Jalopy Magazine,what are they worth?

[AMC Rebel]

Contadini Lambrusco ..

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

That Marina article was written by former forum member Mash! He is another person who's been long absent, sadly.

 

But still very much alive and well, with an excellent collection of cars. I shall be seeing him in a few weeks. Must admit I didn't realise he'd got anything in Jalopy - he must have been very young!

 

I still have issues 1-30 which were bought first time round, couldn't find 31 at the time and it's evaded me ever since.

[rovamota]

This is how shite online journalism has become.

 

http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/news/154910/the-worst-cars-in-the-world/page/0/2

 

On the Allegro: 'The car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro (who also penned the Lotus Esprit and original Volkswagen Scirocco) and British Leyland’s Harris Mann.'

 

Really?

I mean, REALLY? This is what happens when the office junior is allowed to write articles using Facebook comments as his source. And notice that most of the cars in that list are from defunct manufacturers. Well they don't want to upset their advertising revenue, do they?

 

 

Fist class crap.

[AMC Rebel]

I felt I ought to rescan the Victor article as I made such a hash of it -

 

 

 

 

[scruff]

I do indeed have a much cherished pile of Jalopies from all-round good sort Timewaster. I'll do some scanning pronto.

[bigstraight6]

I still mourn the passing of the 'Dullest, smallest motoring magazine' and have a much cherished full set, I even had letters of mine published in some editions, in those days I ran stuff like Renault 4's and Fiat 128's as daily drivers so was really living the dream.....

[Guest Lord Sward]

I must find mine out again.

[AMC Rebel]

Well, since you ask...how about "All modernz are not shit" from the letters page - and the repsonse, yes they are - they're just like washing machines etc......in issue 19 from 1994.

 

This place......nothing changes......etc

 

[r.welfare]

What a waste of a CX.

[Guest Lord Sward]

The only modern they liked was the Xantia.

[r.welfare]

Yes, I remember the I Thrashem-Tubitz 'Jalopy 2000' road tests.

[hairymel]

If anyone has an issue 15, or if there's an issue 15 in the communal job lot...

I will pay a few bob for it.

Or I am even prepared to swap it for a very nice condition issue two.

Complete with an unstuck 'I love my Jalopy' sticker.

 

whilst wading through a pile of c+cc last night what do i come across but a minty copy of jalopy issue 15 

 

pm me your address mr barefoot

[dugong]

Fist class crap.

That's a very different audience. A dirtier, smellier one.

[AMC Rebel]

 

 

 

[scruff]

Flipping class!!!

[dollywobbler]

This is how shite online journalism has become.

 

http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/news/154910/the-worst-cars-in-the-world/page/0/2

 

On the Allegro: 'The car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro (who also penned the Lotus Esprit and original Volkswagen Scirocco) and British Leyland’s Harris Mann.'

 

Really?

I mean, REALLY? This is what happens when the office junior is allowed to write articles using Facebook comments as his source. And notice that most of the cars in that list are from defunct manufacturers. Well they don't want to upset their advertising revenue, do they?

 

 

Fist class crap.

 

Did you write in and complain? They seem to have changed it now. I do hate those 'worst car' features though. Barrel scraping at its very worst.

[AMC Rebel]

Some of us 'soft southerners' even 'get' Chewin' The Fat.

 

^This, and Burnistoun and Still Game.

[AMC Rebel]

Practical Classics is its spiritual successor? You're joking, right?  If anything gets close to running shite old cars with a sense of humour and failed repairs its Car Mechanics.

 

A r.welfare says Your Classics seemed to take over from it, but was a bit too glossy (I've still got those Jazz mags too).

All this prompted me to look out some old crates of car mags - I have 3 copies of Your Classic, all from 1994 - one article is about fitting "ABS" brakes to a P6 Rover

 

Also found some old copies of Jalopy I forgot I had.

[Spottedlaurel]

Did RW perhaps mean Real Classics? I have a few but I'm not sure how long it lasted.

 

Real Classics August 1997 No.1 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

It certainly had similar production standards to Jalopy, with B&W photos on cheapo paper.

[AMC Rebel]

Did RW perhaps mean Real Classics? I have a few but I'm not sure how long it lasted.

 

Real Classics August 1997 No.1 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

It certainly had similar production standards to Jalopy, with B&W photos on cheapo paper.

 

Sounds possible - don't think I've ever seen that.

[UltraWomble]

Vaguely remember that RC, think I eBayed the lot off years ago - the bird who lived in the "1950's" was known to a mate of mine and I saw one of her A35's once over - quite tidy.

[AMC Rebel]

[AMC Rebel]

[Guest Lord Sward]

I stand corrected.  Real Classics in my mind took over from Jalopy, but I also liked Your Classics.  In fact the local newsagents would reduce them to sell them months after they went out of date.  That was great.

[scruff]

Your Classic was GR8, I still have the Landy one. Does anyone have the Modern Classic (?) trial supplement they did?? Had mark 5 Cortinas in and stuff like that.

[scruff]

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I recall the Alfasud article in 1992 or 1993 - I bought Jalopy because I has a Sud at the time. 

[Bobthebeard]

I emailed the editor (Frank Westworth?) many years ago asking why Jalopy died. He replied saying it sadly didn't sell enough copies and cost too much to produce a marginal magazine. I was gutted. I bought every issue and miss it to this day.

[barefoot]

Did RW perhaps mean Real Classics? I have a few but I'm not sure how long it lasted.

 

Real Classics August 1997 No.1 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

It certainly had similar production standards to Jalopy, with B&W photos on cheapo paper.

I have a complete set of RC.

Started buying at number 2/3 and boughtbthe copy/copies I was missing from their stand at the NEC classic show. Spoke at length to chap on stall comparing it to Joypal, but I don't subequently think it was ever in the same league. I try to keep the spirit of Japloy alive in all my professional ritings.

[barefoot]

whilst wading through a pile of c+cc last night what do i come across but a minty copy of jalopy issue 15 

 

pm me your address mr barefoot

Wooo fucking hoooo!

 

PM sent