Old Car Mags

[Camino LS6]

Since my teens, I've been carting around all of the car magazines I've collected over the years. I never refer to them, I only look at them when I move them to a new place, and they aren't "mint" anyway.

I think it's time to recycle them.

[ocnblu]

[Drew Dowdell]

swap meets?

[Camino LS6]

I don't want to mess with them, I just want them gone.

[Drew Dowdell]

Picture of their condition?

[Camino LS6]

It varies.

Arkus trashed some of them.

Others range from ruined to near mint.

[ocnblu]

[Camino LS6]

I saved them all this time thinking that some day I'd have the ultimate garage and could put them in binders as part of an automotive reference library.

That just isn't going to happen.

[regfootball]

i've got 24 years or so of motor trend and car and driver in my basement, along with several years of other publications.

it takes up about 6-8 lineal feet in my basement, in plastic bins, and currently is about 3 feet high. i have 2 years of each in a single bin and the bins are stacked.

i have had similar thoughts as you. I do have them pretty organized and in decent condition. But man, they just sit there.

In 15-20 years I might want to pull them out and look at them though.

[bobo]

I've got Motor Trends, Car and Drivers, Automobile Magazines, and Consumer Reports taking up lots of room. I've placed most of the older issues in plastic magazine files, but I also have stacks of magazines sitting around. I subscribed for Road and Track for only a few years, and I've dumped most of those. I still subscribe to MT, C/D, and Automobile, but I haven't even been opening up the most recent issues. These magazines are quickly becoming obsolete in a digital society.

[Drew Dowdell]

My only subscription is the digital version of Automobile Magazine because a friend works there. I have a few Honda Car and Driver around, but I have no great affection for them.

[Robert Hall]

I've switched my C/D, Road & Track and Automobile subscriptions to digital w/ Zinio. I still get paper subscriptions to Collectible Automobile and pick up Motorsport, Top Gear and Car occasionally. I've got 35 years worth of various magazines I've accumulated, I've bought magazine storage boxes from uline.com, they are great, hold probably 50 issues each.

[Camino LS6]

Not sure if the oldest ones still survive, but mine began to pile up in the late 70s - it's time for them to go.

[Camino LS6]

I may take a few pics as I sort through them - might be fun to post the interesting ones.

[balthazar]

So what does this mean, this "I just want them gone & don't want to mess with them'?

What titles do you have?

I have stuff from the '30s on up, both monthlies and club publications, plus over 6000 print ads. But I refer to my library frequently, a few times a week.

RE the so-called 'digital age'- that primarily works for present/future issues, and sometimes those 'go away' online.

Past stuff seldom gets scanned tho, so there it pretty much will never replace the vintage material.

[Camino LS6]

Scratching the surface:

[Camino LS6]

So what does this mean, this "I just want them gone & don't want to mess with them'?

What titles do you have?

I have stuff from the '30s on up, both monthlies and club publications, plus over 6000 print ads. But I refer to my library frequently, a few times a week.

RE the so-called 'digital age'- that primarily works for present/future issues, and sometimes those 'go away' online.

Past stuff seldom gets scanned tho, so there it pretty much will never replace the vintage material.

I have a variety. Tons of Motor Trend, some of many others. Not organized in any way.

I get what you are saying, but I need to clean house.

[Drew Dowdell]

those don't look unsaleable at all!

[Camino LS6]

those don't look unsaleable at all!

The older ones are rougher.

Oldest I've found so far is from '78

[Camino LS6]

Last pic for tonight: some oldies.

[Delta Force79]

I began collecting Motor Trend in the early 90's along with all brochures from the NY auto shows every April, but by the time I moved out when I was 17, I left my collection behind at my father's old apartment. It has since all been thrown out without my knowledge at the time when my father bought a new house. Thats an impressive collection Camino, I'm especially interested in the older ones from the 70's and 80's. I wish there was an easy way to catalog all of them for easy viewing online somehow before you get rid of them. It's a shame to see them possibly go to waste after all these years in storage, but i can understand your reasoning.

[wildmanjoe]

Talk to the programs director at your local jail and ask if they would be interested in any car magazines. Jails love them because they keep inmates quiet.

Also, hit me up if you've got any truck related mags.

[Camino LS6]

I do have some truck mags.

[Camino LS6]

OK guys, if anyone local would like to have these magazines (and I mean ALL of them), you can have them free of charge.

I'd rather not deal with shipping, unless you want to handle it, and I want them gone soon, but I'd rather give them away than put them out for recycling.

I take the recycling to the end of the lane on thursday nights, so speak up before next thursday if you want them.

[GMTruckGuy74]

How did I miss this thread???

Man, I wish I had the time to come out and pick these up. My wife is on my case (has been for years) for the magazines and automobile brochures I have lying around, "doing nothing". I rarely revisit the mags, but every once in a while I grab an old brochure to look through it. In 2001 my parents moved and I lost my storage space for toys, magazines, and brochures. I was able to secure basement space at my sister's house, but it was a quarter of the size at my parents (my old bedroom!). I was only able to take another quarter of the stuff to the condo my wife and I were renting at the time. Many, many brochures & car mags from the '80s to '01 were put out for recycling - a very sad day indeed. I miss many of the Olds, Chevy & Cadillac brochures I once had from many a car show or dealership visit.

