How do you keep all your magazines?

[bracketracer-78]

I keep mine in copier paper boxes in my downstairs closet and my bedroom closet. I have a bunch more up in my attic in rubbermade totes. I have no idea how many magazines i have but i have been collecting them since the mid 1980's.

[Verne_Frantz]

Today, most of my magazine storage looks something like this. I bought what's called "Bankers Boxes". I put labels on them all with date spreads in come cases. I vacuum them off from time to time. I like the fact that I can get to them whenever I need them.


Starting in around '67, I set up an old Royal manual typewriter and got some 3x5 index cards and a used metal box. I sat down and went through every magazine I had at the time (and continued sitting for the next few years) and made a library of all the interesting cars that were featured.



It's funny, but with today's computer capabilities, I don't think I'd take on a project like that again. It just seemed ok at the time.

Verne

[PeteLeathersac]

Looks nice Verne but try and beat my method of scattering them around the home office, all three washrooms and the garage! . Keeping the bulk of them in deep boxes helps me weed out the unimportant searches too, but when I really need the item I'm after...surprisingly I can usually come up with what I'm looking for!? .

Why does it always seem that any mag you may reach for, no matter if you haven't seen it in a decade or more, you can almost always usually remember exactly what's on the next page...just try and remember to pick up milk on the way home though? .


~ Pete

PS - Verne...that fancy little example card there, how 'bout letting us see the '68 427/430 mag...is it an L88 in a Camaro? .

[six-corners]

Do any of you other guys buy old car magazines if you find a good deal on one, even though you might already have several copies of that issue? I was just talking to a friend yesterday and we have no good answer why we do that---several times over.

[SS427]

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Do any of you other guys buy old car magazines if you find a good deal on one, even though you might already have several copies of that issue?

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No.......I buy dozens of duplicates when offered to me as a package. I get the ones I was missing and usually give other sYc members the duplicates when they are looking for one.
Rick

[Verne_Frantz]

Well Pete,
After making it look like I was very organized, I need to tuck my head between my legs and go sit in the corner. I have a lot of magazines piled in boxes because there isn't enough room on the shelves for all of them. I went and looked through everything I could find and I could not come up with that issue. God knows where it is.... I even checked the SS&DI and SS&FX issues to make sure I didn't catalog it wrong

Verne

[mmcporter]

Two words Verne:

HOLY COW!

Great organization and record keeping.

[mmcporter]

.....The truth comes out....Time to fire up the old Royal typewriter again.

[Verne_Frantz]

As I said, I also looked through other Oct. .'68 issues of the "SS" series of mags. Found this one in SS&DI. Who would have ever thought these pictures would be in an Oct. '68 issue?????
I guess this lays to rest the theory that the car was destroyed in a towing wreck. Read the outcome!

Verne





The REALLY cool thing was that those top racers back then were flat-towing their cars all over the country (with a 4 year old base model car!) Just imagine: You're carrying "everything" you need in those two cars, then in 2 days you get it fixed and win the next race over 1000 miles away! There are no more icons in drag racing like that anymore!

[PeteLeathersac]

Really great article Verne, you're forgiven for not finding the other one...still interested if you do come up w/ it later! .

The cops '60 Chevys sure look ugly compared to our hero's fresh looking '61...still the same situation today! .

I wonder if a Police report exists w/ the Vin of the accident vehicle noted? .


~ Pete