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Date:

Description

Condition

Price

February, 1930

Biplane Launched from Ship

Fair/Good, no back cover

$10.00

August, 1930

A Gravity Railway

Good

$12.50

April, 1931

Radio Controlled Rockets For The Next War

Good

$12.50

July, 1931

Diving Under Ice To Solve Polar Mysteries

Good

$12.50

March, 1933

Flying Barrel

Fair/Good

$10.00

September, 1933

Future War Weapons

Not Available

NA

October, 1933

Underwater Ship Hoist

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1934

Tank Battleship

G/VG

$15.00

April, 1934

Submarine Sledge

Not Available

NA

May, 1934

Daring Rocket Men To Invade Stratosphere

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1934

Radio Tube Train

G/VG

$15.00

Same

Good, edge tears

$10.00

September, 1934

Sea Waves to Drive Ocean Liner

Good, pencil notations

$12.50

November, 1934

A Crewless Freight Train

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1935

Sea Tractor

Good, creased corner

$10.00

February, 1935

Aero-Drive Desert Liner

Good

$12.50

August, 1935

Electro-Ray Tank – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

September, 1935

Uncle Sam Harnesses Moon’s Power

G/VG

$15.00

October, 1935

Sea Slug Liner

Good, spine fray at top

$10.00

November, 1935

Streamline Beauties

G/VG

$15.00

 

February, 1936

Parachute Artillery Spotter

Not Available

NA

March, 1936

Worm-Drive Sled

Good

$12.50

April, 1936

Electric Eye Automobile

Not Available

NA

May, 1936

Super-Speed Turbo-Plane

Not Available

NA

June, 1936

300 M. P. H. Motorcycle

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1936

Radio-Powered Car

Not Available

NA

September, 1936

German Paddle Plane

Not Available

NA

October, 1936

Barrel Boat

Not Available

NA

November, 1936

Gold Detector

G/VG

$15.00

December, 1936

Engineering Features of 1937 Auto Marvels

Not Available

NA

 

February, 1937

Million Dollar Oil Well Fires

Good, scuff

$12.50

March, 1937

Training Parachute Jumpers for Next War

Not Available

NA

April, 1937

Model Plane

Not Available

NA

May, 1937

New Sail Boat Plans

Good

$12.50

July, 1937

Home-Made Lightning

Good

$12.50

September, 1937

Trailmobile

Not Available

NA

October, 1937

Rocket Car

Not Available

NA

November, 1937

Hydro – Glider Boat

Not Available

NA

December, 1937

Build An Iceboat

Good

$12.50

 

March, 1938

Mail Plane Launched in Mid-Air

Fair/Good

$7.50

June, 1938

(New Title from here) Steel – Backbone of the Modern World

Not Available

NA

July, 1938

Small Diesels – New Boom Industry

Not Available

NA

August, 1938

Secrets of Circus Engineers – Clown cover

Not Available

NA

September, 1938

Air Race Plane

Not Available

NA

October, 1938

G-Men Fight Crime with Science – Says J. Edgar Hoover

Good

$15.00

December, 1938

Thrills and Spills with Midget Racers

G/VG

$15.00

 

February, 1939

Now 10 cents! – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1939

Sailplane Magic by Richard C. Du Pont

Good

$15.00

September, 1939

“Rocket Port of The Future” – New York World’s Fair Exhibit

Not Available

NA

October, 1939

Fireboats To the Rescue!

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1939

Mickey Rooney & Model Airplane

Good

$15.00

 

March, 1940

New Wings for the Navy

Not Available

NA

April, 1940

We Broke the Coast-to-Coast Motorcycle Record

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1940

Flying Battlesnake – Grumman XF5F-1

Good

$12.50

November, 1940

 

Good

$12.50

 

