SOUNDTRACK. PETERSEN PUBLISHING OFFICES, 1968 TO PRESENT:
Flop, Flop, Flop, Flop (Buuurrp!). Ring…ring…ring. “Hullo? Yes, this is Gray Baskerville. That’s right, Gray, as in the color of my hair, Baskerville, as in Hounds of The. What? Well, heeeyy! Ooo, hoo, hoo, hoo, it’s soooo bitchin’!”
After Gray Baskerville’s 25 years with Petersen Publishing Company, our only regret is that you readers don’t get the audio, complete with Benny Goodman background tunes. Without it, you miss part of the aura of the lovable déjà dude of rodding. But the good news is that what you read is what you get.
When I first started at HOT ROD, 1 never figured that I’d actually meet the famous Baskerville, assuming he was some remote icon who couldn’t be bothered with the new guy.…