Old mag scans

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I like to settle down to autoshite of an evening with a can of top deck and a marathon bar to ogle the beige interiors and water soluble exteriors of 70s and 80s crud.

Likewise, a nostalgic flick through old car mags is sure to raise a smile (or more). Now that my scanner is speaking to my iPad I thought I'd share the odd amusing pic or article and, given my mag supply is limited, I invite you to do so too. The quality is shite compared to In con sis tant's brochure scans but I have no skillz.

 

1970s Custom Car is a favourite of mine mainly due to its non-PC, irreverent style.

 

Here's a typical entry in the letters page:

 

And here are a couple of pics from one of Car magazine's 'Giant Tests'

 

[Micrashed]

I find the DAF steering wheel oddly Datsunesque.

[londonm]

Love that letter, anybody writing that today would be sued by the European Court of Human Rights for denying someone the right to a private life blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Never in a million years would I have thought of the Daf 66 as a competitor for the Violet and Viva,presumably it was on cost grounds. The Imp,Fiat 127 maybe the Beetle would have been more natural rivals.

[Sudsprint]

I guess the 140J just edges it over the Daf on space, performance, handling, comfort, accommodation, equipment, ....

 

Was it an April Fool's day edition?

[brickwall]

The letter is class. Imagine printing that nowadays!

[Shep Shepherd]

Have you got scans of the rest of the Quaint Test?

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Have you got scans of the rest of the Quaint Test?

Here are the words

[Shep Shepherd]

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Thanks!

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I had a 140j for a while and really liked it; they hated it.

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Juan Hu Nose (that might be a nom de plume) of Custom Car predicted that by 1983, 75% of us would be driving a wankel powered car.

 

[Mr Livered]

"Can the Wankel men pull it off?" is one of the best headlines I've ever read.

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Yeah, great headline from Juan Hu doesn't know.

 

These mini fronts were even less popular than Wankel engines.

 

Mystery car spotted in Wales. "Aerodynamically good and unusually stylish"

[UmBongo]

That letter...wow and lolzer.

 

Man, you can get sent down for saying that sort of stuff on Twatter these days.

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That letter...wow and lolzer.

 

Man, you can get sent down for saying that sort of stuff on Twatter these days.

Yep, these old mags are a window, not just into the shades of beige of the 70s, but the different set of rules of the time. Hopefully no one here is offended.