Greetings All- I have producing as a hobby Started age 12 just turned 50 yesterday- Documenting the entire contents of car magazines (English language) from cover to cover down to page numbers not only articles but letters and cars for sale in a very comprehensive detailed index on 40 plus large Excel spreadsheets from publication date 1947 -2001 - it is still not finished - I covered car magazines from not only here in New Zealand ; and also Australia and USA - The bulk of them are from the United Kingdom - On some of more collectable classic , vintage cars i keeping a paper trail of all known surivors where they have been in terms of ownership history, club etc - Currently working through 1999 issues of Practical Classic, Jan 1989 The Automobile ; 1986-1989 Classic Cars , April 25 1975 Autocar UK; US Motor Trend and Road & Track 1999 and several others
Why is not on-line? - too expensive to put it there and too complicated?
Remit International came over 5 years ago they supposed to be the experts and they could not come up with a solution!
My speciality knowlege is Cars Post war from the UK, Australia and Europe
I also run a car magazine review service hence by name carmagreviews see site
www.carmagreviews.co.nz
The libraries around NZ nick name me the carmagman you can contact me via my site or at carmagman@hotmail.com if you question i welcome
that is more a summary of contents of each issue 2006-2012 of mainly NZ Magazines - the Kiwi publishers send the issues to me free - Overseas publishers have sadly completely ignored me - The Automotive Journalist world is bit of a closed shop ..I still keep hammering on their door
I hope in a few years to launch a CD of what i done 1947-2000 assuming i can finance it
Look forward to constructive feedback:)
Cheers Julian