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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