January 1941

U.S. Navy Divebombers

Not Available

NA

February, 1941

Taylorcraft Plane

G/VG

$15.00

March, 1941

Motorcycle  cover

G/VG

$15.00

April, 1941

Military Aircraft cover

G/VG

$15.00

May, 1941

Spindizzies – 100 MPH with Model Cars on Banked Track

Not Available

NA

June, 1941

Fastest Plane

Not Available

NA

July 1941

Hitler’s Invasion Secrets

Good

$12.50

August, 1941

Navy’s Newest Fighter – Grumman F4F-3

Not Available

NA

September, 1941

Flying This Plane Is Easier Than Driving a Car

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1941

Fighter Pilot

G/VG

$15.00

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

November, 1941

Lightning P-38 cover – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

December, 1941

PBM-1 Mid-Ocean Patrol Bomber

Good

$12.50

 

January, 1942

Power Dive Bomber

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1942

Win This Aeronica Defender Trainer

Not Available

NA

March, 1942

Navy PT Boat

Not Available

NA

April, 1942

Nazi “Secret Weapon” – Rocket

G/VG

$15.00

Same

Good

$12.50

May, 1942

Navy’s NJ-1 Fighter Plane

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

June, 1942

The “Devastator” Douglas TBD Torpedo Bomber

G/VG

$15.00

Same

Good

$12.50

July, 1942

“Sting” of the B-25 – Nose Gunner photo cover

G/VG

$15.00

August, 1942

Airacobra Night Fighter

G/VG

$15.00

September, 1942

Major A.P. de Seversky Forecasts the Airplane of Tomorrow

Good

$12.50

October, 1942

Marines Turn Paratroopers

Not Available

NA

November, 1942

New US Army Glider

Good

$12.50

December, 1942

“We Kept the Tigers Flying” by Pilot James Cross (P-47 cover)

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1943

Fighter Pilot at P-39 Controls – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1943

Win an Aeronca Airplane – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

March, 1943

Welding cover

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1943

Curtiss “Helldiver” Navy Dive Bomber

Good, soiled cvr

$7.50

 

Same

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1943

The “Convertiplane”

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1943

War Bonds for Victory – Flag on Ship/Depth Charges Unloading – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1943

Our Newest Attack Bombers (three)

Good

$12.50

November, 1943

How the Navy Teaches Aerial Gunnery

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1943

Grumman F6F Hellcat

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1944

JRF Patrol Plane: She Kills Subs for the Coast Guard

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

April, 1944

Nazi Secret Weapon (Rocket)

Not Available

NA

June, 1944

Invasion by US Rangers (LST)

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1944

Land Minesweeper – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1944

Navy Crash Boat Saves Fliers’ Lives

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1944

Jet-Propelled Family Plane

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1945

P-51 Mustang cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

February, 1945

Gadabout: A Postwar Roadster – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

March, 1945

Gas Turbine Plane

G/VG

$12.50

 

 

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

April, 1945

Simplified Control Makes Personal Flying Easier

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

May, 1945

B-17 Ball Turret Gunner cover illus. – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

June, 1945

World’s Largest Airliner – Model 37 To Carry 204 Passengers

Not Available

NA

July, 1945

Northrup Black Widow World’s Largest, Most  Powerful Pursuit Plane

Good

$12.50

August, 1945

Piper Skycycle New Low-Priced Postwar Plane

Not Available

NA

September, 1945

Rocket to the Moon – 16 Pages in Full Color by Chesley Bonestell

Not Available

NA

October, 1945

Grumman F7F Tigercat

Good

$12.50

November, 1945

Latest Culver Radio-Controlled Target Plane

Good

$10.00

December, 1945

Make These Original Christmas Toys, DDT – How To Use It – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1946

Deep-Sea School

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same - 2 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1946

Jet-Propelled Racer

Good

$10.00

March, 1946

Republic Seabee New Low-Priced Amphibian

Not Available

NA

April, 1946

Rear-Wing Pusher Airliner

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1946

Johnson Rocket 185 MPH Lightplane

Good

$10.00

June, 1946

Gears – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1946

Small Plane Fisherman – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1946

Outboard Amphibian

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

September, 1946

American Stratosphere Rocket

Good

$10.00

October, 1946

Roadable Plane

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1946

Underwater Sculptor – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

December, 1946

Build a Gas Model of this Piper Skysedan

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1947

Ektachorme

Good

$10.00

February, 1947

Pilot’s Stratosphere Suit – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

Same

Good

$12.50

March, 1947

All-Purpose 6000 HP Locomotive – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

