Uploading old motoring magazines
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Hi, does anyone know if there are sites (archive sites) that people can or have uploaded scanned old classic and motoring magazines onto?.
Just going through (albeit very slowly) a heap classic magazines I have going back to the 80s (90% are Practical Classics). Would be a nice idea to scan them all in pdf format and put them on an hosting site, unless there's a copyright issue. Why noone's tried this I don't know. People who are trying to sell these old mags on ebay are wanting silly money for them. At least online people can view them.
Just going through (albeit very slowly) a heap classic magazines I have going back to the 80s (90% are Practical Classics). Would be a nice idea to scan them all in pdf format and put them on an hosting site, unless there's a copyright issue. Why noone's tried this I don't know. People who are trying to sell these old mags on ebay are wanting silly money for them. At least online people can view them.
I'd imagine that copies of magazines that are currently still running - so Practical Classics counts there - would have copyright restrictions.
I have kept a load of my old copies, and had a similar thing in mind. I have finally persuaded myself that, while it would be nice for someone to make sure they are kept for posterity, that someone should not be me. I do run through them all and add any identifiable registrations to a database, though, with the idea that someone who buys a car could look up the registration and see what magazines it might have appeared in, either in an article or a "for sale" advert or whatever. I know, it's tragic.
I have kept a load of my old copies, and had a similar thing in mind. I have finally persuaded myself that, while it would be nice for someone to make sure they are kept for posterity, that someone should not be me. I do run through them all and add any identifiable registrations to a database, though, with the idea that someone who buys a car could look up the registration and see what magazines it might have appeared in, either in an article or a "for sale" advert or whatever. I know, it's tragic.
How many people actually read their old magazines? Twice this year I've gone through piles of magazines and 'articles' collected over the decades and thrown out hundreds of them. Years ago some charity shops would accept them, dentists'/drs' surgeries etc but no longer. If I haven't really looked at it for 5 years, what's the point in keeping it?
Yes, I could advertise them but I can't really be bothered with the hassle; advertising, wrapping, posting and then potential 'complaints' (ooh, page 7 had a mark on it, not as advertised etc.)
Yours
Victor Meldrew
Yes, I could advertise them but I can't really be bothered with the hassle; advertising, wrapping, posting and then potential 'complaints' (ooh, page 7 had a mark on it, not as advertised etc.)
Yours
Victor Meldrew
Edited by TarquinMX5 on Tuesday 22 December 19:31
Edited by TarquinMX5 on Tuesday 22 December 19:32
droopsnoot said:
I'd imagine that copies of magazines that are currently still running - so Practical Classics counts there - would have copyright restrictions.
I have kept a load of my old copies, and had a similar thing in mind. I have finally persuaded myself that, while it would be nice for someone to make sure they are kept for posterity, that someone should not be me. I do run through them all and add any identifiable registrations to a database, though, with the idea that someone who buys a car could look up the registration and see what magazines it might have appeared in, either in an article or a "for sale" advert or whatever. I know, it's tragic.
I used go do that with Astons. Including their auction sale price still got the spreadsheet somewhere...I have kept a load of my old copies, and had a similar thing in mind. I have finally persuaded myself that, while it would be nice for someone to make sure they are kept for posterity, that someone should not be me. I do run through them all and add any identifiable registrations to a database, though, with the idea that someone who buys a car could look up the registration and see what magazines it might have appeared in, either in an article or a "for sale" advert or whatever. I know, it's tragic.
Last month when a friend was house clearing eh gave me two crates of motoring magazines dating back to the '50s. I've flicked through some of the ones on the top of the first crate and found some very interesting articles but that's all. At the moment, reading fusty old magazines, even if they're car related, is way down my list of priorities.
I also have boxes of Riley publications and many more stored on my PC, some dating back to the '30s. I hardly ever look at any of them. Unless I'm looking for specific information, they're of limited interest, flicking through the pages on a computer screen isn't like standing in WH Smiths.
I also have boxes of Riley publications and many more stored on my PC, some dating back to the '30s. I hardly ever look at any of them. Unless I'm looking for specific information, they're of limited interest, flicking through the pages on a computer screen isn't like standing in WH Smiths.
