Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 21:26:59 -0700
Reply-To: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
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From: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: Is a Bentley worth it?
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At 8:32 PM -0400 6/19/00, Katherine Maas wrote:
>Alternatively, if there is someone on the list in the Vancouver area
>who owns a Bentley and would be willing to let me have a look at it
>to see if I can figure out the answer to this question for myself,
>would you please pmail me?
Katherine,
I have a Bentley for years 80 - 84 (85?). Same format as for later
model years, just doesn't cover the 2.1 L gas motor or syncro. A
good manual for many things, rather poor for others. On balance,
worth buying if you plan to do a modest amount of DIY work. I don't
find the vanagon version nearly of the same quality as the 68-79 bus
bentley manual, which was excellent.
You'd be welcome to borrow my copy for a few days or a week or so if
you'd like to get a feel for it. A thought: would the Public Library
have a copy, by chance? I go on to the mainland once a week or so,
and if you could pick it up / drop it back off at my office at UBC,
that would be easiest for me. (unless, of course you wanted to take
a short trip to beautiful Bowen Island some sunny day).
Let me know.
T.
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Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada tobin.copley@ubc.ca
'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell =============
'99 daughter Margaret /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi O|. .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/
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At 8:32 PM -0400 6/19/00, Katherine Maas wrote:
<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param>Alternatively, if there is
someone on the list in the Vancouver area who owns a Bentley and would
be willing to let me have a look at it to see if I can figure out the
answer to this question for myself, would you please pmail me?
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</fontfamily>Katherine,
I have a Bentley for years 80 - 84 (85?). Same format as for later
model years, just doesn't cover the 2.1 L gas motor or syncro. A good
manual for many things, rather poor for others. On balance, worth
buying if you plan to do a modest amount of DIY work. I don't find the
vanagon version nearly of the same quality as the 68-79 bus bentley
manual, which was excellent.
You'd be welcome to borrow my copy for a few days or a week or so if
you'd like to get a feel for it. A thought: would the Public Library
have a copy, by chance? I go on to the mainland once a week or so, and
if you could pick it up / drop it back off at my office at UBC, that
would be easiest for me. (unless, of course you wanted to take a short
trip to beautiful Bowen Island some sunny day).
Let me know.
T.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada tobin.copley@ubc.ca
'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell =============
'99 daughter Margaret /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi O|. .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/
