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2017 Ford GT
AutoGraph Oct 6, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding top-quality automotive content for their print products and/or Web sites. Professional artwork, editing.

What it is: Weekly automotive infographics that inform, enlighten and delight readers. Our high-impact infographics add visual appeal and variety to your auto-section pages. Wheelbase’s designers are some of the best in the business with numerous awards for dynamic newsgraphics and page design. AutoGraph will show your readers, with engaging visual style, what they want and need to know about their automobiles as well as today’s trends. These professional, useful and intelligent graphics will help raise the profile of your auto section.

Product specifications

  • Designed by Wheelbase Media’s editorial staff using Macromedia Freehand (for backward compatibility for most  systems) as well as Adobe Photoshop.
  • Mac or PC use.
  • Files included in your download: native Freehand file; Freehand EPS file (which is how to edit the AutoGraph with Adobe Illustrator) and a 300 dpi CMYK low-compression jpg file.
  • Print size: 8 inches wide, 6 inches tall, scalable about 10 percent up or down.
  • AutoGraph uses typical system fonts for compatibility.

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Fangio
Legends Oct 6, 2014

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Description

This native of Argentina, and one of the best drivers to have ever raced, enjoyed his greatest triumphs at an age when most of his contemporaries had already retired – or died – behind the wheel. From 1950-’58, Fangio captured the Formula One World Championship five times, winning 24 of 51 events entered. Before racing, Fangio actually worked as a junior mechanic at a Studebaker dealership in his hometown of Buenos Aries.

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Block party
The Octane Lounge Oct 6, 2014

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Tearing up the Web with an 845-horse all-wheel-drive 1965 Mustang and other-world driving skills. What began as a 1965 Mustang sure didn’t end that way. Aside from the drivetrain, the car was significantly widened and set up to be able to drift sideways will all four tires blazing. This all-wheel-drive Mustang isn’t the typical car you’ll see Ken Block driving and that’s what makes Gymkhana SEVEN so cool.

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Overhaulit Part 27
Braking zone

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We’re betting that a safety upgrade won’t hurt the value or appeal of our 1963 Corvette one bit. When you’re restoring a rare and expensive automobile, there’s always the question whether to upgrade it. And if so, how, and with what. The value of our 1963 Corvette is in its originality, or at least in its original appearance. But that means skinny reproduction tires, heavy manual steering and drum brakes all around. So, what do you do?

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Auto books for Christmas
AutoKnow Oct 6, 2014

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Use: Media professionals demanding a variety of automotive topics for broader readership.
What it is: Diversity matters. An automotive print product or Web site largely based on new-vehicle reviews is missing an enormous readership. Auto Know gives us the latitude to explore fantastic auto-related stories outside the realm of mere reviews. Whether it’s about how surround sound is engineered into a vehicle, European cars that will land on our shores, or knowing when it’s time to throw in the towel on your old beater, Auto Know is the perfect tool to capture new readers. . . with solid, interesting stories.

Product specifications

  • Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and art files for maximum work flexibility.
  • Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
  • PDF of layout included.
  • About 800-900 words; separate Word text included if you don’t want to use the supplied layout.
  • Artwork resolution (200-250 dpi) is high enough for print use.
  • Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
  • Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
  • Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to match your style.

Description

While it might be easy to simply pick up the first glossy picture tome you see, getting a book with some actual words and a real story is what really gets us going. And that selection requires a little research. Well, we’re your research. So, here are a few suggestions that are sure to beef up the library of any auto enthusiast.

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Overhaulit Part 28
Looks great, but does it work?

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It’s the moment of truth after redoing the rear suspension for the second time. After spending plenty of time and money trying to make the stock leaf springs work, we gave up and took it all out. That’s OK as we’re more than pleased with the result. No rattles and no shakes, but the ride is way too stiff and a tire is still scuffing the inner wheelwell when turning into uphill driveways.

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Overhaulit Part 29
The cost of cool

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“Custom” sounds like a great word, but it comes with a price, and not just dollars. When you start down a road where you’re not only building an engine, but doing something that isn’t very common, you might want to rethink it for a couple of reasons: it’s going to be expensive, it’s going to take a long time and there’s always the chance it might not work all that well. . .

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Overhaulit Part 30
Eye buy

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Ordering parts with our appetites instead of our brains. “I want THAT!’
Have you ever been at a restaurant – practically starving – and ordered something that sounded delicious only for it to be massively disappointing? Who hasn’t. Well, this is the automotive equivalent of that. Our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.

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Overhaulit Part 31
Power up!

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Build for the purpose, not to get the really big number. It looks pretty, sounds tough and has hair-trigger throttle response. Although this is not the engine that eventually took up permanent residence in the Mustang – that’s left to our new 331 that really shows just how far engine technology has come – the next step was to dyno test it to verify our modifications. . .

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Hall of fantasy
The Octane Lounge Sept 29, 2014

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Real-life imitates the gaming world, with a tip of the hat to a pioneer of aerodynamics.
The Chaparral 2X Vision Grand Turismo pays Homage to the relationship between Chevrolet and racing-car design Jim Hall. If challenged, perhaps Hall would have designed something like this today. The car was designed for a video game and then this real-life version was built as a design study.

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