Jalopy Magazine

[craigcheetham]

I spent an hour tonight sorting through the pile of magazines in our downstairs loo. Hidden beneath a pile of 'Take a Break Puzzle Extras' were four copies of 'Jalopy' that I picked up in a car boot sale about a year ago. Bet you can't guess which mags were mine and which belonged to the missus?Anyway, who remembers this mighty fine organ (Jalopy, that is, not Take a Break), and more to the point does anyone have any old ones they want to get rid of?Anything that makes me laugh while I poo is well worth a couple of quid, so do let me know if you've any you want rid of. In return, I promise not to discuss my toilet habits on this forum again.Craig

[r.welfare]

Best bet is probably eBay, Craig...I think most of the members of this forum who have copies of Jalopy (myself included) wouldn't bear to be parted from them, unless they have duplicates. From a straw poll conducted on here a couple of years ago, we reckon that there were 31 issues in total - 1-27 were A5-sized and 28-31 were A4.

[Ratdat]

I avidly bought Jalopy at the time but foolishly never kept hold of them. They were right on the money for me at the time as I was running this quality piece of British engineering...

 

 

The buyers guide referred to it as an 'english gothic hatchback' I think

[Pete-M]

I avidly bought Jalopy at the time but foolishly never kept hold of them. They were right on the money for me at the time as I was running this quality piece of British engineering...

 

 

The buyers guide referred to it as an 'english gothic hatchback' I think

That's quite a classy bit of shite that..

[mouseflakes]

Indeed it is - makes me want to get one!I loved Jalopy - but like Ratdat I didn't hang onto mine

[andrew e]

Mmmmm.... my stack of Jalopys are on loan to a swine in kettering still... mind you I have his nice Pininfarina book

[Mr Lobster]

I had almost every issue. Then just before I moved house three years ago I had a mass clear out, got rid of loads of brochures, magazines and allsorts. I think a lot of my copies of Jalopy went with this

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

IIRC Jalopy arrived around 1992/3? I had one with an article about Alfasuds as I had one at the time. It was pretty good reading.

[pogweasel]

Awesome publication. I have an incomplete set of the early ones, would love a full set but just not possible I think!Well unless someone got jiggy with a scanner & repro equipment that is...

[Father Ted]

Ive had the entire set twice, the first set got ruined (as did a Hoover1100 washing machine) when my son decided to wash them (long story - never tell an autistic child that the cars needed a wash).Second set was a mixture of Tom Sheperds generosity and eBay - then I had a big minimalist streek and lots of stuff went on ebay and the procedes went to Action for ASD. I now have only issue number 1.I sort of miss them, but have too much stuff in my life really. One day I hope that someone will PDF them all and then put them up on the interweb - untill that time the Beterware catalogue or Argos catalogue are my toilet time reading matter. Either that or I use the time to text my mates.

[Mr Lobster]

I sort of miss them, but have too much stuff in my life really.

Thats how I feel really. I threw loads of stuff and ebayed the valuable stuff for a reason. But theres only so much you can have at any one time. I'm having a big sort out of all the tat I have acquired in the last few years at the moment and I think a certain amount thats not worth ebaying will end up binned / recycled.

[Spottedlaurel]

I have issues 1-30, all bought back in the day. The later ones took visits to various newsagents as it became more difficult to find. Presumably that was why I missed 31 – have been offered this by a kindly ‘shiter, I just need to find something worth trading.

[r.welfare]

TBH the A4 issues were mainly rehashed articles from earlier publications, so you're not missing much by not having issue 31, other than the smug glow that completeness can bring. The rot had really set in at the end.One day, when I get time, I will set-to with my scanner...but it's unlikely to be this side of 2020

[Father Ted]

I sort of miss them, but have too much stuff in my life really.

Thats how I feel really. I think a certain amount thats not worth ebaying will end up binned / recycled.

Try a car boot if you can be arsed - i did one this weekend (indoors Dryden centre - Preston) and apart from a few minor altercations with asians and window lickers who were quibbling over pence ( Like one bloke who tryed to get a huge black and dekka tool box for £3 when I had knocked it down from £5 to £4 - boy was that conversation fun) - You would actually be surprised, if its cheap enough - people will buy it. I had loads of stuff, including a big box of old plumbing bits my dad was going to take down the tio - £2 for the boxfull - I made £100 on utter utter shite - all of it bin fodder or charity shop fodder really (like the recent bits that I offered on here for the princely sum of a Sausage barm). Amazing, by 11am all that was left that I couldnt shift was a bean bag and 2 old linnen baskets - off to the tip...So thats £100 spending money for the upcoming camping trip in a couple of weeks.I still need to clear some stuff really and be a bit more ruthless, I just cant bring myself to sling out my Terry Pratchett hardbacks and MMS novels - only because I keep re-reading them.Even debating MP3-ing my entire CD collection and getting rid of them. Even my DVD collection apart from the odd one I wonder if its worth keeping them. If its not been used for 12 months it really shoudl be got rid of... So that'll be the wife going then....

[Father Ted]

Actually the wife is out tonight - tinme for a bloody good clear out of assorted tat and shite I think. Starting with the container that I use as a tool shed. I was going to sit on the deck, light the fire and poke it with a stick whilst having some beers, but no fcuk it Im going to be pro-active.