If at all possible, can you hold onto them a little longer? If so, I'd make the trek out to pick them up. I'm really interested in the ones with Pontiacs (that '81 Motor Trend with the 1981 Grand Prix is making me drool!).

[Camino LS6]

Roger, if you want them for certain, I can keep them for a little while.

I just need to know that they are really going.

I'll get some boxes and pack them up.

Oh, and my brochures are going nowhere.

[Camino LS6]

Roger, can you let me know if you want these for sure?

I want them off of my list.

[GMTruckGuy74]

Sorry, today is the first time I've been back on the computer since Friday morning. How many boxes are you talking about? How much longer can you wait?

[Camino LS6]

I don't know how many boxes, but there are hundreds of magazines - maybe 6 boxes?

If you commit to taking them, I can wait a bit.

[GMTruckGuy74]

I'll take them (much to the wife's dismay, I'm sure!). I just need a weekend or two to make some room in my basement before I take the ride out to you.

[Camino LS6]

OK, I'll set them aside for you.

[ponchoman49]

Scratching the surface:

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Pontiac magazines can be worth a few bucks, especially if from the 80's and 90's. I have seen some of the original Thunder Am's from the early 80's fetch 50 plus bucks a piece at a swap meet and that was years ago!

Edited January 29, 2013 by ponchoman49

[Camino LS6]

Yeah, maybe I could make a buck or two - but I don't want to deal with it.

And, I've already committed to giving them to Roger so it's a done deal.

[G. David Felt]

I just love that engine on the cover of the GM Performance Catalog. The 502 RamJet is an amazing engine I wish was put into a Real SS Suburban!

[Delta Force79]

Glad to see these mags will find a good home and not thrown away.

[Turbojett]

yeah, seems a shame just to trash them.

I have a few old mags stretching back to the mid-90's, when I started really getting into cars (and not just Corvettes and Camaros). I have some form back when i was 15 or 16, and the'd been kept in my binder at school. the binder rings always got bent and tore up the first few outside pages so a few of them are ratty--including, unfortunately, the Motor Trend 50th Anniversary issue from 1998.

I do have some stretching back all the way to '94 though. most of the older ones are Road and Track, because I liked the side-view technical drawings.

Edited February 7, 2013 by Turbojett

[Robert Hall]

uline magazine storage boxes are the bomb...I boxed up almost 5 years worth (since April '08) recently and took them off to my storage unit. Except for a couple, I've gone electronic on car mags and read them on my tabby.

[Turbojett]

uline

magazine storage boxes are the bomb...I boxed up almost 5 years worth

(since April '08) recently and took them off to my storage unit. Except

for a couple, I've gone electronic on car mags and read them on my

tabby.

I'm sure the cat's not too happy about that though.

Edited February 7, 2013 by Turbojett

[Camino LS6]

I'm very happy to be giving these to Roger, rather than tossing them.

Oh, and my copy of the 50th ann. Motor Trend is still in the plastic.

[Turbojett]

ow...ow..easy on the salt, man.

Edited February 7, 2013 by Turbojett

[Camino LS6]

OK, it looks like Roger can't take these after all.

They are up for grabs one last time.

[SAmadei]

Refresh my memory... how far in PA are you?

Is it 6 boxes total or 6 boxes of Pontiac-related?

I'd be real interested to add them to my 24 boxes of magazines, as my collection gets weak in the '80s and has a big hole in the middle of the '90s.

I'd need about a week or two to schedule a ride over to PA to pick them up, however.

[Camino LS6]

Six boxes is just a guess, they aren't boxed up right now.

I am about 20 miles west of Philly.

I'm going to put them in storage bins today to get them out of my way, but you'll have to bring some boxes if you want them.

Once they are in the bins, I may grab a shot of them.

They are mixed, but mostly Motor Trend and Hot Rod with lots of others in lesser numbers.

Edited February 26, 2013 by Camino LS6

[Camino LS6]

Here they are in two 20 gallon bins:

These are big bins and both are heavy, I can barely lift one of them. Not as many as I used to have, but still I'd say several hundred individual magazines.

And no, the bins are not included.

[SAmadei]

I have a bunch of boxes, so the bins aren't needed.

I'd be glad to take them off your hands, assuming nobody else hasn't asked for them. PM your address and best times to pick them up. Sat and Sun should be good days for me... maybe Fri or Mon... and we'll figure the best time for me to come over...

[Camino LS6]

PM sent.

[Turbojett]

I still keep them all on a bookshelf. Although I really need to start another. It's packed tight as a cord.

Edited March 8, 2013 by Turbojett

[Camino LS6]

Samadei came and got them today.

I'm very happy that I didn't have to recycle them.

[SAmadei]

MmwhahahaHA! All your mags are belong to me! ;-)

Yeah, it was very cool to see Camino, Zora, his projects and the very cool barn in RL.

Then on the way back, it was nice to see that the other house still has a roof, fences and all the trees still standing after the big storm. 8-0