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'Special Interest Autos Features' 'Drop-Top Dreamboats' in August Issue

1 August 2000

    BENNINGTON, Vt. - Featuring over 40 photos and a retrospective of "the last 
American convertible" built April 21, 1976, the August 2000 issue of "Special 
Interest Autos" magazine takes a sweeping look at the American convertible.

    From a 1923 Packard Single Six Model 126 to that ill-fated 1976 Cadillac
Eldorado, the convertible has had its ups and downs in the American
marketplace, and "SIA" contributor Don Spiro traces its history at a time when
convertible sales are again strong in the U.S.

    In keeping with the top-down theme, three of the four driveReports
subjects for this issue of Special Interest Autos are convertibles, including
a 1975 Triumph TR-6, a 1967 Chevrolet Impala, and a 1939 Ford Flathead Deluxe
convertible.  The fourth driveReport -- although not a convertible -- is the
sometimes forgotten, but very fine 1942 De Soto Custom Club Coupe.  The August 
issue of "SIA" also features a look at Auburns from 1900 to 1936; a technical 
article on Boss Kettering and the electric starter; and the 1937 Lysell, a 
Swedish streamliner innovation from Pennsylvania.

    "Special Interest Autos" (SIA) has been recently redesigned to incorporate
feature a more contemporary look, including more color pages, exciting action
photography, and intriguing layouts, along with additional editorial
departments to provide readers with more information on hobby books, scale
models, on-line resources, and values of collector cars.  In addition, there
will be more features on big American cars from the Fifties and Sixties and
muscle and performance cars from the Sixties and Seventies -- with an
occasional article on an especially interesting car from the Eighties.
"SIA's" regular features, such as model cars, book reviews, forgotten
"sleeper" cars, calendar of upcoming events, and columns by the editors, all
contain timely information in the August issue.

    "SIA" currently has a readership of over 50,000 and is published six times
a year.