April, 1947

Soarplane – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1947

Navy’s Flapjack Mystery Plane

Not Available

NA

June, 1947

Sand Sailer

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

July, 1947

Pilot Trainer for Drone Planes

Good

$10.00

August, 1947

Synthetic Oil Production – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1947

Sailboat

Not Available

NA

October, 1947

Malcolm Campbell’s Jet Racer

G/VG

$20.00

November, 1947

Wind Tunnel Tests Tomorrow’s Cars – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

December, 1947

Airfoil Iceboat – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1948

Steel Beam Hoisted by Helicopter

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1948

Half-Pints Express (Miniature Train) – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1948

Luxury Life Raft – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1948

Old-Time Hobby Railroad – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1948

Build This 40 MPH Model Speedboat

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

June, 1948

Helicopter With Magnetic Nose Ends Finds New Mineral Deposits – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1948

Telescope “Gun” Shoots Guided Missiles – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1948

Funny-Cycles – A New Fad. We Drive and Test the New Tucker Car feature – 2 copies

G/VG

$30.00

Same

Good

$25.00

September, 1948

Flying Automobile – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same  – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1948

Helicopter from Truck Parts, Convertible – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

November, 1948

$65,000 For Model Cars – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good, wear

$10.00

December, 1948

First Color Photos of a Bullet in Flight! – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1949

Sport Plane Helicopter Built of Plywood – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1949

400-Pound Model Engine Runs on Live Steam – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1949

Air War Over the North Pole/World’s Fastest Woman Driver – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same  -- 2 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1949

Futuristic GM Rear-Engine Car – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, spotting

$7.50

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$7.50

May, 1949

New Gadgets For More Fish – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1949

Kangaroo Bomber Carries Fighter In Its Pouch – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1949

3 Million Volts Hits Car – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1949

Navy’s Fastest Fighter/McCahill Drives Hot Rod – 5 copies

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1949

Unique Bicycles – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1949        

Chrysler Builds a Locomotive – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

November, 1949

Jet Pilots Fly In Bed – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1949

400 MPH Hot Rod – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1950

Mechanized St. Bernard, America’s Mightiest Jet Engine

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1950

Hand-made Model Locomotive – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

March, 1950

Most Luxurious Yacht, Sports Car – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

April, 1950

Self-Propelled Surfboard – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

May, 1950

Nash Rambler cover – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

June, 1950

$50,000 Two-Man Submarine Opens Undersea to Explorers  – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1950

First Gas-Turbine Electric Locomotive (Union Pacific) – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1950

GM’s Car of Tomorrow? – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

September, 1950

Military Airlift “Swarmer” Plane

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same - 4 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1950

Twin Hull Hydroglider – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1950

World’s Smallest Plane – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1950

Elephant “Ear” Locomotive - 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, cover stains

$7.50

 

January, 1951

Custom Cars and Hot Rods

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

February, 1951

What Is This New Secret Weapon?

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1951

Moto Polo – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

April, 1951

Helicopters Rescue US Pilots

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1951

World’s Fastest Diesel Race Car – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1951

Florida’s Motorboat Broadjumpers – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1951

How US Navy Shoots Movies Underwater – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1951

Meet the Navy’s New PT Boat – 2 copies 

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

September, 1951

1914 Stutz Bearcat – 1951 Javelin – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1951

Railroad Steam Engine Model – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1951

Build This MI Special 100 MPH Sports Car for Under $500!

