Rex Wyer Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 In the March issue of Practical Classics which dropped through my letterbox yesterday is an excellent article on the restoration of Mike Hazlewoods TR4A. Very interesting and congratulations to all who produced the article, and especially to Mike for all the hard work it must have taken to do the restoration.. Rex Wyer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike3739 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 A great read. Cheers Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 The car was on the TR Register's stand at the Classic Car Show at the NEC in November - very interesting, and a unique TR. But how is it that on 17th January Rex receives, by post, the March issue of Practical Classics - the publishing world is completely bonkers! Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Car Show at the NEC in November - very interesting, and a unique TR. But how is it that on 17th January Rex receives, by post, the March issue of Practical Classics - the publishing world is completely bonkers! Ian Cornish Makes me wonder how many shopping days to Christmas. AlanR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Wyer Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 The car was on the TR Register's stand at the Classic Car Show at the NEC in November - very interesting, and a unique TR. But how is it that on 17th January Rex receives, by post, the March issue of Practical Classics - the publishing world is completely bonkers! Ian Cornish Hi Ian, I have had Practical Classics and Classic & Sports Car mags for some time now and pay by DD twice yearly. They are both delivered about 6 weeks before the published date. Its a pity that the Lottery results for the following week are not included, or I would have a stable of TR5's in the garage Regards Rex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Pic? Menno Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saffrontr Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Menno, scan of the front cover showing Mike and TR from the March Practical Classics follows cheers Derek Edited January 24, 2015 by saffrontr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianhoward Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I wouldn't mind reading that - unable to get the mag as stuck away at sea!!! ...any chance of a scanned copy of the article anyone? :-) Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saffrontr Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Ian, send me an email to saffrontr6@btinternet.com cheers Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianhoward Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Many thanks Derek - email sent... Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
saffrontr Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hi Ian, Still waiting for your email. Maybe something to do with ship to shore. Hopefully you didn't use one of my old addresses, in particular the TR Register one which I stopped using a while as I was getting circa 20 emails a day from Chinese traders offering me starter motors, alternators, and the like. I will check again later. cheers Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel Triumph Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thank you for the kind words about the feature on Mike's 4A, I'm pleased to know you enjoyed it. I wrote the piece and the stunning photos were taken by award-winning photographer Matt Howell. Mike was a great subject for the magazine, always helpful, patient and quick with the kettle during our photo shoot. This was my first big feature for Practical Classics, so it was a very pleasant surprise to find Mike's TR centre of the front cover! The magazine will be out on the newsagents' shelves next week, subscribers probably get it a little earlier by post. If you can't get to the newsagent but have an Android tablet, it should be available on Google Newsstand and I think there's an iPad version too. As for calling the issue published late January "March", there's a reason. It goes something like this... If the issue on the shelves in February was called the "February issue", by half way through the month prospective purchasers would look at it and think "the March issue will be out soon so I'm going to wait for that". Sales would fall as a result. Of course if sales fell, the cost of producing each copy would rise so the price would go up. It's just marketing psychology and all the magazines do it, none can afford to be left out. Nigel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peejay4A Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I got a copy in Sainsbury's yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 As for calling the issue published late January "March", there's a reason. It goes something like this... If the issue on the shelves in February was called the "February issue", by half way through the month prospective purchasers would look at it and think "the March issue will be out soon so I'm going to wait for that". Sales would fall as a result. Of course if sales fell, the cost of producing each copy would rise so the price would go up. It's just marketing psychology and all the magazines do it, none can afford to be left out. Nigel Gone are the days when Motor Sport magazine, controlled by it's idiosyncratic owner Wesley Tee and Editor Bill Boddy, was only available on the shelves on the first working day of any respective month. If the 1st of the month was a Sunday it came out on Monday the 2nd without exception. Dave McD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EdwinTiben Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Menno, scan of the front cover showing Mike and TR from the March Practical Classics follows cheers Derek Very nice to see ! special car too. You have some interesting photos on your Photobucket, esp the police tr4's. I took the liberty to paste the links in the tr4 police car topic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Superaquarama Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Gone are the days when Motor Sport magazine, controlled by it's idiosyncratic owner Wesley Tee and Editor Bill Boddy, was only available on the shelves on the first working day of any respective month. If the 1st of the month was a Sunday it came out on Monday the 2nd without exception. Dave McD Yeah, those were the days ! It always seems pretty stupid with them wishing everyone a happy Christmas in October ! I always assumed that the mags. were trying to get the jump on each other by being the first on the news-stands, I'm pretty sure that when Classic Cars began and had the field to itself this wasn't the case. Before then, Motor Sport and Exchange & Mart were really the only source of ads for interesting cars, other than the odd Bugatti or Hispano in Autocar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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