The Project’s Archive Facilities
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![Side-by-side photos of a garage workspace. The left shows an entrance mat at a door threshold on a concrete floor, with a dark wall or cabinet. The right shows a workbench with tools, plastic storage bins, and a rubber mat with safety warning text on a concrete floor.]()
Welcome
Please come in and take a look around - to see what’s already been set up to achieve the project’s goals.
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![A house with a grey shingle roof, white siding, and a black garage door. There are potted plants with red flowers in front of the house. A pathway and some green shrubs are visible around the house.]()
The Building
The project is based in a repurposed outbuilding [previously a garage] at my home, on a redeveloped former farm in the scenic Scottish Borders.
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![An office room with racing car memorabilia including a yellow racing motorcycle helmet, a water bottle, and posters of racecars on the wall. There is a wooden desk with a computer monitor, laptops, and office supplies. Large window with patterned curtains lets in natural light.]()
The Office
When not in the archive - I can be found in my home-office… phoning, texting, and emailing trying to promote the project and solicit donations.
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![Storage room with shelving units filled with boxes and containers, some on a hand truck, a cardboard box on the floor, and a wooden door in the background.]()
Professional Layout - Racks 1 & 2
The building has been completely redeveloped internally to provide professional standard storage racking, work benches and preservation quality storage boxes.
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![Storage room with shelves filled with plastic containers, a rolling cart, a wooden door, wall decor including a framed poster, a clock, and a yellow step stool on the floor.]()
Professional Layout - Racks 3 & 4
Karting and Kart and Superkart magazines and other karting publications are segregated and further sub-divided depending on condition and the number of copies held of each issue. A primary set of best condition magazines have been set aside specifically for the scanning phases of the project.
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![A blue metal shelving unit filled with clear plastic storage bins and cartons in a room with racing posters on the wall.]()
Rack 5 - Incoming!
This rack provides storage for the collection of Scottish Clubman / MotorScot magazines, karting books and other non ‘Karting’ and ‘Kart and Superkart’ publications as well as temporary storage for incoming deliveries.
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![A workshop workspace with a wooden desk, a stool, and various tools and posters related to go-kart racing on the walls.]()
Scanning Station
Or it will be - when we purchase the scanners we need! A dedicated laptop and screen are already in place so that the ultra-high-quality scanning needed can be undertaken efficiently, accurately.
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![A white and black document scanner with a slide on a black mat, capturing sketches in a sketchbook placed on the scanner bed.]()
Scanners - The Missing Link
The only two pieces of equipment now needed to push-start this project are the scanners.
One scanner is for digitising the magazines and a special HD scanner for high quality reproduction of photographs. Can you help?
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![A storage room with a workbench, plastic containers, shelves, and posters on the walls celebrating racing history.]()
60 Years of Karting
The building provides a comfortable working environment - adorned with some artwork, posters, photos, and signs from the period -memories of karting’s halcyon days!
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![A workbench with tools and supplies, including tape, scissors, a cutter, a cutting mat, and small storage bins, set in a workshop or hobby room.]()
Work Bench
Inspection, Packing, Goods In, and Goods Out functions are all performed here. “A place for everything and everything in its place!”
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![Multiple plastic storage bins filled with white powder or granular material organized on black metal shelves in a store or warehouse.]()
Safekeeping
It’s taken quite a few years to acquire both of these magazine collections alongwith the assets, IP and copyright to the titles themselves, so accordingly they are now being stored securely and safely in conservation standard airtight boxes with desiccant in a carefully controlled environment.
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![A clear plastic storage container with black locking lids, against a black cutting mat with grid lines. Inside the container is a vintage black-and-white magazine or poster featuring a person riding a go-kart, with the headline in red text reading "BARNARD SNART BOHLIN WINS WORLD CUP FOR SWEDEN." A digital scale shows a weight of 105.8 pounds.]()
Conservation & Preservation
Each magazine title has been catalogued, conserved / preserved, and stored in year order. All racking has been allocated bin locations and boxes are labeled for quick and easy identification.
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![A vintage black-and-white photograph of men riding go-karts, wearing helmets and goggles, with one man holding a number 12 sign. The equipment and clothing styles suggest the photo is from the mid-20th century.]()
Not Just Magazines....
Although the focus is primarily on the digitisation and presentation of the magazines - a number of karting books, programmes and posters have also been acquired along the way and these will be added to the archival website to provide further context in due course.
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![A red fuel truck parked near a stone house with a chimney and a small black car behind it, viewed from a wooden fenced patio during daytime.]()
Heating Runs on CASTROL 'R'
Being in the Scottish Borders, heating the archive building in the depths of winter is paramount. In keeping with the project’s theme, the heating runs on CASTROL R of course!
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![A vintage poster for the British Kart Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday, August 5, 1979, with illustrations of go-kart racers in various positions and colors.]()
Signs of the Times
Fond and vivid memories are evoked of past karting events and circuits by a collection of replica posters and signage. [Signs featuring all Scottish tracks and many tracks south of the Border are also available to buy - JUST ASK!]