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1951

Can US Planes Stand Atom-Age Shelling? – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1952

America’s Largest Post-War Yacht/Twin-Hull Racer – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1952

Biggest Baby Railroad – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

March, 1952

Old Automobile Contest – Name These Autos

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

April, 1952

Hook’s Hydrofin Boat, Fastest Sidecar

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1952

New Not Rod Has Belly-Tank Body, Wing-Tip Fenders, Aircraft Engine

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1952

Gas-Powered Model of Record Breaking Slo-Mo-Shun IV (Boat)

Not Available

NA

July, 1952

1952 Cunningham – America’s Fastest Sports Car

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1952

40-Year-Old Pusher Plane Is Still Flying – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

September, 1952

Father & Son Design 140 MPH Sports Car, 1914 Regal

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same - 2 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1952

Deadly “Sky Sniper” on Combat Raid – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1952

Make a Model of Your Home Before You Build

Not Available

NA

December, 1952

195? Chrysler, 1934 Duesenberg – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same - 3 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1953

World’s Smallest Plane

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

February, 1953

What Is it? (Insect)

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1953

MI’s Custom Built Catamaran Cruiser

Not Available

NA

April, 1953

Model Helicopter Takes 700 Hours to Build – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

May, 1953

Fageol Special Can Do, 1914 Marmon – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1953

Motorcycle Stunt

Not Available

NA

July, 1953

Live Steamer (Train) Took Four Years to Build

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1953

NY Fire Department Helicopter Cover – 3 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

September, 1953

Plans to Build This 30 MPH Racer

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1953

Briggs Cunningham – America’s Sports Car King

Good

$10.00

November, 1953

Jet-Powered Air-Sea Liner Lands and Takes Off On Skis

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1953

Hunter’s Crossbow, other topics

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1954

New Fords – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

February, 1954

Light-Propelled Spaceship– 3 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1954

Explorer’s One-Man Sub

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

April, 1954

Amazing New Flying Jeep Uses Jet Power – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

May, 1954

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (movie)

Not Available

NA

June, 1954

New Ford Sports Car (Thunderbird), Buick’s Wildcat

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

July, 1954

Can Guided Missiles Save Us from A-Bomb Havoc?

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

August, 1954

Motorless Glider/Copter – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

September, 1954

California’s Live Steamers (Model Train)

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1954

When Machines Come to Life (Artzybasheff cover)

Good

$15.00

November, 1954

Amateur Hobbyist Built This Basement Playroom – 5 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

December, 1954

Bob Young’s Wonderful HO Layout – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Good, ink on cover

$10.00

 

January, 1955

New Car Issue – 1955 Cars

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

February, 1955

MI’s Tractor-Trailer Houseboat

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1955

TV Telephone  – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1955

 The Lincoln Continental – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

Same

Good, taped repairs

$7.50

May, 1955

Build This Plane for Under $800

Good

$12.50

June, 1955

Italy’s Gas Turbine Car, 1910 Plane Still Flies, Build Your Boy a Catamaran

G/VG

$12.50

July, 1955

Atomic Sub Launches Atom Raider

Good

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good, edge damage

$7.50

August, 1955

Motorcycle with V-8 Engine, Dave Garroway, Two-Wheeled Automobile

G/VG

$12.50

September, 1955

How to Modernize Your Home – Giant 50 Page Section

Not Available

NA

October, 1955

First New 1956 Car – Lincon, President Eisenhower’s New Plane

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1955

Tom McCahill Looks Over the 1956 Cars

Good

$10.00

December, 1955

Xmas Toys and Gifts You Can Make  -- 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

January, 1956

Passenger Rocket on Launch Pad – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

February, 1956

'56 Corvette, Ford’s New Mystery Car

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

March, 1956

US Air Force Reveals Our Flying Saucer – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1956

Special Boating Issue

Not Available

NA

May, 1956

Scale Models and Model-Making

Not Available

NA

June, 1956

Test Pilot Desings Amazing Auto Flying Boat

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1956

Railroads in the Sky – Monorails

Good

$10.00

August, 1956

Gold-Plated Car, Motor-Scooters, Water Skipper

Good

$10.00

September, 1956

Build This Sensational Wood-Bodied 90MPH Car for Less Than $500

Not Available

NA

October, 1956

Giant Vertoplane Airliners Will Land on a Dime – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

November, 1956

McCahill Previews the 1957 Cars – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

December, 1956

Atom-Powered Train

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1957

All-Aluminum Car Comes With Choice of Bodies

Not Available

NA

February, 1957

Let’s Claim the Moon for the US – Now!

