in the swap meet at the LA Roadsters show today, at the Pomona Fairplex, I came across 3 full sets of Hot Rod magazine... this booth had one on hand, plus some other cool stuff! The (ASKING) going rate for a complete set is 1k. No one I talked to had a buyer yet

these binders are just a display sample to grab the passerby's attention. The rest were in the trailer 

Hot Rod magazines entire run of print magazines are online in a flip format

  https://www.hotrod.com/magazines/hot-rod/3169

Jim assembled a nearly complete collection of Hot Rod magazines, from the 1st, to 2014. A couple months ago, he put it up for sale, but of course, didn't say how much he was asking. No one ever does.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9518539754858051&set=pcb.1016298887200864

I collected nearly all the regulars from mid 1949 and didn't stop holding onto them until about 2019 or so. The quality drastically fell off around 2015 or so. From 2004 to 2014 it was really fun. 

United Airlines will end the 32-year print run of it's airline-published inflight magazine at the end of this month.

Pan Am was the biggest U.S. airline of the early 50s, and in 1952, introduced the world's first airline-published inflight magazine, that was 72 years ago

The idea was a hit, and almost every other airline copied it.

The publications at Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines seem to have met their end as a result of the pandemic.

Then, in 2021, with the popularity of smart phones, tablets, I pads, an laptops, American Airlines stopped publishing a print edition of American Way, which had been around since 1966.

Now, UA stops their printed version of their magazine, Hemispheres, which started in 1992 when magazines really were picking up on popularity and becoming very popular. 

Getting rid of print magazines will reduce CO2 emissions by 13,000 metric tons, according to the same internal memo.

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/after-72-years-united-airlines-just-made-a-bittersweet-announcement-it-all-ends-this-month.html

Whatever happened to Automobile Quarterly? And why is everyone trying to replicate it, when it failed in 2012? If that, which was highly regarded, failed, then why are all the rest of the magazine companies going to 1/4erly publications?

 On Ebay, the going rate is about 2 dollars apiece, but the shipping is expensive. About half the cost of purchasing a bulk amount of books on Ebay is shipping.

If you ever wanted to read them, you're not alone, obviously a LOT of people loved Automobile Quarterly, collected them, and now? Find they have a shelf full that they will never look at again. Like most magazines, it's one and done.

I guess that's why so many people go to libraries, instead of buying books. Rarely does anyone re read a biography for example. And re read a magazine? Not likely. 

I can tell you that I've got boxes of magazines, and likely won't ever have time to look through them again, but, I have the goal of reading through the 1949-69 Hot Rods, the entire collection of Muscle Car Review (thank you Mike B!), Rodder's Journal, Hagertys, Maxim, Razor (really good but unheard of), and FHM. 

For the past 5 years or so, I've only kept Rodder's Journal, and Hagertys. I gave up on some, and some gave up on publishing. Automobile, Car Craft, Motor Trend Classic -  they all quit. Road and Track, Car and Driver? Rarely have anything interesting, it's always about Porsches, Ferrari, etc test driving new cars... who's buying a new car every month? Seems overkill when people only buy a new car every 4 to 6 years. 

So, does it make sense to buy a collection of Automobile Quarterly? I guess only if you then donate them to a museum library? It's not like you'll ever read them twice, I suppose if you can get them cheap enough, that you can sell them on Ebay for the same price? 

There are a lot more industry magazines in the construction trade than I would have guessed, from used equipment sales, to how to improve businesses and increase expansion and better methods

 

the founder of Lens Crafters has one of the largest collections of motoring magazines in the world

Dean Butler was born in Pennsylvania, started off his working life at Procter & Gamble, and although he gained his degree in chemistry, he founded optical giant LensCrafters, sold it and moved to the UK to create Vision Express.

