Magazine - Bugatti - 1966

The press on vintage automobiles in France goes back to the mid-1960s (L'Album du Fanatique de l'Automobile, L'Automobiliste, L'Anthologie Automobile, L'Enthousiaste and L'Amateur d'Automobiles Anciennes, the latter title being the rarest).

On February 8, 1956, in Lyon, the "Association des teuf teuf lyonnais" was founded, which on November 20, 1956 became "Les Amateurs d'Automobiles Anciennes" and became the first Club of Vintage Automobiles in France (with the exception of the "Club des Teuf Teuf", created in 1935). Henri Malartre (creator of the musée de la Rochetaillée) and historian Lucien Loreille were its main co-founders.

As early as 1966 (the year that L'Album du Fanatique" and "L'Automobiliste" appeared), the 3A (the club's simplified name) founded a magazine that was originally intended for club members but, from the first issue of 1966, was available to all vintage-car enthusiasts by ordering it directly from the Club.

I here present the complete set of the 18 issues that were accessible to non-member enthusiasts. I also include 4 issues that were only accessible to members, the magazine appearing only once a year, issues 20 to 23, extremely rare. The magazine continued to exist, with a very irregular publication schedule (for instance, No. 24 appeared only six years after No. 23); its last issue was in 2010, No. 33.

The collection of the first 18 issues (from 1966 to 1975) is now unobtainable.

This magazine was on par with the level of the "Automobiliste", the "Fanatique de l'Automobile", and the "Anthologie automobile". It added an extra touch, covering a number of the 160 automobile manufacturers of the Lyon region."