[1beautifuldaughter]

Why do I feel an attachment to, and have a problem throwing away my hundreds old car magazines from early 80s on. Do I need a Phissiacahiatrest? Mostly Streetrodder, Cars and parts, Musclecar, Does anyone else have this Problem? Is there any good reason for them not to be recycled into new ones?

[Captainofiron]

I use to have HUGE stacks of them in the garage, but I went through and only marked useful or interesting articles and threw the ones that didnt have anything in them in the recycle bin

Im a packrat and it was HARD... haha

[400 4spd.]

I'm guilty. I have some from the mid 50's to late 60's that I've gotten in the past 15 years, but I started buying heavily around 71-72 and continued for many years. Funny how I can pull one out of a box after 20+ years and remember some of the feature cars and stories.
My favorite is reading over the old Hot Rod magazine classifieds. On the last couple of pages they had a section where readers could put cars for sale with black and white pics. You would see everything from Fuel Altereds and rails, to 2 year old muscle cars for under 2 grand.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

I'm guilty. I have some from the mid 50's to late 60's that I've gotten in the past 15 years, but I started buying heavily around 71-72 and continued for many years. Funny how I can pull one out of a box after 20+ years and remember some of the feature cars and stories.
My favorite is reading over the old Hot Rod magazine classifieds. On the last couple of pages they had a section where readers could put cars for sale with black and white pics. You would see everything from Fuel Altereds and rails, to 2 year old muscle cars for under 2 grand.

I too remember reading a Hot Rod reader letter asking about "I just bought a '69 Firebird Convertible Drag Car that had a BBC in it...can you tell me about the history of this car? It's vin#..."

It turned out to be one of the eight made original '69 Trans Am convertibles...

[Region Warrior]

Still have some of my dad's old Field & Streams.
My HPP since the 80's. NRA American Hunter since the 90's. Plus some others.
Been try'n to throw his out, and was gon'a send mine to troops over sea's, but cant afford shipping now.
Lots of medical bills last couple years, so guess better try'n sell'm.

[A.J.]

I love old car magazines from the 70s and 80s. Got boxes stuffed away to read on a rainy day.

[GT182]

I had all kinds of Road&Track magazines but they got tossed when we moved to Delaware. I still have my late 70s to late 90s Mustang Monthly magazines but they're all tucked away.... seeing I never got that Shelby I wanted. Even the "best and most valuable" Playboys I had from the late 60s on up are gone.

[69 DAYTONA]

...I have every car magazine, Playboy etc I have ever bought from the late 1950s till now...I throw away the trader type magazines,

[bob d]

how about my may 1965 hot rod mag bestwicks blown gto. my july 1965 july hot rod mag tiger tests 389 gto:stock vs. hot mag. thanks bob.

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Alvin

I too remember reading a Hot Rod reader letter asking about "I just bought a '69 Firebird Convertible Drag Car that had a BBC in it...can you tell me about the history of this car? It's vin#..."

It turned out to be one of the eight made original '69 Trans Am convertibles...

Alvin that's just wrong - its value just went to 0 for me unless he kept all the original parts .

[trophy421]

You are not alone. My gf says I'm a certified hoarder. I also have a lot of old car brochures. Sometimes when I see interesting old mags or brochures at a swap meet I'll buy more.

[Qball]

I like keeping my old car mags around. My wife does not. I have to stash them so she won't stumble over them and threaten to pitch them. Sometimes I feel like I'm hiding Playboys from my mom.

[GT182]

If the women knew how much these old car magazine are worth, they'd leave em alone.... maybe. They don't teach this stuff in school and it's not like you can run to any ol library and find em to read. Lots of info and history between those covers.

[Wareagle]

I've got a bunch - most for their HP Pontiac Articles like these - Pontiac power

[jetallman]

I've got all my hot rod and car craft since the 80's and HPP from way back when

['ol Pinion head]

Have prob 150 lbs of boxed '60's through early 90's car mags. About 15 years ago, a local Corvette collector gave me his Car & Drivers from the '60's into the 70's, then have about 5 years of Car & Driver ftom my subscription into the early 80's. Also have a near complete set of early ThunderAm magazines, along with several years of Guide to Musclecars, Muscle Car, MuscleCar Review, Pontiac Enthusiast, a few dozen HPP's, Many years of Smoke Signals & GTOAA Gas Can & The Legend. Quit subscribing to most in the late 90's. Occasionally have picked up an issue if there was a tech article that was of major interest.

[1beautifuldaughter]

Well I feel better , Maybe I will just leave them alone, At least I know if I need to go to therapy I won't be alone. Maybe we can all steal the the car and driver mags from the waiting room.

[fiedlerh]

Around here most go for about 2 bucks each at local swap meets. I tell the wife at least I'll get what I paid for them and she rolls her eyes and walks away.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Wareagle

Alvin that's just wrong - its value just went to 0 for me unless he kept all the original parts .

It was a early to mid '80s Hot Rod, PHR or Car Crap issue (subscribed) in the "Rodding at Random" or something like that section near the B & W For Sale section mentioned before.

As I recall, they original drive train was gone...but they did do an update later stating the car was found to be legit and under a restoration due to it's rarity... and perhaps year to 18 months later the car was show restored w a simple B&W photo...not much of a Pontiac big deal to the Magazine crew, as they were DEEP into Chebby then...

I was driving around in my 1st 2nd Gen T/A then, same as the cover car below.

[keith k]

I get probably 10 - 15 car magazines (and club magazines like Smoke Signals) a month. I used to save them all, but I've slowly cut back to a point where I only save Car & Driver (have been a subscriber since '78) and the marque specific/club stuff. The rest get pitched. Still a lot of boxes in the basement, though.

Someday they'll all likely end up at the recycler. Can't remember the last time I dug something out to re-read.