![]() Art director Wendy Harrop had already sweet-talked this Chelsea gravel pit’s owner so was able to take the cars straight there. CAR’s owner, Ian Fraser, grabbed a sponge to help clean the cars.’įebruary 1978 – At last – a Merc at Ford prices! Mel Nichols: ‘A terrific multi-car shot – including a difficult-to-snap black car – arranged at short notice in London. But how do you put a 16-year-old racing car on the cover of a new-car magazine? The emotional appeal of Richard Davies’s wide-angle panning shot did the job.’ Mel Nichols: ‘Experiencing Nick Mason’s Ferrari GTO was fantastic. January 1979 – Six days on the road with Enzo’s greatest hit It was all down to carefully nurtured contacts.’ ‘Ford couldn’t understand how we got such an accurate image and so much information. ‘This powerful scoop cover revealed the shape and detail of the radical 1980 Escort, a year before its launch,’ he recalls. Mel Nichols, editor of CAR during much of the 1970s, looks back at the covers of this period. Mel Nichols: ‘One of my favourite covers for one of my favourite stories: Colin Curwood’s sunset photo, with a line that conveyed the Daytona’s enduring ability eight years after it went out of production.’ CAR magazine covers from the 1970sĪpril 1979 – Ford’s sensational new Escort! March 1980 – Ferrari Daytona: On the road with the car that time can’t tame Gavin Green: ‘Wonderful design with whizzing white car and great composition, from editor Steve Cropley.’ November 1982 – Countach! Flat out in the fabulous 5.0-litre Gavin Green: ‘We had all the great supercars to compare, to spike new rival Fast Lane’s big budget and much promoted launch. Gavin Green: ‘Great cover line, terrific photo (small boy peering inside the car) and what a tempting subject! I wrote the story but it was Steve Cropley’s cover and it’s probably my favourite CAR cover ever.’ Great graphics and again a really innovative treatment.’ Gavin Green: ‘The tin box in question was the then-new Ford Escort. June 1986 – 5000 miles in a week in Britain’s favourite tin box Gavin Green: ‘Not the cleanest or purest cover, but what subject matters – and what a temptation to buy!’ Sept 1987 – There will never be another month like this Gavin Green: ‘No other car mag would have done a cover like that! Plus it sold well.’ Gavin Green: ‘The Top Ten was a CAR magazine staple, but this was our most memorable photoshoot treatment.’ January 1988 – Top Ten 1988 Aboard HMS Ark Royal Gavin Green: ‘An unusual angle, very hard-hitting, very accurate, good dark and moody cover treatment.’ Great graphics (very white and red) create a confident, bold (and true!) statement on the newsstand.’Īugust 1988 – The Dirt on Britain’s best sellers. March 1989 – Japan shows Europe how to build sports cars Really clean cover, looks spectacular to this day.’ He remembers this cover well: ‘A CAR scoop – we were first with the new Disco drive – and while others were doing their (later) photo shots in a Midlands gravel pit, we were crossing the Sahara. Gavin Green, who remains our chief contributor today, edited CAR throughout much of the 1980s. Skirts require up to 45 inches of vertical space.December 1989 – African adventures in new Discovery.Pants and jeans require up to 50 inches of vertical space (about half of that when folded).Coats can require up to 68 inches of vertical space.Folded sweaters and shirts require 9 to 15 inches of linear space each.Here are a few clothing dimensions you should know: You and your designer will base your new closet around the types of clothing you have. Plan accordingly, especially if you have an island. Anything with less depth won’t always fit your clothing, which means your shirts and blouses will protrude. Most clothing items, including shirts, blouses, jackets and coats, will fit inside a 24-inch-deep area. The depth of your closet cabinets and panels will range from 14 inches to 24 inches. One thing to be aware of is the width of your clothes. You and your designer want to make sure you’re getting the best possible storage solution for your clothing. This is a big one, whether you’re planning to store clothes via hanging racks or shelves.
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