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1957

Flying Saucer for Private Owners

Not Available

NA

April, 1957

Automoboat – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

May, 1957

New Buick “Sees” Road With Built-In TV

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1957

Glass/Steel Dome House of Tomorrow

Not Available

NA

July, 1957

MI’s Fabulous Family Auto Cruiser – 4 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1957

Mount This Fiberglas Body on an Old Chassis and Have a New Sports Car for $600 – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

September, 1957

Ford’s Sensational New Edsel

G/VG

$12.50

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1957

Shoot-Your-Own Rocket Flies 1,000 Feet in Air, Comes Down by Parachute – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

Same

Good

$12.50

November, 1957

McCahill Picks the New 1958 Cars 

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

Same

Good, wear, spine fray

$7.50

December, 1957

7-Ton Truck that Hits Without Hurting – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1958

McCahill and GM’s Knudsen with One of Prize Pontiacs

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1958

Underwater TV Will Speed Search for Buried Treasure

Not Available

NA

March, 1958

Lazy Man’s Power Mower

Not Available

NA

April, 1958

Various cover topics – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1958

Basement Swimming Pool, New Sportster – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

June, 1958

All About Skin Diving – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

July, 1958

Scooters – 100 Miles to a Gallon – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

August, 1958

Pop-Up Station Wagon Camper, Preview of 1959 Cars – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

September, 1958

Tom McCahill Tests the New Small Ford Taunus

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

October, 1958

First ’59 Car – the New Buick – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

November, 1958

McCahill Reports on the New Cars.

Not Available

NA

December, 1958

First Man in Space (Capsule illus. cover)

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1959

Auto Racing is Murder! It Must Be Outlawed!

Good

$12.50

February, 1959

Build This Cruiser for Less Than $300

Good

$10.00

March, 1959

10 Best Buys in Economy Cars – Datsum, Rapier, Fiat, Isetta

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

April, 1959

Amazing New Safety Car – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

Same

Good

$10.00

May, 1959

Girl on Scooter Using 2-Way Radio – 4 copies

G/VG

$12.50

June, 1959

How We Will Explore the Moon – 2 copies

Good

$12.50

July, 1959

Tom McCahill Tests the Fabulous Facel-Vega Sports Car – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

August, 1959

Fun on the Water With This Novelty Craft, Preview of 1960 Automobiles

Good

$10.00

September, 1959

It’s New – Fabulous Sky Crane

Good

$10.00

October, 1959

Here It Is – Ford’s New Small Car – The Falcon

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1959

Tom McCahill Tests the New Corvair

Not Available

NA

December, 1959

Glamour Guns – Yours for $4000 – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1960

Go Karts

Not Available

NA

February, 1960

Ingenious “Sock” Boat – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

March, 1960

Airplane "Escape Shutes"

G/VG

$10.00

April, 1960

Fun Cars (Sunbeam Alpine)

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

May, 1960

Amazing New Jet Boat – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

June, 1960

Special Outdoor Fun Issue – All About Beach Buggies

Good

$10.00

July, 1960

What’s This $200,000 Machine Doing?

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

August, 1960

Camping In Your Car

Good

$7.50

September, 1960

Arthur Godfrey in His “New” 1901 Olds

Not Available

NA

October, 1960

First Look at the 1961 Cars

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1960

More New Cars!

G/VG

$15.00

Same

Fair/Good, worn spine, corner torn, no back cover

$7.50

December, 1960

Home-Built Sub For Skin-Divers – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1961

Detroit’s New Car Engine – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

February, 1961

Vacation Boat Cruising

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

March, 1961

 

Good

$7.50

April, 1961

Blueprints for 2-Seater Antique Car, and Tiny Metal Locator – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1961

 

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

June, 1961

Formula Junior Racing

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

July, 1961

Build This 23-Foot Cabin Cruiser for Only $800

Good

$7.50

August, 1961

All About New Motor Homes. Preview of '62 Cars

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

September, 1961

Ford’s Revolutionary Smallest Compact (Cardinal) – Artists Concept – 5 copies

Good

$12.50

October, 1961

America’s First V-6 Engine – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

