This is a collection of PDFs is a small cross section of the content that I've had published around the world over the last five years.
In this album you will see how editors in different countries (US, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Romania and Australia) take the images I supply them along with English language text materials, and craft them into layouts suitable for their own markets. Where available, I've included companion stories side-by-side for your review.
There is a method to my madness in naming each file -- the first letters designate the country the article was published in, the next is a description of the material followed by the name of the publication it ran in.
If you are an editor who has found this site and would like to inquire about licensing content, please contact me at autotronic@aol.com.
Thank you,
Richard Truesdell
Date(s): May 2006. Album by Richard Truesdell. Photos by Richard Truesdell. 1 - 178 of 178 Total. 24455 Visits.
enlarge 1.37MB, 556x750 17 US Pony Under Glass (cover) Mustang Enthusiast 06-06.pdf
enlarge 3.83MB, 540x738 18 US Best of Both Worlds Mustang Enthusiast 06-06.pdf
enlarge 3.52MB, 549x749 19 Musclecar Enthusiast - June 2007 cover.pdf
enlarge 1.08MB, 575x774 20 USA Musclecar Enthusiast - June 2007 OPGI Chevelle.pdf
enlarge 3.50MB, 551x744 21 Musclecar Enthusiast - February 2005 cover.pdf
enlarge 4.62MB, 598x809 22 GER Time Machines 1968 Charger Street Car andBike Fall 2006.pdf
enlarge 2.73MB, 558x738 23 USA Super Saleen Mustang Enthusiast 11-06.pdf
enlarge 964KB, 557x756 24 onetrickpony.pdf
enlarge 314KB, 557x756 25 US Musclecar Enthusiast July 2004 cover.pdf Cover of the July 2004 issue of Musclecar Enthusiast shot inside the Saratoga Automobile Museum.
enlarge 491KB, 557x756 26 US Musclecar Enthusiast 1970 AMC Trans Am Javelin.pdf 4-page companion feature of the 1970 AMC Javelin Trans Am, a 1 of 100 car.
enlarge 300KB, 1259x850 72 GER Death Valley Boxster MMM .pdf
enlarge 1.55MB, 557x756 73 USA 2004 Corvette In Europe Corvette Enthusiast.pdf Quite honestly, this is what I want to be doing more of, authomotive-focused road trips with a theme and purpose, that are a bit out of the box. Like many auto US enthusiasts I've long wondered what it would be like to let e new Corvette loose on the autobah so while attending the 2004 Geneva Motor Show for Motor Trend Online, I arranged a vehilcle loan with with GM's Corvette and cadillac importer, Kroymann's, in The Netherlands and drove it from Amsterdam to Geneva and back, picking up one speeding ticket along the way. On the Autobahn between Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe I was able to get this particular Corvette up yo an indicated 182 MPH (at night) legally on an unsrestricted section of the A6 Autobahn, later documenting it in daytime, at 180 MPH although Corvette Enthusiast magazine decided against using that particular photograph, using a shot of the speedometer indicating "ONLY" 170 MPH.
enlarge 1.37MB, 594x810 74 IT Blaupunkt Evil-Z Chevy Cavalier.pdf
enlarge 2.59MB, 667x879 75 GER Evil-Z Cavalier Auto Szene.pdf
enlarge 1.41MB, 708x922 76 GER PWG Chrysler 330C Hurst Edition MMM.pdf
enlarge 320KB, 584x783 77 USA Chrysler 300C Hurst Edition Musclecar Enthusiast.pdf
enlarge 5.37MB, 534x746 78 USA Kicker AMC Metro Mustang and Sonoma Car Audio and Electronics 1.pdf
enlarge 5.35MB, 582x771 79 AUS Kicker Metro AustralianInCar Entertainment.pdf
enlarge 4.05MB, 582x771 80 US CA&E Corvette on RT 66 (1997).pdf My first major automotive adventure travel feature, shot and written more than seven years ago, a Chicago to LA run in the then-new 1997 Corvette, produced while I was the editor of Car Audio and Electronics.
enlarge 1.32MB, 1290x922 81 GER MMM Roadtrip Route 66.pdf Same trip as in 1997 (see references in the text) but in 2004, in a 40-year old Rambler convertible bought sight unseen on eBay. This appeared in MMM, a German men's magazine.
enlarge 5.56MB, 554x829 82 UK Ramblin' on Route 66 part 1 Classic American.pdf Same material, as first of a two-part treatment in Classic American in the UK.
enlarge 621KB, 694x921 83 UK Ramblin' on Route 66 part 2 Classic American.pdf Part two in Classic American.
enlarge 651KB, 695x921 84 UK Muscle Car Tour Classic American.pdf I believe this to be the best example of what I provide my editors, a universal concept that translates well in any language. The story was commissioned by Musclecar Enthusiast in the fall of 2002 and it took a while to assemble four representative muscle cars (one from each manufacturer; AMC, Chrysler, Ford and GM) and plan a day-long tour of car culture spots frequented by "car guys" back in the sixties, when classic American muscle cars rules street and strip. I think it's amazing that Classic American's art director Tony Crowther perfectly captured exactly what I was trying to say with this material, working with the same images as the other art directors, each who brought their own perspective to the piece.
