I posted here a couple years or so back about a local fella bringing me a bunch of old car magazines. Today he came by and said he was finishing up cleaning out the old books and wanted to let me look through the load to see if I wanted any of them. He probably had twenty boxes in the back of his truck. Of course he had them in labeled boxes pretty much in chronological order. These are the ones I snagged. The rest were newer, truckin and classic car stuff. He was taking them to the recycling bin.
pure gold... Old magazines are better by far than any of the new ones. I read mine over and over ....
I know what you mean Mark. It takes you back in time. I’m 60 and this fella is 95. He thinks I’m a kid. I guess it’s all relative.
That red roadster on the cover of Hop Up-53 caught my eye. I thought, man that’s a good lookin car. No wonder. It’s the Dick Flint 29 roadster.
I had to go back and look...never seen the Flint roadster with whitewalls...and how about the Pierson Bros coupe on the cover of Sports Cars and Hot Rods
Sadly, these did not get that kind of care. Some are coming apart and mice eaten. But I’ll treasure them anyway just because of the fella that gave them to me.
You have definitely picked up some Beauties!! Probably one of the hardest things I've had to do lately is weed out my magazines. I think I may just have a cut-off date to keep and get rid of the rest. The little books are always sacred no matter the condition, what are your thoughts? Don't tell the Wife, but I've actually purchased some little ones in the last few yrs.!
I had almost every title of Hot rodding and custom car magazine dating back to Hot Rod Magazine, January 1948, and up, all original, no repro's. When we moved to Pennsylvania 4 1/2 years ago I gave all of the pre-1970 magazines to one of my sons. I couldn't give away the rest, even to the Veteran's hospital. It broke my heart to take a 12 fo0t trailer , plus my pickup truck full to the town dump. At one time in the past, they had some value. At least my son and grandsons will be able to enjoy them.
Great score. Got a ton of those books and love thumbing through them and grab them whenever I see them.
I have thousands as well. My current ones are free. I have over a thousand doubles and triples in the small magazine format. I have listed them in the Classifieds on the HAMB. Not free. I have had only one person buy some. He bought multiples so he got a good deal.
Gave nearly a thousand away to friend when marriage ended. Slowly rebuilt collection since, in SPITE of last time! The addiction is REAL!!!
At one time I had a wall filled with magazines, all in order, in binders from about 1949 to the present day. Hot Rod, Motor Trend, Hop Up, Rod and Custom, etc. My gal and I discussed my habit, and I consolidated it down to Hot Rod from 1948-1950, a selection of the little mags, and gave away the rest. I did save the Hot Rod DeLuxe though.
I have nearly every auto magazine from 48 to the 80s when I started tapering off. If I was to cull the collection, what would be a good "cut off date".
Very cool! I had an opportunity a few months back to but about 100 little books from a friend when they were selling his dad’s stuff after he had passed. After going through them all, I have a few duplicates even, but they are just too cool. I can’t remember the last time I bought a new magazine.
Looks like a great score! My collection started around 1957 when I was in seventh grade. My metal shop teacher gave me an issue of Hot Rod and I was hooked.
As a guy who stopped buying more car mags when he realized most were pandering the same old to a new crowd, I took the alternative route of gutting mine of all the tech articals, then placed them into a binder. Recycling the rest of the mag to a proper paper grave, three boxes became three binders.
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