November, 1961

Flex Wing Plane

G/VG

$10.00

December, 1961

 

Good

$7.50

 

January, 1962

Amazing New Car Engine

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

February, 1962

Boat You Can Fly Like an Airplane – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

March, 1962

Wonder Wheel: Do-It-Yourself Unit Will Drive Almost Anything

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

April, 1962

Unusual Cars You’d Like to Own – “The Shark”

G/VG

$12.50

May, 1962

Highway Go Kart.

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1962

McCahill Tests Jaguar XK-E Sports Car – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1962

Amazing New “Instant Furnace” Can Melt Asbestos

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

August, 1962

Go Camping By Car: Special Section. Preview of 1963 Cars

Not Available

NA

September, 1962

Underwater Baby Sub, JFK’s Floating White House – 3 copies

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1962

First Look at 1963 Cars – Tom McCahill with Buick Riviera

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1962

New US Wonder Ship: Ocean-Going Hydrofoil

Good

$10.00

December, 1962

Para-Kiting

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

 

January, 1963

New Miracle Light Beam (Laser)

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

February, 1963

Instant Color Pictures From Polaroid

Good

$10.00

March, 1963

Steam-Powered Motorcycle!

Not Available

NA

April, 1963

 

Good

$10.00

May, 1963

RCA’s Pocket TV

Not Available

NA

June, 1963

Station-Wagon Camping Is Fun! – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1963

All-Concrete Sailboat

Good

$10.00

August, 1963

McCahill Test the Cobra

Not Available

NA

September, 1963

Strange New Rifle Shoots Bullets of Light – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

 

Same

Fair/Good

$7.50

October, 1963

New Car Issue

Good, edge tear

$15.00

November, 1963

Big News! In New UHF and Fringe TV Antennas – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

December, 1963

3 Wheel Sports Car, Paint Your Basement, more

Good

$10.00

 

January, 1964

 

Fair/Good

$7.50

February, 1964

Ford Builds A Great New Under-$3,000 Sports Car

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Fair/Good

$7.50

March, 1964

 

Not Available

NA

April, 1964

New! Triple-Hull Dirigible

Good

$10.00

May, 1964

New – Goodyear’s All-Plastic Tires – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

June, 1964

 

Good

$10.00

July, 1964

 

Fair/Good

$7.50

August, 1964

Preview of the 1965 Cars

Good

$10.00

September, 1964

General Electric Builds an Incredible “Machine Man”

G/VG

$10.00

October, 1964

1965 Cars: New Car Issue. Rambler’s New Rotary Engine

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1965

Homebuilt Kart Goes Anywhere

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

February, 1965

New Miracle Engine Runs Without Fuel

Not Available

NA

March, 1965

New Steering System For Your Car

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

April, 1965

Annual Boating Issue

Not Available

NA

May, 1965

America’s New “CX” 6-Engine Jet Bus (Eastern Air Lines plane cover)

G/VG

$10.00

June, 1965

Tom McCahill Tests America’s 3 Greatest Sports Cars – Cobra 427, Corvette Sting Ray, New Mustang GT 350

Not Available

NA

July, 1965

New Car-Top Camper – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1965

Sneak Preview of the 1966 Cars

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

September, 1965

’66 Ford Bronco, Amazing New Chevy Does Anything

G/VG

$12.50

October, 1965

New Car Issue: Amazing New Anti-Skid Device For Your Car  – 2 copies

G/VG

$15.00

November, 1965

Build the MI Mini Ace (Airplane) for Under $1000

Not Available

NA

December, 1965

Tom McCahill Tests the New James Bond 007 Aston-Martin from the Movie “Thunderball”

G/VG

$15.00

 

January, 1966

Light Motorcycles For Light Budgets

G/VG

$12.50

February, 1966

Tom McCahill’s 20th Anniversary Issue

G/VG

$12.50

March, 1966

Build the 2-Wheel Tornado Scooter – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