He bought an MG TD at age 16, and 60 years later, still has it! 

he has also collected a couple cars, some you may have heard of:

  Louis Chiron’s 1931 Monaco GP-winning Bugatti Type 51;

  one of the three Allard-Cadillac JRs that raced at Le Mans in 1953; 

  an ex-factory Maserati 8CTF, which also won the Pikes Peak hill climb in 1948 driven by Louis Unser

and the four wheel drive Miller

His brother Don runs the car restoration business Zakira’s Garage in Cincinatti, on 6219 Wooster Pike, which was begun from passion and the necessity to service their incredible collection of cars, raced in the UK under the moniker EDB Racing. 

and Zakira's specializes in Miller race cars, producing three Miller designs from scratch: the supercharged 122-cubic-inch and 91-cubic-inch fours, plus the V-16 originally intended for use in the Cord L-29.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/visiting-worlds-biggest-private-motoring-library

https://mgvr.org/FocusEvent/07/MidOhio07.html

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-2009/122/sight-sore-eyes

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a4473/shops-we-love-miller-time-64-10-roa0713/

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/06/04/tidbits1.html

How bad is "The Enthusiasts Network" aka Motor Trend magazine company? Well, did they bother telling you they'd decided to not continue printing your magazines, after asking you to extend your subscription? Money grubbing bastards just announced they are no longer printing 20 magazines

4-Wheel and Off-Road
Automobile
Car Craft
Chevy High Performance
Classic Trucks 
Diesel Power
Hot Rod Deluxe 
Jp
Lowrider
Mopar Muscle
Muscle Car Review
Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords
Mustang Monthly
Street Rodder
Super Chevy 
Super Street
Truck Trend 
Truckin’
Vette

The suits decided to tell the staffers last Friday. Yeah, JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

WTF is the deal with upper corporate assholes always making decisions to kill peoples jobs weeks before Christmas? It happens all over.

FYI, I gave up on Car Craft a couple years ago, there wasn't good content anymore. I gave up on Automobile because there was so little good content and I had too many magazines to read.
I gave up on Hot Rod Deluxe and Muscle Car Review because they wanted 40 or 50 dollars a years for a subscription, and damn it, I can't afford that much money for subscriptions anymore, the cost of gas, insurance, and rent is killing me. I don't get pay raises.
I still was subscribing to Mopar Muscle, and Autoweek, and NEITHER bothered to tell me that what I'd ALREADY PAID THEM FOR was something they decided to stop providing.

But the mfers are still printing Motor Trend. Who the eff reads that anyway?

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/motortrend-discontinuing-19-automotive-magazines

Wally Parks, the NHRA, and the magazines Wally was editorial director of ... the more I learn the less I respect them

Hot Rod Magazine Editor and Petersen Publishing Company Editorial Director Wally Parks had another little project, NHRA, enjoying similar growth under his management

The “Drag Racing’s Who’s Who,” article consisted entirely of leftover NHRA Nationals photos. Ever since Wally switched NHRA’s focus from street to ’strip in 1953, HRM, Car Craft, Rod and Custom, and even Motor Trend consistently rewarded dues-paying racers and fee-paying track operators with national exposure unavailable to nonmembers.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-rod-highlights-20-40-60-years-ago-inside-dec-1958-78-98-issues/

Not cool. 

All the covers of Modern Rod Magazine

http://99wspeedshop.com.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/modernrod.html

That's it. I'm not subscribing to Hot Rod Deluxe anymore. 40 a year, for 6 issues? Nope.

Muscle Car Review has twice as many issues, for 1/2 the cost.

Something ain't right. I pay 60 a year (or so, I can't recall exactly what) for Rodders Journal, and that coffee table book every issue is worth every penny, and I've been getting it since about the 30th issue I think (they are at issue 75 now)

But I'm done with Hot Rod Deluxe. I've subscribed for 9 years now. I'm done. They aren't doing something right to bring down the costs of the magazine, that mostly has photos from the archives. That means they are free, already owned by the company, and shot by the best of the original photographers for Hot Rod... D'Olivio, and E Rickmann

Did you know Hop Up has an online magazine as good as their hard copy mag? It doesn't have much, but it's got the same photos and main article

http://www.hopupmagazine.com

the other terrific zines you really have to try, Church, and Sunday Slacker

News flash... mass firings at Source Interlink, and magazine distribution is going down the drain

75 positions were eliminated, some good and expensive ones. Compare the cost of So Cal (El Segundo is the office location of Source Interlink) with the lower peninsula of Michigan (Ann Arbor is home to Automobile Magazine). That probably explains the trouble of being profitable in So Cal. This doesn't explain the relocation of Automobile Magazine to El Segundo, but.. it's likely they decided to move it all under one roof. Less rent and cost of two offices. http://autowriters.com/ Jean Jennings, president and editor of Automobile Magazine (a favorite of mine) opted out, was fired, or decided to not uproot her life to stay with the magazine. Since magazines aren't doing so well, it's a good time to move on.

