How do you keep all your magazines?

mmcporter · #1 12-26-2006, 07:55 PM

Like many of you, I have a huge collection of car magazines spanning many decades. I'm wondering if any of you have come up with an innovative way to store and access your magazines. My lovely wife isn't quite as excited or tolerant of the inevitable clutter created by these magazines. I've resorted to stashing them in Rubbermaid tubs in the attic for now. Any ideas?

Happy new year to everyone.

Best,

**SS427** · #2 12-26-2006, 09:12 PM

I keep my 2000-3000 plus in those clear plastic totes. They hold about 200 each if I recall and keeps them nice and dry and square.
Rick

**tom406** · #3 12-26-2006, 10:02 PM

I'm starting to question "WHY DO I KEEP ALL MY MAGAZINES". I know they're a resource and have helped me gain much of my knowledge, but I feel a purge coming on. I sometimes stare at the boxes and realize that I haven't consulted a May '85 Car Craft or June '92 Street Rodder in the last 10 years and likely never will.

I don't take this lightly. I've kept almost all of my car magazines since my first issue of HOT ROD given to me at age 6 by my postman grandfather in 1975. It was an undeliverable copy (label fell off). I still have it. But as my stuff competes for space with my now 3 kids and their stuff, I'm starting to re-evaluate. This was almost taken care of back in the early 90's when I was storing them in my Grandfather's attic while I was in college and his house was struck by lightning(!). The resulting fire was quickly broght under control, and the magazines survived and followed me to Seattle and to the boxes in my house.

I guess I've been through this before. 10 years ago I decimated my small collection of Playboys. All the while my inner 12 year old was screaming "You moron! Those are full of beautiful women! Do you know how many years we dreamed of having a box of magazines like that!" I tried to tell him that I had a real girl now, but he was too distraught to listen........

As for the actual storage, I like the plastic sleeve/cases packed tightly to keep things square. Tall shelves bolted to the wall to let you stack them vertically, without having to unpack 1000 magazines to get to the one you want.

CamarosRus · #4 12-26-2006, 10:29 PM

Not an interesting point to you magazine collectors......But I am considering removing specific articles that I want to keep and placing them in three ring binders with some kind of index or table of contents for future reference..........

**firstgenaddict** · #5 12-26-2006, 10:50 PM

I have been thinking about scanning and then creating PDFs of the whole magazine... I have started with one or two... but damn is it time consuming.

**Dave Rifkin** · #6 12-26-2006, 11:41 PM

I keep them in a large box up in the attic. I refuse to throw them out since I did that a few times and wish I had never done that. I had an original Motion Performance catalog that I threw out among other great old car magazines that had ads and write ups for some really special cars. I kick myself everytime I think about it.

55chevy · #7 12-26-2006, 11:58 PM

mine are all in plastic sleeves in 3 ring binders.. 12 mags/1 year per binder.. organized in order sitting on bookshelves library style. Makes it real easy to get to any particular issue and to see what I have and don't have.

**MosportGreen66** · #8 12-27-2006, 01:18 AM

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mine are all in plastic sleeves in 3 ring binders.. 12 mags/1 year per binder.. organized in order sitting on bookshelves library style. Makes it real easy to get to any particular issue and to see what I have and don't have.

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I have the same set up as Ed. Mine are in five inch, three ring binders. They hold twenty-four magazines nicely. The magazines are stored in plastic sleeves from Office Max or Staples. I put mine together in two year increments. With my Hi-Po cars and Speed and Super Cars, those are broken up into brand specific binders while others are grouped by category like "drag racing" or "vintage speed part catalogs." I was never a fan of the plastic tote boxes because I reference and read my vintage magazines on a frequent basis.

Ed, post pictures of your library

mmcporter · #9 12-27-2006, 02:24 AM

good suggestion Ed. Do you think you can sell the idea to my lovely wife?

x Baldwin Motion · #10 12-27-2006, 05:11 AM

Mine are like Ed and Dans, but color coordinated for odd and even months and years.

This guy below was not as orderly.
His name is NOT Frank Johnson.

hey! is that a March '73 National Geographic?