Hop Up Magazine (Jan 1952) | Vintage Hot Rod Racing Zine | Illustrated Car Culture & Speedboat News
$18.00
This is the January 1952 issue of Hop Up, Vol. 1, No. 6, a 15 cent hot rod and speed magazine with a yellow and black cover showing a motorcycle racer, the number 74 race car, and the 3P speedboat.
The pages are intact with some tanning, and the covers show creasing, edge wear, spine wear with small tears, and rounded corners, as the listing says.
Inside you get Barney Navarro's What is One Horsepower?, the Morrison's Roadster photo feature, a What d'you think? reader page, speedboat and drag race coverage, and period ads from Offenhauser, Weld, Huth Muffler Co., Mallory, and Bell Auto Parts, with a Newhouse Automotive Industries ad on the back cover. The cover line reads Yank Breaks European Speedboat Records, see page 18.
Details
- Item: Softcover magazine
- Title: Hop Up, January 1952, Vol. 1, No. 6
- Author: Various. What is One Horsepower? is by Barney Navarro
- Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
- Publisher: Not confirmed from photos
- Publication Year: 1952
- Edition and Printing: Vol. 1, No. 6, January 1952 issue
- Format and Binding: Softcover magazine. Binding style: Not confirmed from photos
- Dust Jacket: None, magazine
- Genre: Hot rod and automotive magazine
- Language: English
- ISBN: None shown
- Dimensions: 8 x 6 inches, per the listing
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- The yellow and black cover stays bold.
- The pages are intact and readable.
- The photo features and period ads read clearly.
Issues / Wear
- Spine wear with small tears.
- Rounded corners, with creasing and edge wear on the front and back covers.
- Tanning to the pages from age.
- A slight musty odor typical of vintage paper.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual item you will be receiving.
This January 1952 Hop Up brings you early hot rod journalism, speedboat news, and period speed shop ads, and it suits a shelf of car culture history. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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