October 1977
Oct 1977 Vol 2 No 4
Keepin Track Nov November 1977
Nov 1977 Vol 2 No 5
Keepin Track Dec December 1977
Dec 1977 Vol 2 No 6
Keepin Track Jan January 1978
Jan 1978 Vol 2 No 7
Keepin Track Feb February 1978
Feb 1978 Vol 2 No 8
Keepin Track Mar March 1978
Mar 1978 Vol 2 No 9
Keepin Track Apr April 1978
Apr 1978 Vol 2 No 10
Keepin Track May 1978
May 1978 Vol 2 No 11
Keepin Track June 1978
June 1978 Vol 2 No 12
Keepin Track July 1978
July 1978 Vol 3 No 1
Keepin Track Aug August 1978
Aug 1978 Vol 3 No 2
Keepin Track Sept September 1978
Sept 1978 Vol 3 No 3
Keepin Track Oct October 1978
Oct 1978 Vol 3 No 4
Keepin Track Nov November 1978
Nov 1978 Vol 3 No 5
Keepin Track Dec December 1978
Dec 1978 Vol 3 No 6
Keepin Track Jan January 1979
Jan 1979 Vol 3 No 7
New title
Keepin Track Feb February 1979
Feb 1979 Vol 3 No 8
Keepin Track Mar March 1979
Mar 1979 Vol 3 No 9
Keepin Track Apr April 1979
Apr 1979 Vol 3 No 10
Keepin Track May 1979
May 1979 Vol 3 No 11
Keepin Track June 1979
June 1979 Vol 3 No 12
Keepin Track July 1979
July 1979 Vol 4 No 1
Keepin Track Aug August 1979
Aug 1979 Vol 4 No 2
Keepin Track Sept September 1979
Sept 1979 Vol 4 No 3
Keepin Track Oct October 1979
Oct 1979 Vol 4 No 4
Keepin Track Nov November 1979
Nov 1979 Vol 4 No 5
Keepin Track Dec December 1979
Dec 1979 Vol 4 No 6
Keepin Track Jan January 1980
Jan 1980 Vol 4 No 7
Keepin Track Feb February 1980
Feb 1980 Vol 4 No 8
Keepin Track Mar March 1980
Mar 1980 Vol 4 No 9
Keepin Track Apr April 1980
Apr 1980 Vol 4 No 10
Keepin Track May 1980
May 1980 Vol 4 No 11
New title
Keepin Track June 1980
June 1980 Vol 4 No 12
Keepin Track July 1980
July 1980 Vol 5 No 1
Keepin Track Aug August 1980
Aug 1980 Vol 5 No 2
Keepin Track Sept September 1980
Sept 1980 Vol 5 No 3
Keepin Track Oct October 1980
Oct 1980 Vol 5 No 4
Keepin Track Nov November 1980
Nov 1980 Vol 5 No 5
Keepin Track December 1980 January 1981
Dec/Jan 1981 Vol 5 No 6
Keepin Track Feb February 1981
Feb 1981 Vol 5 No 7
Keepin Track Mar March 1981
Mar 1981 Vol 5 No 8
Keepin Track Apr April 1981
Apr 1981 Vol 5 No 9
Keepin Track May 1981
May 1981 Vol 5 No 10
Keepin Track June 1981
June 1981 Vol 5 No 11
Keepin Track July 1981
July 1981 Vol 6 No 1
Keepin Track Aug August 1981
Aug 1981 Vol 6 No 2
Keepin Track Sept September Oct October 1981
Sept/Oct 1981 Vol 6 No 3
Keepin Track Nov November 1981
Nov 1981 Vol 6 No 4
Keepin Track December 1981 January 1982
Dec/Jan 1982 Vol 6 No 5
Keepin Track February 1982
Feb 1982 Vol 6 No 6
Keepin Track Mar March 1982
Mar 1982 Vol 6 No 7
Keepin Track Apr April 1982
Apr 1982 Vol 6 No 8
Keepin Track May 1982
May 1982 Vol 6 No 9
Keepin Track June 1982
June 1982 Vol 6 No 10
Keepin Track July 1982
July 1982 Vol 6 No 11
Keepin Track Aug August 1982
Aug 1982 Vol 7 No 1
Keepin Track Sept September 1982
Sept 1982 Vol 7 No 2
Keepin Track Oct October 1982
Oct 1982 Vol 7 No 3
Keepin Track Nov November 1982
Nov 1982 Vol 7 No 4
Keepin Track December 1982 January 1983
Dec/Jan 1983 Vol 7 No 5
Keepin Track February 1983
Feb 1983 Vol 7 No 6
Keepin Track Mar March 1983
Mar 1983 Vol 7 No 7
Keepin Track Apr April 1983
Apr 1983 Vol 7 No 8
Keepin Track May 1983
May 1983 Vol 7 No 9
Keepin Track June 1983
June 1983 Vol 7 No 10
Keepin Track July 1983
July 1983 Vol 7 No 11
Keepin Track Aug August 1983
Aug 1983 Vol 8 No 1
Keepin Track Aug August 1983
Sept 1983 Vol 8 No 2
Keepin Track Aug August 1983
Oct 1983 Vol 8 No 3
Keepin Track Nov November 1983
Nov 1983 Vol 8 No 4
1984 to 1991