Source Interlink Media is shuttering the print editions of Popular Hot Rodding, Rod andCustom, High Performance Pontiac, Custom Classic Trucks, 4 Wheel Drive and SUV, Mud Life, 5.0 Mustang, Modified Mustangs and Fords, Camaro Performers, GM Hi-Tech, Import Tuner and Honda Tuning. http://adage.com/article/media/source-interlink-media-folds-lays-100-employees/293469/

I can tell you Popular Hot Rodding has sucked for a while. It was pretty good last year, but I doubt I spent 10 minutes an issue the last 6 issues

Automobile's circulation in the last six months of 2013 averaged 569,671,
Print ad pages have declined 4.3% through June from the equivalent six months a year earlier, according to Media Industry Newsletter.

Motor Trend, which has a circulation of more than 1.1 million, saw ad pages fall off 15.4% during that time.

And it seems the highest ranked car websites (Autoblog, the Truth About Cars, Leftlanenews) are maybe having a bit of trouble.

The writer of the referenced article below is pretty rough on blogs, most magazine writers and publishers seem to be snobs and elitist regarding blogs vs magazines. Must be the dilution of the ad revenue, and no one feeling job security.

http://dailykanban.com/2014/05/30/the-buff-books-are-dying-and-the-car-blogs-are-right-behind-them/

One of the country’s largest magazine wholesalers officially went bust on Monday — one month after losing its largest customer. The parent of Source Interlink Distribution, which trucked magazines from warehouses to retailers for Time Inc. and others, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection after losing money for years.

While Time Inc., which publishes some of the best-read magazines in the country, like People, Sports Illustrated and InStyle, was the hardest-hit by Source’s shuttering, the entire industry felt the blow and some retailers could see a magazine shortage this summer as the industry looks for other companies to fill the void.
Source is owned by Golden Tree Asset Management, a hedge fund, with an 82 percent stake. JPMorgan owns 9.3 percent and GE Capital has a 5.7 percent stake.

The parent, Source Home Entertainment, owes Time Warner Retail Sales $53,776,843, according to court papers. Time Inc., in a filing, said it expected Source’s shutdown will decrease operating cash flows by $12 million.

Curtis Circulation Company, a national distributor for other magazine publishers, is owed $49.1 million, while CoMag Marketing Group, which is the national distributor for Condé Nast and Hearst titles, is owed $32.8 million, court filings show.

The latest Chapter 11 filing does not involve Source Interlink Media, which publishes special interest magazines including Motor Trend, Automobile and Hot Rod. Source owners had split the company in two earlier this year with separate boards.

http://nypost.com/2014/06/24/time-inc-feels-blow-after-source-files-for-chapter-11/

what interest does VW have in buying Ducati? (a great reason to read magazines, they explore issues like this that you'd never hear of anywhere else)

I think this was in Autoweek, or Car and Driver. Or Automobile Magazine... regardless, these are all great magazines, and this article is one of the examples I subscribe to each of them. 

only available on magazine racks in stores, for some reason, Source Interlink Media doesn't send these to the subscribers of Hot Rod Delux, Car Craft, or Hot Rod Magazine. I would, wouldn't you?

If you hurry, and get looking in drug stores, grocery stores, etc etc you might still get a copy of Hot Rod Delux, Best of the Best. I got the last one in CVS Pharmacy when I went today... because I was looking for Overkill. Rat Rods and not so millionaire hot rods like you'll see at GoodGuys events. This is the first issue of Overkill, and I haven't had time to read either yet.

They both cost 17 dollars and change together, it's 8 dollars apiece and tax.

and it's time again, the last issue of Elapsed Times (from the Car Craft and Hot Rod magazine people) was in August. It was great. Worth the money and the trip to a store to find one.

While you are out there, look for Street Rodder Premium too