OVERVIEW:
Custom Rodder was an East coast, trade-sized magazine published by Irwin Stein and his Magnum Publications organization. The first use of the title was in May, 1957. It was a 68 page magazine and had good rod & custom content.  Published monthly in the beginning, the publishers switched to every other month starting in March, 1963 at the same time they went to a larger format.  The magazine was re-titled to Rodder & Super Stock in March, 1965.

Other publications also used this same title. The second iteration was published from 1979 to 1983 as a muscle and performance car magazine. And then in the Fall, 1991 Custom Rodder The Trendsetter was a custom car magazine started by Tom McMullen with editor Jerry Weesner.

OWNERSHIP:
Irwin Stein owned Magnum Publications and was well known as a New York publisher and owner of Lancer Books. Larry T. Shaw, the editor, had been a science fiction writer.

The table of contents, if available, can be seen by clicking on the icon.

PUBLICATION DATA:
Custom Rodder had three years of publisher provided print volume data from 1961 through 1965. Annual print production started at 203,500 and grew to 305,100 in 1963. But the publisher submitted exagerated data for 1964 and 1965 of 1,543,500 issues. These were likely "juiced" so the magazine appeared bigger than the closest competitor, Hot Rod.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 80 issues were printed from May, 1957 through January, 1965. All cover images are complete, and we are still collecting tables of contents pages.

Custom Rodder May 1957
May 1957 Vol 1 No 1
Custom Rodder July 1957
July 1957 Vol 1 No 2
Custom Rodder Sept September 1957
Sept 1957 Vol 1 No 3
Custom Rodder Oct October 1957
Oct 1957 Vol 1 No 4
Custom Rodder Nov November 1957
Nov 1957 Vol 1 No 5
Custom Rodder Dec December 1957
Dec 1957 Vol 1 No 6
Custom Rodder Jan January 1958
Jan 1958 Vol 2 No 1
Custom Rodder Feb February 1958
Feb 1958 Vol 2 No 2
Custom Rodder Mar March 1958
Mar 1958 Vol 2 No 3
Custom Rodder Apr April 1958
Apr 1958 Vol 2 No 4
Custom Rodder May 1958
May 1958 Vol 2 No 5
Custom Rodder June 1958
June 1958 Vol 2 No 6
Custom Rodder July 1958
July 1958 Vol 3 No 1
Custom Rodder Aug August 1958
Aug 1958 Vol 3 No 2
Custom Rodder Sept September 1958
Sept 1958 Vol 3 No 3
Custom Rodder Oct October 1958
Oct 1958 Vol 3 No 4
Custom Rodder Nov November 1958
Nov 1958 Vol 3 No 5
Custom Rodder Dec December 1958
Dec 1958 Vol 3 No 6
Custom Rodder Jan January 1959
Jan 1959 Vol 4 No 1
Custom Rodder Feb February 1959
Feb 1959 Vol 4 No 2
Custom Rodder Mar March 1959
Mar 1959 Vol 4 No 3
Custom Rodder Apr April 1959
Apr 1959 Vol 4 No 4
Custom Rodder May 1959
May 1959 Vol 4 No 5
Custom Rodder June 1959
June 1959 Vol 4 No 6
Custom Rodder July 1959
July 1959 Vol 5 No 1
Custom Rodder Aug August 1959
Aug 1959 Vol 5 No 2
Custom Rodder Sept September 1959
Sept 1959 Vol 5 No 3
Custom Rodder Oct October 1959
Oct 1959 Vol 5 No 4
Custom Rodder Nov November 1959
Nov 1959 Vol 5 No 5
Custom Rodder Dec December 1959
Dec 1959 Vol 5 No 6
Custom Rodder Jan January 1960
Jan 1960 Vol 5 No 7
Custom Rodder Feb February 1960
Feb 1960 Vol 6 No 2
Custom Rodder Mar March 1960
Mar 1960 Vol 6 No 3
Custom Rodder Apr April 1960
Apr 1960 Vol 6 No 4
Custom Rodder May 1960
May 1960 Vol 6 No 5
Custom Rodder June 1960
June 1960 Vol 6 No 6
Custom Rodder July 1960
July 1960 Vol 7 No 1
Custom Rodder Aug August 1960
Aug 1960 Vol 7 No 2
Custom Rodder Sept September 1960
Sept 1960 Vol 7 No 3
Custom Rodder Oct October 1960
Oct 1960 Vol 7 No 4
Custom Rodder Nov November 1960
Nov 1960 Vol 7 No 5
Custom Rodder Dec December 1960
Dec 1960 Vol 7 No 6
Custom Rodder Jan January 1961
Jan 1961 Vol 8 No 1
Custom Rodder Feb February 1961
Feb 1961 Vol 8 No 2
Custom Rodder Mar March 1961
Mar 1961 Vol 8 No 3
Custom Rodder Apr April 1961
Apr 1961 Vol 8 No 4
Custom Rodder May 1961
May 1961 Vol 8 No 5
Custom Rodder June 1961
June 1961 Vol 8 No 6
Custom Rodder July 1961
July 1961 Vol 8 No 7
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Custom Rodder Aug August 1961
Aug 1961 Vol 9 No 2
Custom Rodder Sept September 1961
Sept 1961 Vol 9 No 3
Custom Rodder Oct October 1961
Oct 1961 Vol 9 No 4
Custom Rodder Nov November 1961
Nov 1961 Vol 9 No 5
Custom Rodder Dec December 1961
Dec 1961 Vol 9 No 6
Custom Rodder Jan January 1962
Jan 1962 Vol 9 No 7
Custom Rodder Feb February 1962
Feb 1962 Vol 9 No 8
Custom Rodder Mar March 1962
Mar 1962 Vol 10 No 3
Custom Rodder Apr April 1962
Apr 1962 Vol 10 No 4
Custom Rodder May 1962
May 1962 Vol 10 No 5
Custom Rodder June 1962
June 1962 Vol 10 No 6
Custom Rodder July 1962
July 1962 Vol 11 No 1
Custom Rodder Aug August 1962
Aug 1962 Vol 11 No 2
Custom Rodder Sept September 1962
Sept 1962 Vol 11 No 3
Custom Rodder Oct October 1962
Oct 1962 Vol 11 No 4
Custom Rodder Nov November 1962
Nov 1962 Vol 11 No 5
Custom Rodder Dec December 1962
Dec 1962 Vol 11 No 6
Custom Rodder Jan January 1963
Jan 1963 Vol 12 No 1
Custom Rodder Feb February 1963
Feb 1963 Vol 12 No 2
Custom Rodder Mar March 1963
Mar 1963 Vol 12 No 3
Custom Rodder May 1963
May 1963 Vol 12 No 4
Custom Rodder July 1963
July 1963 Vol 12 No 5
Custom Rodder Sept September 1963
Sept 1963 Vol 12 No 6
Custom Rodder Nov November 1963
Nov 1963 Vol 13 No 1
Custom Rodder Jan January 1964
Jan 1964 Vol 13 No 2
Custom Rodder Mar March 1964
Mar 1964 Vol 13 No 3
Custom Rodder May 1964
May 1964 Vol 13 No 4
Custom Rodder July 1964
July 1964 Vol 13 No 5
Custom Rodder Sept September 1964
Sept 1964 Vol 13 No 6
Custom Rodder Nov November 1964
Nov 1964 Vol 14 No 1
Custom Rodder Jan January 1965
Jan 1965 Vol 14 No 2
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