I have a reasonable collection of magazines (mostly from somebody elses hoard), I've recently bought a few late 80s early 90s 'Car Guide' types as I find them interesting and nostalgic. I'm intending to keep any Autocars I have (early 90s), probably the same with C&SC. I rarely read them, but now and again I'll grab a random one and peruse.
Personally, I've never been bothered with Practical Classics; I doubt many of those expensive ones the OP mentions on eBay get sold - I've thrown a fair amount away that I inherited.
Personally, I've never been bothered with Practical Classics; I doubt many of those expensive ones the OP mentions on eBay get sold - I've thrown a fair amount away that I inherited.
Riley Blue said:
Last month when a friend was house clearing eh gave me two crates of motoring magazines dating back to the '50s.
I'm in a similar position, a mate trying to clear space has given me some old magazines and, I believe, has more left to go. The main interesting ones for me were some from the seventies where magazines like "Motor" listed used cars for sale and I might have found an advert for one of my cars, and some kit-car and similar magazines where I was really hoping to be able to find something about that little blue car. On the latter, I was excited to find some manufacturer adverts, but when I came to check the thread pretty much all of them had been mentioned in the first few pages.I take your points, but I think the idea is nice for purely posterity reasons, reminiscing over those old classified ads when your fav classic was considerably more affordable and not a lottery winners dream that many are today. And it's nice to look at those Memory Lane photos that PC magazine featured, which seem to be lacking in the modern issues. The ones I've been looking at from the 80s and 90s are jam packed with different ads for hundreds of garages, dealers etc, many of them will have long gone out of business leaving. Looking at the magazine now it's half the thickness of what it used to be, whether the internet is the reason for that I don't know.
It's a very laborious task scanning them in believe me, especially when there's about 150 plus pages to scan using a bog standard flat bed scanner, and some magazines like C&SC are slightly larger than A4 size which means you can't fit the entire page onto the scanner bed without missing some portion of the magazine.
It's a very laborious task scanning them in believe me, especially when there's about 150 plus pages to scan using a bog standard flat bed scanner, and some magazines like C&SC are slightly larger than A4 size which means you can't fit the entire page onto the scanner bed without missing some portion of the magazine.
Jukebag said:
It's a very laborious task scanning them in believe me, especially when there's about 150 plus pages to scan using a bog standard flat bed scanner, and some magazines like C&SC are slightly larger than A4 size which means you can't fit the entire page onto the scanner bed without missing some portion of the magazine.
When I was discussing it before, someone suggested trying to hold them flat and photographing them rather than scanning them, as it might be quicker. I haven't got around to trying it yet. Square-bound magazines like C&SC and later Practical Classics are very difficult to scan nicely because of that method binding.droopsnoot said:
Jukebag said:
It's a very laborious task scanning them in believe me, especially when there's about 150 plus pages to scan using a bog standard flat bed scanner, and some magazines like C&SC are slightly larger than A4 size which means you can't fit the entire page onto the scanner bed without missing some portion of the magazine.
When I was discussing it before, someone suggested trying to hold them flat and photographing them rather than scanning them, as it might be quicker. I haven't got around to trying it yet. Square-bound magazines like C&SC and later Practical Classics are very difficult to scan nicely because of that method binding.Can photograph a whole article and upload using an iPhone in a tenth of the time
Still good enough to read as well
A local charity shop took in a few boxes of Motor and Autosport from the late 70s/early 80s when we moved earlier this year; I haven't been back since so don't know if they're up for 50p each or went into recycling.
I kept the issues where I went to the race, or motor show, or owned a car featured, or liked a car featured...but they only take up one chest of drawers.
Unlike the 20 years of C&SC. And some Octanes. And some MBenz Gazettes. And the NEC car show programmes.
Mrs L is concerned about the floorboards. Billy Bookcase is already looking a bit bowed.
I kept the issues where I went to the race, or motor show, or owned a car featured, or liked a car featured...but they only take up one chest of drawers.
Unlike the 20 years of C&SC. And some Octanes. And some MBenz Gazettes. And the NEC car show programmes.
Mrs L is concerned about the floorboards. Billy Bookcase is already looking a bit bowed.
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