The Succesor to MMFF

[socketman]

In case you all dont know or always wondered what happened to HDLS after the MMFF magazine folded i have your answer. He has started a new venture called Mustang Hub ,so if you interested head over there and get yourself a copy and lets make this thing go for him .

https://www.mustanghubmag.com/inside-the-hub

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[kws6000]

I stopped subscribing to MMFF a couple years before it folded. Article quality had
declined big time .

I don’t imagine this new venture will
be any better.

 

[Hi-PO Stang]

I remember when MM&FF was the Mustang mag to go to for good information on Mustangs. I hated to see it decline from the status as the most informative Mustang mag to a thin edition of what is was during its glory years. I stuck around to the end.

 

[socketman]

I got my 16 2 yrs ago thats when i started buying the mag. When i was really young i read the usual's like Popular Hot Rod but stopped as i got older. I am old school and like to hold the mag in my hands and re read the stories and analyze the pictures. They were all we had back in the late 70's and 80's they are what drove my interests and passion.

 

[Avispa]

Sad about MM & FF. They had an article about a Helion turbo kit for 03/04 Cobras, made almost 850 to the tires on a stock long block. Thats why I bought one. Never looked back

 

[Twin Turbo]

Mustang Hub is superb. More like a glossy coffee table (softback) book, than a magazine. Superb writing/photography/layout/paper quality. I bought a subscription based off the first issue (it's quarterly by the way). I hope it succeeds because I miss print magazines!

 

[socketman]

I ordered the first release as well but its pricey by the time it gets to where i live. $23 canadian im sure it will be worth it.

 

[Billy1]

Hopefully, it will survive as there are so few print mags left.

 

[socketman]

Hopefully we can spread the word.

 

[IrishStallion]

I have not bought a magazine in over 20 years. Their bread and butter was not the Red-Neck stuff they mainly wrote about. Lost touch with the younger newer money (newer stuff) imo.

 

[socketman]

I have not bought a magazine in over 20 years. Their bread and butter was not the Red-Neck stuff they mainly wrote about. Lost touch with the younger newer money (newer stuff) imo.

I hear ya bro, i was out of the game just earning a living and raising kids so i maybe bought the odd one until i jumped back in and needed to catch up so to speak. Times are so different now, kids dont care about reading about cars they are on youtube ,all thats left is a little niche market for a couple mags to eek out a living.

 

[Cobra Jet]

The problem that was MM&FF’s demise was not just Internet forums vs periodicals, it was:

1) There were more advertisements taking up the pages than actual content as the years progressed.

2) They started only gearing their Tech articles to cater to THEIR favorite Speed Shops, parts they liked AND Vendors that had the advertising bucks. If you read through most of the articles as the magazine declined, most of the content was always the same players and parts sourced from the same vendors.

3) MM&FF went from benefitting the DIYer with great tech articles to being “sponsored” tech where most of what they were doing was with the help of the most popular Speed Shops. A typical DIYer doesn’t lay out cash to have some Speed Shop do his/her work, which can cost major bucks when getting into higher HP applications... MM&FF jumped the shark when they essentially abandoned the DIYer.

Early versions of the magazine were loaded with great content and detailed tech. Later versions were loaded with ads upon ads upon ads, redundant content or content that catered towards the advertiser who had the largest pocket for peddling their warez in a tech write up....

I’m pretty certain I still have the very first MM&FF packed away with a slew of other editions.

 

[socketman]

You make some really valid points . Money is always the root of all evil . Quick story, a young guy around 23 comes to my domicile tonight to look at a snow machine. My Black on Black 16 supercharged PP2 car is in the driveway freshly cleaned and he does not even notice it,but he saw my MC and commented and this is why cars in general are dying the younger generation doesnt care about cars like i did and do.They dont even teach shop in highschool where i live and they took automotive and heavy duty out of our college as well as welding.

 

[Billy1]

It gets worse. When I was in my early teens, any fast/loud car that went by, my friends and I would stop walking/riding our bicycles just to take in the sound and sight. These kids today pay no attention to cars. I have friends with teenage sons(one is already 19) that are in no hurry to get a driver's license, much less a car. When I was 12 I was already mapping out the first day I could apply for my learner's permit and which hooptie I could wrangle.

Kids today(I call a lot of them youngpunks-yes that's one word) don't seem to have much ambition-and yes there are exceptions. A lot of teens and twenty-somethings don't even know how to drive a manual transmission vehicle much less know how to change a flat.

But a much bigger problem looms that people don't realize: with so few young guys going into automotive mechanics, 20 years from now there won't be anyone to work in dealership service departments or the local automotive repair chains like Firestone and Goodyear.

Then who is going to service/fix the average citizen's car?

 

[socketman]

It gets worse. When I was in my early teens, any fast/loud car that went by, my friends and I would stop walking/riding our bicycles just to take in the sound and sight. These kids today pay no attention to cars. I have friends with teenage sons(one is already 19) that are in no hurry to get a driver's license, much less a car. When I was 12 I was already mapping out the first day I could apply for my learner's permit and which hooptie I could wrangle.

Kids today(I call a lot of them youngpunks-yes that's one word) don't seem to have much ambition-and yes there are exceptions. A lot of teens and twenty-somethings don't even know how to drive a manual transmission vehicle much less know how to change a flat.

But a much bigger problem looms that people don't realize: with so few young guys going into automotive mechanics, 20 years from now there won't be anyone to work in dealership service departments or the local automotive repair chains like Firestone and Goodyear.

Then who is going to service/fix the average citizen's car?

Yup i hear ya, the greying of the garages. Im 58 so not much life left in me lol but the shop i worked for basically went under after 20 yrs of service and i cant find a job right now but there is a shortage of young guns getting into the trade. My son is a second yr apprentice and he is out of work as well. Covid is going to make the industry suffer even more in the long run . Cars last longer and when they have trouble its usually really complicated. In my city which is not big quite a few guys that got laid off for covid ended up just retiring and even with that there is no work atm.

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