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Aside from new editorial content every month in Hemmings, we have three monthly magazines&#x3a; &#x3c;a href&#x3d;&#x22;http&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;www.hemmings.com&#x2f;subscribe&#x2f;current_issue.html&#x3f;publication&#x3d;MUS&#x22; target&#x3d;&#x22;_blank&#x22; rel&#x3d;&#x22;nofollow ugc&#x22;&#x3e;Hemmings Muscle Machines&#x3c;&#x2f;a&#x3e;, &#x3c;a href&#x3d;&#x22;http&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;www.hemmings.com&#x2f;subscribe&#x2f;current_issue.html&#x3f;publication&#x3d;HCC&#x22; target&#x3d;&#x22;_blank&#x22; rel&#x3d;&#x22;nofollow ugc&#x22;&#x3e;Hemmings Classic Car&#x3c;&#x2f;a&#x3e; and &#x3c;a href&#x3d;&#x22;http&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;www.hemmings.com&#x2f;subscribe&#x2f;current_issue.html&#x3f;publication&#x3d;HSX&#x22; target&#x3d;&#x22;_blank&#x22; rel&#x3d;&#x22;nofollow ugc&#x22;&#x3e;Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car&#x3c;&#x2f;a&#x3e;.&#x3c;&#x2f;p&#x3e;&#xa;&#x3c;p&#x3e;While our editors traverse the country to find the best content for those magazines, we find other oddities related to the old-car hobby that we really had no place for - until now. 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