Much missed magazines. Feel free to add.

[lancashireclamper]

I loved UMG as well, always fantastic and made me lust after 2 wheeled shite

 

There was very briefly a four wheeled equilalent called 'Original Tin' which turned up a couple of years ago. I bought issue 1, thought it was fantastic and subscribed, then it disappeared after they had sent me 2 copies of issue 2

 

I'm guessing that Dollywobbler was one of the contributers

Yeah, I was a contributor to OT, and Peter of this parish was the mastermind behind it. Sadly, breaking into publishing is far from easy, though I think Peter still hopes to resurrect OT in one form or another.

 

Problem is, to keep a mag going, you need advertising, and when you're preaching to a market full of people who buy cheap shite and look after it themselves, it's hard to get advertisers in.

 

That said, I loved Original Tin because it was a big two-fingers up to the general classic press as it didn't have to woo advertisers, and so could say what it liked and steer away from commercial classics like MGBs and TRs.

 

Original Tin is still available apparently, (hope so anyway or else I've just wasted two quid )

 

http://www.originaltin.co.uk/ot.php?id= ... rospective

[Dave7601]

Used Motorcycle Guide.

 

It was a right laugh, full of tales from people who'd ridden Cossacks/Urinals/CZs/MZs and the like for hundreds/thousands of miles. Their used bike guide was always worth a read as they never pulled any punches.

 

Mind you, for pure comedy factor Parker's Guide takes some beating.

Not all of those tales were true,UMG used to pay £25 a time for readers stories and they did unknowingly publish more than one ficticious story of bikes that the writer had never even owned

[Station]

The 'old' Retro Car magazine! Before it turned terrible!

[155V6]

I used to get Chrome & Flames,a European custom magazine,in the early '90s.There were some strange cars in there

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Richard lent me some 'Real Classics' magazines, they are pretty good. Along the same low-budget lines as Jalopy but with more regular 'classic' cars, buying guides, etc. One of my favourites is a feature on a scruffy Austin A60 still being used and abused by a tradesman in the late '90s! (should scan that one) Shame RC didn't last.

[Formula Autos]

Richard lent me some 'Real Classics' magazines, they are pretty good. Along the same low-budget lines as Jalopy but with more regular 'classic' cars, buying guides, etc. One of my favourites is a feature on a scruffy Austin A60 still being used and abused by a tradesman in the late '90s! (should scan that one) Shame RC didn't last.

I used to get this (when I could find it). IIRC they restored a crusty 504 pick-up, didn't they?

 

The buying guides were good as well, just not as useful as they could have been - they struggled to print meaningful photos of the trouble/rot spots they were warning you about.

 

To top it all, Real Classics felt as if it was printed on strong bog roll.

 

Great mag. Mine were bonfired (not by me, I might add) many years ago, otherwise I'd be flicking through them now instead of typing this.

 

I always felt it would have been better in the A5(ish) format of Jalopy though.

[Richard]

It was a 404 "Light Lorry" they restored IIRC.

[mattblack]

I think I've got all 10 or 11 issues of 'Real Classics in the loft, the free badge is still taped to the cover of No.1... I sent of for a subscribtion just as they stopped publishing it. I remember my joy when they they did a Peugeot 504 buying guide as I had mine at the time and other magazines pretty much ignored stuff like that.