Finally got my issue today and was pleasantly surprised to see the two page picture at the beginning of the article. The car is truer to the color in my signature than in the article (more purple looking there) but who am I to complain. I'm one of those people who can't believe it until I see it so it was great to finally see it. I was even beginning to check the news stands!
This also brings closure to a long saga. I had a lot of people tell me I'd never get this car back together and that I ought to sell the parts while I could. I'm pretty happy right now.