Jalopy Magazine,what are they worth?

[scdan4]

can we have some more scans/photos please? I'm really enjoying them.

[beko1987]

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 kept them to this day.

FTFY

[AMC Rebel]

Graphic Design - Georges Seurat/Mr Blobby

 

[Faker]

Only got one copy now.... don't know where the rest are... I had a few copies but can't find the rest.

[Guest Lord Sward]

I remember that issue looking almost professional.  I was worried.

[flat4alfa]

Threadbumpage

 

Does the forum set still exist and if so can I pop my name on the rotation list pretty please

 

Failing that are any for sale

[barrett]

It may have slipped under the radar in these quarters, but Mark Williams, the man behind Jalopy and 'the only man to crash a Maserati in Radnorshire' has recently launched a new quarterly magazine which is a sort of almanac of newly comissined and previously published long-form articles with no photos in paperback boo format. It's supposedly a return to the good old days of long-form motoring writing, and I enjoyed reading it. It does have some shite content too, but the best article is Cropley on the Lambo Jarama. Anyway, you can get it here if you're interested

 

https://shop.classicmotoringreview.uk

[bigstraight6]

It may have slipped under the radar in these quarters, but Mark Williams, the man behind Jalopy and 'the only man to crash a Maserati in Radnorshire' has recently launched a new quarterly magazine which is a sort of almanac of newly comissined and previously published long-form articles with no photos in paperback boo format. It's supposedly a return to the good old days of long-form motoring writing, and I enjoyed reading it. It does have some shite content too, but the best article is Cropley on the Lambo Jarama. Anyway, you can get it here if you're interested

https://shop.classicmotoringreview.uk

I’m giving that a miss, the original format mainly about keeping shitty old Vauxhall Vivas and Hillman Avengers on the road was very entertaining, as it was what I was doing at the time. I still cherish my full set of Jalopy mags and this place is now it in the online age, perhaps the cars are just a little bit less shitty now though....

[HMC]

I'd like to nominate that Jalopy chap for life president of autoshite.

 

He got the down to earth ethos of the forum nailed when the only web based car thing was the spidery one in your headlining.

[motorpunk]

Does anyone have an issue, any issue, of Jalopy that they'd be prepared to sell/rent/loan to me, please? I need a copy for a week or two, promise to return it in the same dog-eared state that I might receive it in and won't turn it into a papier mache cock and balls or use it to stuff my Fiat's sills with. Honest. 

Serious request - can pay monies. Thanks

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, motorpunk said:

Does anyone have an issue, any issue, of Jalopy that they'd be prepared to sell/rent/loan to me, please? I need a copy for a week or two, promise to return it in the same dog-eared state that I might receive it in and won't turn it into a papier mache cock and balls or use it to stuff my Fiat's sills with. Honest. 

Serious request - can pay monies. Thanks

Yes, I have one spare - issue No. 5Sept/Oct 1992, with 2CV Dolly on the cover. PM me your details if you're interested....

[motorpunk]

3 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Yes, I have one spare - issue No. 5Sept/Oct 1992, with 2CV Dolly on the cover. PM me your details if you're interested....

Oh you superstar. DM incoming…

[N Dentressangle]

Vol 1 Nr 3 for your viewing pleasure:

Part 2 to come...

[N Dentressangle]

 

 

[chaseracer]

I think the Trabi on the cover might have something to do with @Inspector Morose - possibly/maybe.

[barefoot]

Ere, you can't go scanning and posting them on here. Folk will be able to read them. Realise that they're perhaps not quite as good as the internet legend suggests and the value of my full set and swapsies might plummet. 

[Datsuncog]

Just to further tank @barefoot's investment strategy, some downloadable scans in PDF format are available here:

I absolutely loved Jalopy magazine - definitely a formative influence on my early-teen self, though erratic publication schedules made it hard to track down.

I did manage to eventually buy up the odd copies I didn't find at the time of printing, read through them all again - then sold the complete set of issues 1-31 to someone on here a few years back, @500tops maybe?

I've still a few duplicates left over in my box of nostalgia - I guess that's sufficient to bring back the memories.

Some great writing, and great stories in there.

[De Selby]

Real nostalgia. I like the sound of the letter writers' "A35 painted entirely in gold Hammerite"

 

 

[Bren]

Wasn't there an issue with an SD1?

[chaseracer]

1 minute ago, Bren said:

Wasn't there an issue with an SD1?

There were many, many issues with the SD1!

Ah, ISWYM... 😉

[Bren]

42 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

There were many, many issues with the SD1!

Ah, ISWYM... 😉

As soon as I posted I thought I could have worded it better!

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

Ere, you can't go scanning and posting them on here. Folk will be able to read them. Realise that they're perhaps not quite as good as the internet legend suggests and the value of my full set and swapsies might plummet. 

Your investment is safe for now; continuing my abated scanning, editing and compiling process is so far down my list of things to do it's likely to have to wait beyond the heat death of the universe.

[Inspector Morose]

4 hours ago, chaseracer said:

I think the Trabi on the cover might have something to do with @Inspector Morose - possibly/maybe.

Yup, I acquired it after its moments of fame* in the mag.

As a 6v leaf sprung one, it wasn’t the best but it gained a place in the rotation of Trabbis that I used to commute in for a while.

Oddly enough, I swapped a MGBGT Jubilee for OOP-X, a DAF 66 and a Berkeley T60. One of my better deals,, that one.

[UltraWomble]

Jalopy magazine has now replaced bitcoin as the preferred currency of scallywags on the dark wob as it is more valuable  and less common,

[trigger]

I didn't realise people still wanted them, I have a pile of them in the garage

[UltraWomble]

8 minutes ago, trigger said:

I didn't realise people still wanted them, I have a pile of them in the garage

eBay and retire on the proceeds

[Datsuncog]

There have been some optimistic prices of late...

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, Bren said:

Wasn't there an issue with an SD1?

Yup, that'll be Issue 11 - from April 1993.

What never fails to set my tiny mind a-boggle is that at the time of publication, the cover star SD1 wasn't long past its 6th birthday (date of first registration - October 1986).

[Bren]

12 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Yup, that'll be Issue 11 - from April 1993.

What never fails to set my tiny mind a-boggle is that at the time of publication, the cover star SD1 wasn't long past its 6th birthday (date of first registration - October 1986).

Was it an interesting article?

[Datsuncog]

As far as I can recall it was an entertaining read, though no doubt you'd get more hard facts and information from a Wikipedia article or the BLARG enthusiast site these days...

Also, thirty years ago now. Crumbs.