Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:16:03 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Parts Book?
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Jim,
Do you think it possible for these to be scanned and then assembled into
a PDF for distribution on CD for "Personal Use"?
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Chelsea, AL
Jim Thompson wrote:
> Jonathan -
>
> These books are essentially "Picture Books" with key numbers on the
> selected
> illustrated parts. I have a copy of each of the Vanagon books published
> that I got from VW Heritage in the UK several years ago (they may
> still have
> some, check with them). Unfortunately, they are out of print and
> there is
> no ISBN for these as they were published originally for in-house use by
> Volkswagen during the "Microfiche" days (pre-ETKA). They were not
> subsequently published by Bentley, Haynes or any other publisher.
>
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> jim@karmannghia.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Farrugia" <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Parts Book?
>
>
>> Frank
>>
>> i like paper :). do you have the title and ISBN for any of these parts
>> manuals. were they published by bentley or some other publishers? i
>> haven't seen anything like these on ebay but i will start looking. i
>> tried to come up with a line on Q-B Autocamp but all i found were dead
>> links pointing to this address.
>>
>> http://www.qb-vwcamperparts-centre.co.uk/
>>
>>
>> jonathan
>> ----------------------
>> While this is true as far as it goes, there are actually Parts manuals
>> published by VW. They basically reproduce the illustrations that have
>> become the ETKA basis. There are 4 different volumes available covering
>> the vanagon. 79, 80-85, 86-87 and 88-. I purchased mine from Q-B
>> AutoCamp
>> in Swindon in the UK. Cost me 7.95 pounds plus shipping in 1996.
>> Probably
>> out of print now, but many older copies must abound in used book or ebay
>> sources. The old microfiches are also still around, but the indexing
>> feature of the forbidden ETKA makes it quite useful.
>>
>> Frank Grunthaner
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