April, 1966

Annual Boating Issue: Build This Electric Sport Sub for Under $150 – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

May, 1966

McCahill Tests the Car That Jim Clark Drives

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

June, 1966

Chevy Builds A Great New Low Cost Sports Car: The Panther

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

July, 1966

Build This Go-Go Fun Home for Under $1500 

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

August, 1966

Home-Built Skimmer Rides On Air Cushion Over Land or Water

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same -  2 copies

Good

$7.50

September, 1966

Tom McCahill and Mimi Try Out a Mini-Moke

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

October, 1966

New Car Issue - Amazing Engine Improves Mileage 60%

G/VG

$15.00

 

Same

Good

$12.50

 

Same

Good – smudged

$10.00

November, 1966

Conclusive Tests Show Which Brake Linings Are Safest!

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

December, 1966

Amazing New Mystery Motor

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

 

January, 1967

Amazing Homebuilt Crawler Goes Anywhere

G/VG

$10.00

February, 1967

New Pontiac Firebird

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

March, 1967

Special Boating Issue: Featherweight Foam Boat

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

April, 1967

An Oil Filter That Eliminates Engine Wear

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

May, 1967

Ford’s New Turbine Engine 

Not Available

NA

June, 1967

Learn-To-Fly Special – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

July, 1967

Coming: Personal Air Conditioner – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

August, 1967

Build Tinkerbelle II Sailboat

G/VG

$10.00

September, 1967

UFOs – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

October, 1967

McCahill Tests the “Europa”. Annual New Car Issue

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 5 copies

Good

$10.00

November, 1967

 

Not Available

NA

December, 1967

Peek At Your Car of the Mid-1970s – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

 

February, 1968

Tom McCahill Tells You the Truth About Police Cars – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

March, 1968

Annual Boating Issue – 2 copies

Good

$10.00

April, 1968

Amazing Homebuilt Super Jeep Can Go Anywhere!

Good, ink

$10.00

May, 1968

 

G/VG

$10.00

July, 1968

An Easy-to-Build Miniature Hydroplane

Good

$10.00

September, 1968

Ford’s New Steam Engine

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1968

40 Great Ideas For Your Home and Car

Not Available

NA

December, 1968

McCahill Tests the Low-Price 3: Plymouth, Ford, Chevy

Not Available

NA

 

January, 1969

A Sauna You Build From a Kit – 2 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 4 copies

Good

$7.50

February, 1969

Amazing New Lightweight Turbine Engine

G/VG

$10.00

March, 1969

Build Your Own Jet Boat

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

April, 1969

New Low-Cost Sailplane Can Be Built From a Kit

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 2 copies

Good

$7.50

May, 1969

Two-Place Air Car (Boat)

G/VG

$10.00

June, 1969

MI”s Vacation Home

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$7.50

July, 1969

McCahill Tests the 4 Most Exciting New Imports – Opel GT, BMW 1600, Datsun PL 510, Fiat 124

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same – 3 copies

Good

$10.00

August, 1969

Amazing New US Design for Commuter/Shopping Car

G/VG

$10.00

September, 1969

Build This Incredible Volksplane. All New 1970 Dodge Challenger

Not Available

NA

October, 1969

Annual New Car Issue. Mini-Mini Cars by General Motors

G/VG

$12.50

November, 1969

Rugged All-Terain Vehicle. Special – All the 1970 Cars in Full-Color Almanac

Not Available

NA

December, 1969

New – GM Transmission Has No Gears

G/VG

$10.00

 

January, 1970

How to Drive and Stay Alive in Winter

G/VG

$10.00

February, 1970

Various Articles listed on cover

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

March, 1970

Special Boating Section – Speedy, Unsinkable Sailboat of Plastic Foam

G/VG

$10.00

April, 1970

Implantable Heart Machine Powered by Steam

G/VG

$10.00

May, 1970

New Motor Homes – Astro Twin Camper with Unique Viewing Lounge

G/VG

$10.00

June, 1970

New Motorbikes in Full Color – Suzuki’s New T-500 Titan – 2 copies

G/VG

$12.50

 

