Help with finding a magazine feature REVS or MAX POWER

[skylinedave]

Basically I'm trying to find two separate magazine features from old cars magazines , two specific articles on cars i wanted so so badly back in the day .

The first was a Lhasa green golf gti , the story was something about 2 or 3 lads that owned it , perhaps brothers . The story was something about racing it na d getting smacked up the back end then repairing it . I can remember it being somewhere up north and the lads wearing bomber jackets in the pictures .

Does that ring a bell with anyone who has a pile of mags as i want to know which one it is so i can buy it .

Second one I'm pretty sure was in max power , a double car feature a mk3 and a mk2 golf . The mk3 might have been a pinkish colour and the mk2 was blackberry metallic i think . I'm sure it was around the time of the beige mk1 with a ralleye front and the mk 2 with a rallye front ?

Anyone got a idea ?

[skylinedave]

Bump

[vertex]

I remember a beige mk1 vr6 from awesome gti with a blue g60 powered cab by deuchcar fitted with a g60 front with the owners doing a bit of a beach scene complete with beach balls & flippers. Don't forget performance vw mag as another option as I remember a green golf that had the green tinted rear lights

[skylinedave]

It was a green mk1 that had been painted a different shade of green - I'm sure it was revs or max power . The second two cars were deffo in a double feature in max power , may have been on the cover .

[vertex]

The thing that's annoying me with this thread is I had a sh#t load of mpowers, revs & pvw & others that I had collected/saved over the years going back from 1986.
after years & years of earache off the Mrs I skipped them all last year, I'm sure I kept a few back so will have a mooch & see what I can find.

Found some pics I had taken before I binned them of some of the mags I had.

A bit pic heavy but something may stand out for you. As i mentioned I will try to find my hidden stash ?

[armour]

Green mk1 was a G60 running Borbet C's?

I'm sure I still have that Max Power at my parents house, will dig it out and scan it in next time I'm over.

[skylinedave]

Yes that might be it , i cannot remember what engine it had until you mentioned that . Cheers thats great !!

[willg]

Oct 19, 2015 0:18:58 GMT vertex said:

The thing that's annoying me with this thread is I had a sh#t load of mpowers, revs & pvw & others that I had collected/saved over the years going back from 1986.
after years & years of earache off the Mrs I skipped them all last year, I'm sure I kept a few back so will have a mooch & see what I can find.

Found some pics I had taken before I binned them of some of the mags I had.

A bit pic heavy but something may stand out for you. As i mentioned I will try to find my hidden stash ?

Sorry to derail this thread, but do you have any stickers left?

[robson3022]

I think the first one was my mates car. I'll investigate and find out.

[vertex]

Willg, soon as I get some time I will have to have a rummage to see if I did save a few mags & if they included stickers.
Will let you know...

[BT]

The sudden realisation of why I loved max power as a youngster. You got to ogle naked lady's and tell disapproving onlookers that you were only ever interested in the cars.







It was a down right dirty lie.

[vertex]

Oct 19, 2015 21:04:43 GMT BT said:

The sudden realisation of why I loved max power as a youngster. You got to ogle naked lady's and tell disapproving onlookers that you were only ever interested in the cars.







It was a down right dirty lie.

And the not beating around the bush (no pun intended)questions like spit or swallow, pink or brown....

[BT]

Geeeez! I forgot that! Now you mention it I totally remember.

Those were the days.

[bryn]

Ahh Revs, fun times and bad pay. That's me driving the red Mk4 Golf... Lowest selling issue at that time, think it was about 35K. Kind of figures mags dream about now.

[skylinedave]

I did like revs a lot but only the early/ middle stuff really , it was a refreshing change when it came out !!

I wanted so many cars from it , that white mk2 with a zetec , the orange mk2 done as a prize givaway , that blue mk1 gti 16v owned by the surf dude ......

[ThePollitt]

Oct 20, 2015 18:36:11 GMT skylinedave said:

the orange mk2 done as a prize givaway ,

That was a genuine Harrier. I still wind Jim (the ex-editor) up about that at least once a month.



Chris

[skozra]

Used to buy so many car magazines during the late 80s and through the 90s, but had totally lost all interest in them by the early 00's. Max Power, I used to get that - had a large yellow "Max Power" sticker that I placed on the inside of the rear window of the 2.8i Capri I had some twenty years ago .... god I still miss that sticker, it's the one thing I wish I'd kept.

[skylinedave]

Oct 21, 2015 14:40:34 GMT ThePollitt said:

Oct 20, 2015 18:36:11 GMT skylinedave said:

the orange mk2 done as a prize givaway ,

That was a genuine Harrier. I still wind Jim (the ex-editor) up about that at least once a month.



Chris

It was not worth anything much at that point was it ? My how things change - a lot !!

 Am i right in thinking i saw a article in revs ridiculing ' Fatstock' involving a Astra doing burnouts on top of meat pies ? HA ha aha ha  .

[retroade]

Which one had spoof articles by Spliff Needle', who was apparently ' 'kin ace at wheelspins on the Old Kent Road'? I think it was Revs.

The beige mk1 Golf is possibly my mate Pat's car, I know it featured in at least one mag.

The best bit about Max Power was planning your dream build from all the bits on sale in the ads. It's a good job I was skint back then or god knows what monstrosity I would have built.

[oldskoolmat]

I think the title for the feature on the green mk1 golf was"the cheesy rat",bit can't remember why