I am wondering if you guys still have a VW magzine?? I have seen a mag called Australian VW magazine on ebay but these are early 90's issues and a search on the web proved unsuccessful! I currently subscribe to UK, US and French VW mags and would love to see whats going on in the Aussie scene too! So is there a mag you guys have?

Rob.

I have quite a few past ones, but there is no Australian VW magazine being produced at the current time, that I am aware of.

An thats well cr*p, You guys seem to have alot of good and innovative cars! I was hoping i could get more of an insite into your scene!

If you ever want to sell any of youtr aussie mags give me a shout, they would be good to see!

So why dd the magazine stop?

Rob.

It is crap, and yes we have a lot of good cars over here. Enthusiasts here seem to develop their own way of doing things because importing stuff is so expensive.

Unfortunately (for you) I won't be selling any of my magazines, I still enjoy looking through them.

I expect the magazines may have stopped because we have a relatively (when compared to the UK or US) small VW scene over here. It probably wasn't enough to keep the magazine alive.

Its strange as altho your scene may be smaller in sixze the general quality from what i have seen so far is better! I would love to see more, maybe i sould be thinking of palnning a vw holiday to Oz as well as California!!!

Can't blame you for hanging on to your mags as i have nerver thrown a vw magazine out!! But if you hear of any up for grabs I wold be very interested

Rob.

Hehehe, so would I!!!

If you're planning a holiday here, make sure you check out when our events are on (either under Club Chat or the Events Calendars) so you get to meet heaps of us. In fact, when the aussieveedubbers.com t-shirts get into production, buy one so we all recognise you! :thumb

Col loves his mags!!

We do need an Aussie VW mag again, and unless you subscribe OS mags are hard to find. I buy mine from the large newsagencies in the city.

How would a half yearly Aussie VW mag go distributed through VW businesses such as parts suppliers, mechanics shops, clubs or by subscription? Places where dubbers frequent?

Again it's finding the people with the money and the time to get it together.

Really we would have so much content when you read through our posts and what everyone is up to around OZ, and we do have some very sweet Vee dubbs here.:rudolf

How about Aussie Vee Dubbers in print bi-yearly? Who has the time to get involved? I think we have the talent here, it's just finding those with the time and committment :thumb

[Edited on 22-12-2002 by jenz58]

What about if if you guys started an Internet based mag. I used to read a great one http://www.vwmagazine.com  but then the guy just stopped doing them! This way you could get alot of interest before you try a print version. It would be the best way to advertise it and test the water!

I would be willing to help, I'm no designer or anything tho and as i am here in old blighty I wouldnt have much to imput unless you had a column called Pommies Point

But if you need help/thoughts just let me know!!

I think also now that everyone is more aware of other scenes in different countries that it could be a success! I know of people over here that subscribe to french, german and Japanese VW magazines but they cant even speak one word of a foreign language!! They just want to see whats going on and like the pretty pictures so as the aussie mag would be in English then bingo!!

Rob.

I tried starting up a VW mag here but it's not easy when you're one person with limited finances and only two or three people will help out with pics and details of their cars. I agree that there are a lot of cars here that deserve to be featured for all to perve at and get ideas and motivation from, but I found you'd have to fly all over the place tracking these people down to take some photos and try and get some details out of them.

It would also have to be sold overseas to some extent if a larger print run was going to work. I could have done a smaller run and sold through subscription, but putting it together was going to be virtually impossible with little or no help.

Anyway, I have to support a young family, so I've got to be doing something that pulls in the dollars, not saps every cent until maybe producing money down the track.

I've been asked to edit and publish another mag on the side, so at least I'll be helping to get something VW related out to people...

The small size of the VW enthusiast market in Australia means that a 'VW only' magazine is uneconomical. It has been tried several times, and sadly each time it hasn't worked.

There is a summary of all the Australian VW magazines at:

http://www.clubvw.org.au/sorting_the_australian_vw_magazi.htm 

The best you can do is join a large VW Club. The big clubs put out excellent local magazines each month. I'm biased, but I think Zeitschrift is by far the best.

BUT surely an internet mag coud work? The costs would be relatively little and now that the online VW community is so large the interest should be good!

Rob.

Thats an interesting link Phil.
My 57 is featured in - 10. VW Action No.1 - Jan ‘96.

Would be interesting to do a where are they now on the various editors of these magazines!!

If anyone out there wants to publish a magazine and trial it online I am more than happy to donate them the space to do it.
In fact I will even help them out if they like. Maybe as a trial everyone who is interested in getting their VW's featured can post their details here.
We could even use the url http://www.magazine.aussieveedubbers.com  or similiar and tie it in with teh forum to help with getting coverage.
SO any voluteers ????

i was actually thinking of stating a bi-annual mag, and anyone that wants it subscribes over the net.. the only way to get it would be over the net.. and it has features and stuff from each event/cruise from the previous half year...

anyhow i'd be more than happy to offer my services, i'll even do the mag!

i'm up for it.

let me know.

I guess you are the man for the job then, so when is the first edition comming out and what would you like in the way of a hand ?

howzabout i get some of the old mags together and i'll get bak to you with what i need from everyone .. i think it'd be good if people could maybe write their own features on their car and put them in as well... that way it's less travelling.

plus if it gets big enough, advertising money could be put back into aussieveedubbers kitty!

but that's later...

i look forward to working with y'all

[Edited on 23-12-2002 by vdub2c]

Been there done that vdub2c... Did you read my message above? You can't rely on people to take their own photos and write their own stories, it just never happens. Nothing against Veedubbers really, thry're just too busy out playing with their cars...

I'll help share the load.
You be excited
I'll be fat

If there is anything i can do from the UK just say, I would love to get involved it would give me a real sense of achievement!!!

Rob.
:thumb

already i feel excited.

ok well i'll start organising stuff and get back to y'all in the new year with a battle plan.

sick mate

london bugger - just a thought but maybe we could have a UK correspondant

(BTW fatboy... i'm fat too!)

Yes I have bought just about every Australian VW magazine I have seen ... sometimes twice... by accident... as there was NO Date on some publoications so they could be distributed at any time until supplies were exhausted... Which was about the middle of the year... 2 Mags for the price of one... Somone had a go at a newpaper type paper magazine but it wasn't a success... But I believe Bi Yearly to start with as there are many New VW owners out there that don't know where to take their VWs for service or Parts etc... We DO NEED Something.... whether Paper or Electronic..... I am willing to write a couple of short articles on 4 Beetles.. I have helped restore... with color pics too... It seems that many VW owners don't like to talk about their VWs - face to face is OK... but not written or Emailed etc... OK Someone make the BIG decision and advertise their email address so I can get in touch with them...
It Won't Happen overnight but it WILL Happen..... Lee

i am limited to knowledge about making sites but know a little and i know how to use microsoft publisher etc!!! so any input i can i will do!!!
and if we get it running well maybe we could send out the url to printing companies and if they like it and can see something in it then maybe they could print it for us
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that would be awesome!
cheers
rhys
p.s. even if it is in news paper style

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Originally posted by vdub2c already i feel excited. ok well i'll start organising stuff and get back to y'all in the new year with a battle plan. sick mate london bugger - just a thought but maybe we could have a UK correspondant (BTW fatboy... i'm fat too!)

of an aussie vw mag :bounce i bought it in manly in 1999. it had a silver oval with a pobjoy engine featured, an inspiration for my oval

i attended a few clubveedub sydney meets (i even won a shammy leather)

i reckon if volksworld was to feature one aussie car a month it would do a lot for the scene here and there :alien

Jim

Ring Ivan McCutecheon up and tell him we need some AUSSIE content in Volksworld.

simply log on to
http://www.volkszone.co.uk 
click on forums
register
post a thread entitled

Oi IVAN - get your finger out!

and post some pictures and details of the stunning cars in aus and he will be FORCED by the pressure Volkszone can bear upon him and his to respond

in particualr i would recommend you mention the acheivements of Rod Penrose

if anyone has ANYTHING in an aussie mag on trakka conversions, PLEEEZE photocopy or scan it for me.

Jimby

yeah i meet Ivan back in 91 at the Camberg meeting before he was writing etc etc..... we were at the pub talking to some girls with 44Ds and consuming heaps of PILLs....

he knows what i mean when i saw GET YR FINGER OUUTTAA hes promosed to do a story on my car... ( of course i know who will write it.) just gotta get round to it.