Ford Anglia steering Victor decoke in Car Mechanics Mag

Car Mechanics magazine.

Issue: May 1969.

Car Mechanics magazine is a United Kingdom publication that was published post-war for the thrifty motorist. At the time the cars featured were new on the road, but now they'd rightly be regarded as classics. As the magazine was devoted to the home motorist, the cars were very much of the bread-and-butter variety; Austin, Ford etc. family runabouts. The articles are pretty similar to those you get in Practical Classics today - indeed for many features there would be no difference; fettling the brakes on an A40 then would be no different to fettling them today. I'd go further and state that these magazines featured technical skills that are sorely lost amongst many mechanics these days - most cars now are repaired by simply plugging them into a computer; where's the skill in that?

These magazines really are from a different era - from when women were always passengers and wore skirts with beehive hair styles, and the men were either greasy mechanics in overalls, or pipe smoking in suits. Oddly enough, some of the covers depict men going on journeys in pairs, so perhaps times were more enlightened than originally thought!

These magazines are part of my own collection that I'm thinning down - have you any idea of the sheer volume of space that almost 25 years worth of magazines occupies??

This particular issue has features on:

• Period adverts.
• Better body.
• Engine efficiency.
• Anglia steering.
• Jaguar Mk II 2.4 3.4 3.8.
• Beetle boost!
• Vauxhall Victor decoke.
• Herald sills. 
• Tricks of the trade.
• Cut costs.

I only sell magazines that are in good, as read condition. No missing articles or ripped pages. If you're not happy, then return it for a refund. Please bear in mind that these particular magazines are 50 years old.... like me, they're a bit worn around the edges.

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