enlarge 978KB, 629x850 85 GER LA Muscle Car Tour-MMM.pdf
enlarge 2.71MB, 595x842 86 NL Muscle Car Tour Het Automobile.pdf
enlarge 480KB, 557x756 87 US Muscle Car Tour Musclecar Enthusiast 1.pdf
enlarge 2.45MB, 723x922 88 GER Hitchcock Grand Cherokee MMM.pdf
enlarge 260KB, 629x850 89 GER 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee preview MMM.pdf
enlarge 3.06MB, 585x793 90 USA 2004 Chryslers Chrysler Magazine.pdf
enlarge 3.13MB, 598x750 91 USA 2004 Chrysler 300 Driving Impression Chrysler Magazine.pdf
enlarge 9.24MB, 565x837 92 UK 1957 Mercury Colony Park Classic American.pdf
enlarge 8.26MB, 576x763 95 AUS 2003 Alpine New MINI InCar Entertainment.pdf
enlarge 473KB, 1739x1134 96 UK Alpine New MINI Hot Wheels Magazine.pdf
enlarge 810KB, 1243x830 97 ROM Alpine New MINI Supercar
enlarge 722KB, 609x793 98 GER JL Audio Austin Mini Auto HiFi.pdf
enlarge 1.10MB, 668x866 99 AUS 2001 BMW M3 InCar Entertainment.pdf
enlarge 564KB, 557x756 100 US Musclecar Enthusiast 1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7G.pdf 4-page feature on a 1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7G, featured in the May issue of Musclecar Enthusiast.
enlarge 979KB, 595x842 101 NL Auto Motor Klassiek1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7G.pdf Same subject, covered in Dutch, in Auto Motor Klassiek.
enlarge 215KB, 695x921 102 UK 1957 Rambler Rebel Classic American.pdf
enlarge 149KB, 576x756 103 US 1969 AMC SCRambler Musclecar Enthusiast.pdf
enlarge 11.31MB, 737x853 105 GER Jason Cenora Mustang Auto HiFi.pdf Same feature as the previous PDF but in German for Auto HiFi.
enlarge 1.02MB, 629x850 106 GER 1970 Time Machines 'cuda.pdf
enlarge 1.84MB, 680x850 107 AUS 1998 Boston Acoustics New Beetle InCar Entertainment.pdf
enlarge 6.28MB, 1116x756 108 USA Gotta Have Gadgets european car 9-05.pdf
enlarge 7.02MB, 1116x756 109 USA Gotta Have It Gadgets european car 10-05.pdf
enlarge 3.59MB, 508x733 110 US Gotta-Have-It Gadgets Sport Truck.pdf
enlarge 132KB, 557x756 111 USA Boom Room JL Audio CleanSweep May 05 Mustang Enthusiast.pdf
enlarge 110KB, 557x756 112 US Mustang Enthusiast Boom Room July 2004.pdf Typical monthly column focused on mobile electroncs for Mustang Enthusiast magazine.
enlarge 3.14MB, 504x720 113 USA January 05 Boom Room Mustang Enthusiast.pdf
enlarge 648KB, 557x756 114 US Saleen Cover Aug 04 Mustang Enthusiast.pdf
enlarge 342KB, 557x756 115 US Saleen Birthday Mustang Enthusiast Aug 04.pdf
enlarge 503KB, 557x756 116 US Saleen Weekend Mustang Enthusiast Aug 04.pdf
enlarge 394KB, 595x793 117 GER Texas BBQ DaCabrio.pdf
enlarge 2.44MB, 737x865 118 GER Polk Audio Mustang Auto HiFi.pdf
enlarge 1.51MB, 531x741 156 US Musclecar Culture Musclecar Enthusiast 04-06.pdf
enlarge 93KB, 575x774 157 MusclecarCultureMay.pdf
enlarge 72KB, 557x756 158 USA Muscle Culture Musclecar Enthusiast 05-05.pdf
enlarge 4.81MB, 540x732 159 USA Muscle Culture Musclecar Enthusiast 01-05.pdf
enlarge 2.00MB, 612x792 160 USA Muscle Culture Lively Set Musclecar Enthusiast 08-05.pdf
enlarge 49KB, 557x756 161 USA Muscle Culture Musclecar Review.pdf Typical month column focusing and little known aspects of muscle car culture, for Musclecar Enthusiast magazine.
enlarge 324KB, 522x737 162 Muscle Culture - Total Performance - Musclecar Enthusiast October 2006.pdf
enlarge 1.35MB, 543x753 163 US Musclecar Culture Musclecar Enthusiast 05-06.pdf
enlarge 110KB, 575x774 164 USA Muscle Culture Musclecar Enthusiast 11-06.pdf
