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Jalopy magazine

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  • 19-03-2005 11:24am
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    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,327 ✭✭✭


    Anyone remember this "wonderful" publication? It was published around 1993-1994 and was a little A5 sized mag about buying, running and driving bangers. Lots of funny stories and anecdotes. I have 3 editions of it myself. I would have bought more but very few shops seemed to stock it.

    BrianD3


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    Silvera
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    I've never heard of it before ?!

    I used to buy 'Car Choice' magazine each month. It was a great mag - full of info on sechondhand cars.
    Quentin Willson (of Top Gear, Fifth Gear fame) always had an entertaining monthly page.


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    mike65
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    I've got a bunch of Jalopy mags The Book Centre in Waterford used to stock it. I wondered what happened once it went off the shelves...

    Anyway a brilliant bathroom read it had easily the best user reviews of any magazine plus loads of useful bits and pieces.

    The issues I have start with 15 then a bunch in the 20s up to 27 Jan 94 Spring edition!

    If I had a scanner I'd post the best stuff...

    Mike.


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    Alfasudcrazy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Alfasudcrazy


    These days nobody wants to be seen in a car over three years old - so its market was destroyed by the celtic tiger :rolleyes:


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    Silvera
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭Silvera


    Alfasudcrazy wrote:
    These days nobody wants to be seen in a car over three years old - so its market was destroyed by the celtic tiger :rolleyes:

    Eh, hello !.......I drive a mint 1997 Honda (40k), and proud of it too !! :)


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    ...and mines a youthful 15*! :D

    Mike

    *I feel another poll coming on!


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    green-blood
    Registered Users Posts: 610 ✭✭✭green-blood


    ford-5
    saab-14
    mini-39

    I reckon it the nct which is killiing car prices, joe soap is scared witless of anything needing repair - sure it was great in the old days (when you just didnt maintain your car)... a work mate bought a 94 ford escort for 30quid - it had failed its NCT but was a 1.6 with all the extras and clean only 70K on the clock.... it fialed on a split cv boot - motorfactor boot and two circolips and it had a ticket for 2 years.... nice


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    FirstIn
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    I was in college in Dublin the time Jalopy magazine was out, I bought quite a few and yes the car reviews were very very funny, some of the articles were just brilliant.

    I can also remember sitting eating my cornflakes as I prepared to head to college and on a breakfast tv show the editor of Jalopy was on with a fairly rough MGB explaining the virtues of owning old cars.

    Then a couple of years ago I checked on eBay and would you believe there was someone selling the complete series, all the Jalopy mags that were ever published. I had to have them and if I remember I got them for damn all. One of them even has a "I Love my jalopy" sticker!!

    Remember Skoda the Scrapyard Dog!!! Brilliant stuff.


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    gn3dr
    Registered Users Posts: 864 ✭✭✭gn3dr


    I don't remember the mag but I do enjoy following forum for some cars on a similar vein. The more retro '70's tackiness the better. There are some fabulous cars there as well though.

    http://retrorides.proboards86.com/


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,162 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Thread resurrection!


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