A few housekeeping items about contacting Indie Auto

Telephone poll

This morning Indie Auto received a comment from the editor of a website we reviewed. Rather than using the comment thread for that review, he submitted it elsewhere and stated, “I don’t see a way on your website to contact the main scribe. . . .”

Actually, there is one! Click into “Contact” at the top right of the page and scroll down. There’s a form you can use to send me a note. I assume that the above-mentioned reader didn’t post a comment the normal way because he didn’t want the rest of the world to read it, so I will keep his missive private.

On historical analysis versus car collecting

The other day Indie Auto received a long note from an apparently new reader. Their missive focused on their experience as a car collector. It was a fascinating read, but I must admit that I don’t know what to do with it.

Indie Auto focuses on historical analysis rather than car collecting. I would think that a more collector-oriented publication such as Hemmings, Classic Cars Journal or Hagerty would be quite interested in our reader’s experience.

Phone booth

On using email versus the ‘Contact’ form

Another way readers can contact me directly is by using the email address that sends out our weekly e-newsletter. Feel free to do so, but know that I mainly look at that email account on Fridays when distributing the newsletter. If you need a more rapid response, use the form on the “Contact” page.

On story ideas and other referrals

I always appreciate your story ideas as well as suggested books and articles to read. For example, I continually look at the “Story Ideas Bank” when deciding what to write next.

Some of your ideas may quickly turn up in stories, but others may not. That could be for any number of reasons, such as that I can’t find a suggested article or my book budget is used up until Indie Auto does another round of fundraising (go here to donate).

Also see ‘Wheel spinning happens when car buffs and scholars don’t collaborate’

Sometimes I don’t feel like I have enough knowledge to offer a useful new angle to a topic that has been covered elsewhere. That could change as I come across more information, but it might not.

In short, there are many factors that go into deciding what to publish in Indie Auto. But please keep your ideas coming! Even if an idea doesn’t result in a specific story, it still adds to the collective wisdom of the Indie Auto community. Advancing American automotive history is a team sport.

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