| Every car enthusiast at some point or another | | | | in anything other than a tatty, worn state. Old car |
| has bought themselves a car magazine. In the | | | | publications sometimes meet an unhappy end at |
| same way that record collectors and music lovers | | | | the hands of rodents with a craving for the |
| buy old copies of the NME and Melody Maker, car | | | | printed word or simply just degrade over time |
| lovers seek out old car magazines such as | | | | from poor storage. For old car magazines to |
| Practical Motorist, Motor Sport and Motor Trader. | | | | survive intact they will need special treatment and |
| There's a certain joy in skimming through the | | | | care when transported during a clear out or |
| pages of old car mags and not only seeing the | | | | house move. |
| models of the day in reviews and articles but also | | | | Some collectors of old car magazines might |
| looking at the advertising from that era, it's | | | | simply stick to a single publication or a particular |
| always interested to stumble across a classic | | | | era so if you're lucky enough to find someone |
| article about a beloved, classic car. | | | | who's letting an entire collection go you might just |
| It's very exciting to find old car magazines in good | | | | have a fantastic lot of a certain motoring |
| condition for sale on online auctions sites such as | | | | magazine; usually their value is based on their |
| eBay because magazine by their very nature are | | | | scarcity and condition. If you're buying online in |
| first bought, read through then ultimately throw | | | | bulk make sure you can collect the magazines in |
| away or passed onto friends and family. These | | | | person as your precious magazines may be |
| types of magazines nearly always end up as | | | | damaged in transit if the seller has inadequately |
| bathroom fodder even before they end up in the | | | | packaged them. |
| rubbish so it's very rare to find old car magazines | | | | |