end of retro cars magazine...
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Hi all

After not receiving my subscription this month I rang the publishers to quiz the matter...

Turns out Retro Cars Magazine is no longer being printed now

Damn shame, it some great odd-ball cars were featured, and this years Retro and Classic cars show was a great day out too!

Tim



p.s apologies if this has already been pointed out, i did do a search first...

89' Metro Turbo
157 BHP , 170 lb ft @ 15psi .... So far....
Mikeanics Rolling Road
WINNER OF RETRO CARS SHOW BEST 80's MODIFIED CAR

I thought it had...

I didn't take out a subscription 5 months back as the mag was getting thinner and thinner which means only one thing!

Alex

AlexF

Yes mate it was a sad day when i had the email a few months back saying that retro car and J TUNER! was closed down, i'm now out of work lol.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

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J tuner as well?

why have they closed? was it to do with the move to the new publisher?
I liked retro cars, it started off great, but as of last year it was getting worse and worse so that i stopped buying it

AlexF

Yeah they sent me a cheque with the remaining subscription money they owed me :( i assume the show will be the same though?

The show is being run by Santa Pod now, and is just 'Retro Day' not C.A.R.S.

Lets hope its as good this year then as it has been the last 3

Phew, thats good to here that they've kept the show going, thats got to be one of the best of the year!

Edited by matty on 16th Jan, 2007.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Its good to know the show will continue under the management of Santa Pod, this years C.A.R.S was my favourite of the show season :)


Tim

89' Metro Turbo
157 BHP , 170 lb ft @ 15psi .... So far....
Mikeanics Rolling Road
WINNER OF RETRO CARS SHOW BEST 80's MODIFIED CAR

Well Nic i believe. that as future publishing is a massive company, that they just had a clear out of the mag that weren't maybe making them as much money as the rest of the fleet, as there are so many over heads at future they need to make a big profit to cover it all.

To add another one to the list is Total BMW.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Shame to see such a good read disappear, but at least there's still PPC. I've read that ever since the pilot mag "RPM" that came free with Practical Classics

i HATE ppc

All it ever is, is some whining winge bag fitting throttle bodies and brakes to his crapi

I did subscribe but didnt renew it as it was the same thing over and over again and very few projects ever seem to finish.

i.e. i bought issue 2, and in those early issues a new set of brakes were being fitted to the crapi, he must of changed his mind on the set several times over the year. I bought it when jim was in there and yet again another set of brakes were going on the car

nothing in there seems to be of interest to me

I find PPC the only interesting car magazine.

I'm with Slater, it's the only one I'll by with my own money rather than take a quick read in WHSmiths. Only buy the Mini Mag once every six months or so to make sure I have upto date numbers and a reasonably idea of what is available.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

ive found that in all mags ive bought in the past like, sea angler, practical photo, mini mag/world ect.

they all after a year start to repeat themselfs with the odd different feature.

i just browse now, like the rest of the uk, the mags have only got them selves to blame but good and different content in the you will sell mags not the usal dross.

i know in alot of car mags most car feature have no real story behind them because the bloke or women who ownes it just got some one to do the work and the part with dosh and hey presto a bling car with a big ice pack in the boot.

admittly most on here do the most work themselves which i think always makes a better story, at least they can say well i ported the head, built the engine and box ect.

thats my bit any way.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph