Some pics of Classic Brochures for you

[Herman Toothrot]

I have been given a suitcase full of classic brochures. I've started photographing each page, I thought you guys in this section would appreciate seeing the brochure covers as I photo them. Heres the first few (of about 500).

[Herman Toothrot]

[a8hex]

If you are interested in old brochures then you might like

http://www.jag-lovers.org/brochures/

where you will find a lot of Jaguar ones.

[Herman Toothrot]

[Herman Toothrot]

[varsas]

Great, will be checking back. Love the 'sabre' one, looking forward to seeing the Jaguar E-type one!

[RedexR]

great to see them on here , normally I have to pretend to be looking for one at an autojumble but really just want to have an ogle !

[guru_1071]

some of those mini ones are worth a fortune, particually if they are from the first print run for the particular model

you can (IIRC) date them from the little codes on the back page.

there is one particular brocure for the 1071 cooper s that had a section that suggested that bmc where so confident that they would warrenty any breakages eeven if used in comp cars - oddly the next print run had this blanked out!

a nice collection you have there!

[Herman Toothrot]

Cheers for the info quite a few mini ones in the pile. Long old process taking pictures of each page and layout, seems to be running about 20 photos per brochure. What I'll do is put covers up here to begin with and then when I've got through the lot put up details on request, simply too much work to host them all.

[guru_1071]

heres a link that contains more details about the mini brochures....


http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/cooper_br...

[Herman Toothrot]

guru_1071 said:

heres a link that contains more details about the mini brochures....


http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/cooper_br...

Ah the Blue one above is :-

mk1 said:

Publication No: 2460, Austin / 2461 Morris

BMC are obviously beginning to cut corners with the introduction of the MK2 models, the cars are still badged as both Austin & Morris, but the brochures are identical, apart from the fact that one has "Morris" over the Mini-Cooper (as here) and the other has "Austin" in the same place.

I also have the 1st one, printed 1962 I'll get a load more pics up on the weekend, really difficult to take decent pics under electric light.

mk1 said:

Publication Number H. 6163 (7/61)

The first brochure for the 997cc Morris Cooper . Various versions exist, the changes were made to reflect changes in specification and local market conditions. This style of brochure was used until the introduction of the 998 Cooper in mid 1964.

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Thursday 14th October 22:11

[crankedup]

Brilliant stuff, thanks for posting.

[Herman Toothrot]

[Herman Toothrot]

271bhp in 1966, why have I never heard of this car before, looks great?

[neutral 3]

Very few were made, thats why they are relatively unknown. Based on a TVR Griffith/Grantura Chassis and packing a punch supplied by a Ford 298ci Mustang Lump.

[neutral 3]

And Just Who was the Stunning Blonde Babe in the Cooper S Brochure ?

I have this one in my collection as well, it came via Cypruss, and has the Cyprus Tradeing Corp Stamp on it, must be a very rare one as few CooperS sold in Cyprus

[dockertrigger]

Wow!, What a collection, I am very jealous! I love old car brochures, I have a big collection of old car magazine which I've been slowly upload to flickr over the last few years. http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/coll...

[LooseCannon]

dockertrigger said:

I have a big collection of old car magazine which I've been slowly upload to flickr over the last few years. http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/coll...

And much appreciated too, saved me a fortune on Ebay ;-)

[alolympic]

Cool!
That Trident one must be rare. Is it just me or is the car featured a bit scruffy for a brochure, The outer sills look like they are already rusting?