Magazines- Storage?

[Panda Matt]

This is something that has been niggling at me for a while (through the medium of my otherwise wonderful girlfriend), but has reared it's ugly head again...

This weekend, we(she) decided it was time to decorate the back room in our house. 3 of the walls were not a problem, but the 4th wall is home to our bookshelf, which as well as the hundreds of books, contains hundreds of old car magazines.

Cue 'do you really need all of those' from the GF

'Why of course- as well as the valuable technical resource they provide, they are also inspirational and help cheer me up from having to drive that dreadful pooscort' (or something similar) I replied.

So, readers of retro rides, what is the best way to keep a large magazine collection tidy and organised- at the moment, they are just piled up on top of each other roughly in chronological order. I wanted to get some magazine binders- you know, the sort you get free with a subscription, but a quick google didnt turn up anything suitable (either way too expensive, or labelled up for obscure publications)

So how do you keep yours? (easter is on the way...)

Cheeers
Matt

[tonycocacola]

wait til no ones in.stash them anywhere you know they wont look.tidy the remainder and say youve taken them to the recycling unit.
voila,should get no more agro til youve amassed another 10 years worth. ;D

[GJM]

I find hiding them under massed piles of rubbish in corners usualy helps in hiding them ;D

[Panda Matt]

;D

It's not just me that has the problem then...

I was looking at some cardboard-foldy box things, kind of triangular shaped today- thought they could work...

[Kris]

I use a box of '50s and '60s car magazines as a foot rest under my desk.

[reallyloud]

I have had the same problem.....so I keep them in my old room at my parents house.....

I have used those cardboard 'alpha' type storage boxes which are ok for long term storage, but pain in the if you do like spending rainy evenings lost in a world of 70's cars on a regular basis.

Have a look at www.viking-direct.co.uk, there might be something useful there....and don't let her bully you

[Grahamini]

I keep mine in boxes in the loft - I can spend hours up there looking at old CCC`s when I`m supposed to be looking for paint etc

[DarrenW]

I've got absolutely THOUSANDS of car mags scattered all over my room and around the house. When my girlfriend moved in I had to "rationalise" my collection a little, but despite getting rid of a pile that stood about seven foot high, I still have loads ;D

I bought a load of "Impega" branded archive files - they're cardboard boxes that hold about twenty or so mags in each, and they look a lot neater stacked nicely in the corner and on shelves. As DatsunCherry says, try Viking, I think that's where mine came from. I've got 30 boxes so far and nowhere near half my collection is boxed ;D

One day I'll get round to organising them into some sort of order, at the moment if I want a specific mag I have to spend ages opening all the boxes and looking through... Something for a wet weekend methinks!