Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader - February 2009 - (Page 20) SPECIAL FEATURE STORIES 30 YEARS 300 ISSUES 30 Years In Review Part 1 of 3 By Buzz Walneck A s you can imagine 30 years is a pretty good sized CHUNK of time especially for a magazine that was never intended to BE a magazine! I’d like to take a little of your time, and run through the history of Walneck’s Classic Cycle Trader magazine, and the history of my small classic motorcycle business that had a LOT of eclectic/strange machines come thru the I contacted them to ask to distribute it here in the U.S. I was kind of shocked when they said OK. After a few months, there were several hundred subscribers that we would mail to each month. Newfound Treasures About that time, I “acquired” a load of old motorcycles and parts from a friend who had a shop in his back yard. Oscar Malek said that he was running an ad in the local paper to just “get rid of ALL of inted on both single page, pr ing, Issue #1, dian/Velo TarThe beginn it was a 1969 In es, 1978, and on paint $1,100. In sid need , great runner, 75. By tarini, original dropped to $9 dian/Velo has This was 1981 ue #6, the In iss pages. exd grown to 44 80SC, original issue #19, it ha 66 Matchless G 73 triumph in it was a 19 a 19 and price $800. Also cept for paint, $2,900 Hurricane for X-75 doors (some were way too big). The magazine did not become a magazine as a decision, but accidentally. When “Classic Bike” came out in 1978, Ed Walneck wi th a $250 Indi an Chief I was store. It came about to rewith a rebuilt engine and tran s, fenders, tanks, carb, et c. 20 February 2009 | WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® I WALNECKS.COM http://www.WALNECKS.COM
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