fatharris Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Wasn't sure if this was worth posting in a separate thread but I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere. Retro Cars has been gone under new editorship and has been re-jigged into what I feel is a brilliant magazine focussing on Shite - the features of the first one include a bubble stealth Rover 200 with a turbo and crusty arches, a Peugeot 106 buyers guide, and 90s sales rep special features. Even our own DollyWobbler gets a page at the back! I think we all need to get behind a magazine like this to keep it going. I've actually subscribed to it - the first time I've ever subscribed to a magazine. C'mon folks, let's support this magazine that has been aimed squarely at us! I know this seems like an ad post, but the editor is a top bloke and serial shiter. My annual subscription was £21.99 for the year and came with a cheapy socket set that's gone in Herman's boot. Win-win! Split_Pin, strangeangel, Angrydicky and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I think I’ll follow that, looks a good readable magazine. I fell out with reading Car Mechanics a while back, the ‘buyers guides’ were really badly researched and didn’t offer anything beyond what you would look at on any car. Shep Shepherd and fatharris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Just subscribed. For 22 squid it's got to be worth a look. Hopefully it will go with my Classic Van and Pickup subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 £22 is cheap for a subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Does anyone off here work/write for them? I know we have a few on here that write for some mags, without mentioning the 2CV driving hippy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Main editor/contributor is Craig Cheetham, not sure if he's on here, but he's well known in MGRover circles as well as gaining a bit of a reputation for being a Battersea Dogs home for unloved MGRs - one feature is a project ZS he got for free off someone's driveway There's also input from Tom Barnard and Sam Skelton. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I believe Captain Slow writing under his pseudonym Sam Skelton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Could this be the 21st century Jalopy? Shep Shepherd, Bamboocarman, ProgRocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 That does look worth a read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I'd gone off reading mags but this does look good. Think I'll get a subscription as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I'm naturally biased, but I reckon it's definitely the right mag at the right time. Very pleased to be associated with it. catsinthewelder, spike60, They_all_do_that_sir and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 ahhhh look at that little hand fatharris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 4 hours ago, sierraman said: £22 is cheap for a subscription. Yes, but you only get 6 issues for that as it comes out every 8 weeks. I already subscribe to PC plus 2 other monthly mags so would be hard to squeeze in another. Might pick one up and have a look when I see it on a shelf though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DialATune Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Sixteen pounds something (I have the worst memory) for a digital sub. I couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Sounds right up my street. Next time I'm in town, I'll see if Smith's stocks it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Mine didn't, but the local Esso station did, so it's luck of the draw. Worth the hunt though, I'd say! Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Been to my local WH Smiths, didn’t have it. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privatewire Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Coincidentally got an email this morning inviting me to subscribe, so I've done it. It does look like a 21st Century Jalopy ( if you squint a bit) Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Looks good, a worthy successor to the smallest dullest motor mag.. tooSavvy and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I’ve picked one up... Stepson has had a flick through (he got there first) and seemed to like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 To save on fuel, this may help you locate a handy retailer. https://seymour.co.uk/storefinder/ Save even that effort by buying it here: https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/issue/View/issue/RCA1811/retro-cars-jul-aug-2019 DialATune, SiC, Bamboocarman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 That Demio on the front page was bought by Craig Cheetham for the feature. He has a habit of buying his feature cars I think, I gave him a lift to an eBay purchase e46 last year while I was down getting some parts off an R8 he had. Said that was for a feature too. blguy1975 that posts on here sometimes bought the Demio off him recently. fatharris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 1 hour ago, dollywobbler said: To save on fuel, this may help you locate a handy retailer. https://seymour.co.uk/storefinder/ Save even that effort by buying it here: https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/issue/View/issue/RCA1811/retro-cars-jul-aug-2019 Result! My local Smith's stocks it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Following a good read of the first half and a flick through the rest, I think I’ll subscribe for that price! fatharris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulscavalier Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 We need a magazine like this . Hopefully with some overlooked cars. I did have high hopes for modern classics but didn’t really turn out how I thought. At the moment it’s practical classics on my read list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I'm well out of the habit of buying current magazines, but that looks like it will be worth a look. Our equivalent of something like Youngtimers? Craig Cheetham bought a Bluebird off me some years ago. Not sure what happened to it, be nice to think it's stashed away somewhere but I suspect it ended up on the banger track somewhere...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter C Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Had to go to Beaconsfield services to get my copy but well worth it. First impressions are that content is great. Hopefully the journalism is up to scratch. I like the content of Practical Classics but the writing is hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Bagged the only copy in the Southend branch of Smith's. Enjoying it so far, so I think I'm going to buy it regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 17 hours ago, dollywobbler said: To save on fuel, this may help you locate a handy retailer. https://seymour.co.uk/storefinder/ Save even that effort by buying it here: https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/issue/View/issue/RCA1811/retro-cars-jul-aug-2019 Have you got a link for the subscription? If it's only 22 quid for a year, cheap enough to give it a go. Probably spent more than that in petrol today while driving to see the in-laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I subscribe to Modern classics,that has turned into Porsche and sportscar monthly. I may give this a look,and the petrol station i have to drive past on my way home from work stock it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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