[mcqueenmachine]

I was present at the birth of 'Jalopy'. It was the brainchild of Rod Kerr and Frank Westworth and was basically a four-wheeled version of the most excellent 'Used Bike Guide' (known to devotees of mega-miles Yamaha FJs, underpowered carb-icing Kawasakis and just bastard odd Honda CX turbos, as The UBG - for obvious reasons.) Which was itself the bastard offspring of CBG or, to give it its full title, Classic Bike Guide. You'll be entirely unsurprised I'd imagine to discover that 'Jalopy' although much-loved made no money and staggered from issue to badly-printed issue leaving the same sort of bad smell in its wake as a 250,000 mile Mercedes 300D.

[Richard]

There was a magazine called Real Classic, which I always thought must be from the same stable. I think I have every issue of that too.

[CortinaDave]

I have reams of magazines that I'll have to tip next time i move house. Everything from many copies of practical classics from about 1994 to now through FHM's and copies of Your Sinclair and ST Format from the early nineties when i was a teenage computer nerd.I also have lots of stuff I dont want to skip but really have no use for at all. Generally though I agree with the if-not-used-in-a-year-bin-it philosophy so one of these days I'll have a major chuck out session.Some stuff is frustrating.. Like the mk4 Cortina S stripey trim I have.. rarer than rarer than rare, but I wonged it on ebay and nobody wanted it, probably because there are only about ten cortina S's leftInteriors take up a lot of space but i know the second i sling it/give it away I'll need it and stand NO CHANCE of finding another

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

There was a magazine called Real Classic, which I always thought must be from the same stable. I think I have every issue of that too.

I think that was the work of Paul Guinness and it flopped. Shame because it had legs.Can anyone remember the sheer excitement of reading the first ever Practical Classics in 1980? Wall to wall shite - Oxfords, Mark 11 Slags etc.

[r.welfare]

It was the brainchild of Rod Kerr and Frank Westworth

I thought Westworth came later (used to love his ramblings, mind) - wasn't the original publisher Mark Williams of 'Bike' fame (and who also had a cheap motors column in "Buying Cars" in the early 90s)?I bought a couple of issues of Real Classics - you're right, it was printed on the same bogroll with what appeared to be the same printer (Epson FX80 with a knackered ribbon, I reckon). There was a story in one about a fella who bought a mint Chrysler 180 for £200 - those were the days!

[Roc 24v]

Sorry for the old thread, it was before my time here.I used to love this magazine, I kept all mine, I have from issue 2 to about 25, then I couldn't find them any more, still on the lookout for issue 1 too!

[VWPowered]

i never saw these anyone got any scans

[Timewaster]

I recently re-discovered a handfull of these in the attic including no.1I could probably be persuaded to part with them subject to negotiations

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What about 'Your Classic' magazine? For me that was the first classic car mag that had a suitably non-serious approach to old cars, with plenty of rust, scrapyard pics etc. Maybe it did nowt that practical classics wasnt already doing but it always seemed more colourful and varied. It was a great mag, I might dig out a few copies and scan a few bits in.

 

 

Edit - of course Jalopy was legendary and has had no equal apart from the short-lived Original Tin of course.

[warren t claim]

What about 'Your Classic' magazine? For me that was the first classic car mag that had a suitably non-serious approach to old cars, with plenty of rust, scrapyard pics etc. Maybe it did nowt that practical classics wasnt already doing but it always seemed more colourful and varied. It was a great mag, I might dig out a few copies and scan a few bits in.

 

 

Edit - of course Jalopy was legendary and has had no equal apart from the short-lived Original Tin of course.

I agree, Your Classic was excellent but did anyone else read Real Classics?

Brought to you by half of the Jalopy team?

On a slightly different tangent has anyone seen the documentary on Mark Williams of Jalopy fame on the Crime and Investigation network?

[Richard]

On a slightly different tangent has anyone seen the documentary on Mark Williams of Jalopy fame on the Crime and Investigation network?

No I haven't, how does he qualify for that?

[IanF]

What about 'Your Classic' magazine? For me that was the first classic car mag that had a suitably non-serious approach to old cars, with plenty of rust, scrapyard pics etc. Maybe it did nowt that practical classics wasnt already doing but it always seemed more colourful and varied. It was a great mag, I might dig out a few copies and scan a few bits in.

 

 

Edit - of course Jalopy was legendary and has had no equal apart from the short-lived Original Tin of course.

I used to like that - thought it was a bit more accessible than Practical Classic

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Your Classic was indeed a very good mag, and most were sad to see it go. Officially it was merged with Classic and Sportscar but in reality it was axed in 1994. The reason it went is because in 1994, it didn't do the numbers that Mr Haymarket expected of it. Those numbers today would ensure it's survival. I think there's room for it today - Practical Classics seems to be run by hippies and misfits these days and it's a bit lightweight.

[warren t claim]

On a slightly different tangent has anyone seen the documentary on Mark Williams of Jalopy fame on the Crime and Investigation network?

No I haven't, how does he qualify for that?

He did time for laundering drug money. Apparently he got a bit lovestruck and was talked into it by his girlfriend. He was very frank and honest about it in the documentary though.

[VWPowered]

what by doing lines on the table with a fresh one of these