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Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS SO FASCINATING ABOUT CAR MAGAZINES?


WHAT TYPE OF MAGAZINES ARE INCLUDED ON THE WEBSITE?

SCOPE INCLUDED EXCLUDED
Publishing Frequency Monthly, every other month, quarterly, annual Weekly, every other week
Country United States All others
Target Readers Consumers, hobbyists, racers Service & parts, manufacturing organizations, repair shops, etc.
One-shots, limited series and annuals Performance-oriented New cars and general automotive
Make & model specific Corvette, Mustang All other marques including club newsletters & magazines
Other considerations Rare & obscure; significant print volume; vintage motorsports Newspaper or newsprint style; current motorsports

HOW IS WEBSITE CONTENT ORGANIZED?


WHY IS THE WEBSITE CALLED 99WSPEEDSHOP?
I grew up in various rural and smaller cities in Oregon. As both a teenager and adult, I loved cars and mechanical devices. My homes growing up were on Oregon Highway 99W. I learned the pleasure and fun of driving this two lane highway in cars of my youth -- Chevy Novas, Impalas and Chevelles, and Pontiac GTOs and Trans Ams. It is Oregon's equivalent of the "Mother Road".


DO YOU OWN ALL THE MAGAZINES SHOWN ON THE WEBSITE?
Gosh, no!! My wife would kill me or would bury me under all of them!! We own many older hot rod and muscle car titles, and the rest come from the internet and readers who submit images.


DO YOU BUY AND SELL MAGAZINES?
We occasionally buy complete collections to add to our library, and we help our readers who want to buy a specific issue that we happen to have. But this is infrequent and informal. The site is intended to be non-commercial. We also keep this digital library free of advertising.


WHAT A HERCULEAN TASK!! HOW MUCH FARTHER DO YOU WANT TO GO?
My friend Robert E. Lee has been cataloguing car magazines and books for forty years -- see his lists HERE. His list of U.S. titles over the last century is over 6,500.

I have listed about 310 titles (not counting annuals and one-shots), and my collection process is starting to slow due to lack of access to rare titles and hard-to-find images. If my forecasting is accurate, I'll eventually top out at around 34,000 images and 320 titles.

This website, then, will be my small gift to those of us on this planet that love performance vehicles!