Same

Good

$10.00

July, 1970

Here Come the Amphibians

G/VG

$10.00

August, 1970

Tom McCahill Tests 3 ATVs

Good

$7.50

September, 1970

Ford’s New Pinto, Chevy’s New Vega

G/VG

$10.00

October, 1970

Amazing Submarine That Swims Like a Fish

G/VG

$10.00

 

Same

Good

$7.50

November, 1970

The ASV. Color Portfolio of the 1971 Cars

G/VG

$12.50

December, 1970

The Video Phonograph – Coming Soon! – 3 copies

G/VG

$10.00

 

1971 Issues

Jan., April (2), May, June (2), July, Aug., Oct. (2), Dec. (2)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1972 Issues

Jan. (3), Feb. (3), April (2), May, June, July, Aug. (3), Sept. (3), Oct. (3), Dec. (3)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1973 Issues

Jan. (2), Feb. (4), March (2), April, May, June (3), Aug. (2), Sept. (4), Oct., Nov., Dec.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1974 Issues

Jan., Feb. (2), March (2), April, May, June, July, Aug. (2), Sept. (8), Oct., Nov., Dec. (4)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1975 Issues

Jan.(2), Feb.(2), March (3), April, May (5), June (2), July (3), Aug., Sept. (4), Oct. (2), Nov. (3), Dec.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1976 Issues

Jan., Feb. (2), March (3), April (4), May (4), June (2), July (3), Aug. (4), Sept. (4), Oct. (3), Nov., Dec. (2)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1977 Issues

Jan., Feb. (2), March (3), April (5), May (4), July (2), Aug. (2), Sept. (3), Oct. (3), Nov. (3), Dec.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1978 Issues

Jan. (2), Feb., March, April (5), May, June (4), July (2), Aug. (3), Sept. (4), Oct. (3), Nov. (3), Dec. (4)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1979 Issues

Jan. (5), Feb. 4), March (4), April (3), May (2), June (2), July (3), Aug. (3), Sept. (3), Oct. (3), Nov. (2), Dec. (2)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

 

1980 Issues

Jan., April (3), May (2), June (2), July, Aug. (3), Sept., Oct. (4), Nov. (2), Dec. (3)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1981 Issues

Jan., Feb., March (4), April (2), May (4), June (4), July (4), Aug. (3), Oct. (6), Nov. (4), Dec.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1982 Issues

Jan. (4), Feb. (3), March (3), April (3), May (3), June (3), July (2), Aug. (3), Sept. (2), Oct. (2), Nov. (2), Dec. (2)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1983 Issues

Jan. (4), March (2), April (3), May (3), June (6), July (2), Aug. (3), Sept. (4), Oct. (4), Nov. (4), Dec. (3)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1984 Issues

Jan. (3), Feb., April (3), May (3), June (3), Aug. (2), Sept. (3), Oct. (5), Nov. (3), Dec. (4)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.


(Renamed Home Mechanic)

1985 Issues

Jan. (2), March, April (2), May (3), June, July (2), Aug. (2), Sept., Oct., Nov.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1986 Issues

Feb., May, Oct.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1987 Issues

Jan. (2), Feb. (3), March (3), April, May (2), June, July (3), Aug. (3), Sept. (2), Oct., Nov. (2), Dec. (2)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1988 Issues

Jan. (2), Feb., March, April, May (2), June (2), Sept. (2), Oct. (2), Nov. (3), Dec. (2)

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1989 Issues

Jan., Feb. (2), March, April (2), May (2), June (2), July (2), Aug. (2), Sept., Oct. (2), Nov. (2), Dec.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1990 Issues

Jan. (2), April, May, July/Aug., Sept. (2), Oct., Nov., Dec./Jan.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1991 Issues

Jan., Feb. (2), March (2), April (2), May (2), June, July/Aug.

Good to G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1992 Issues

April, May, June, July/Aug.

G/VG

$7.50 ea.

1993 Issues

January

G/VG

$7.50

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