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Could I get a copy of a page inside the John Muir VW Manual?
Richardm - August 23rd, 2009 at 09:16 AM

I am trying to get a PDF of the page in the How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive by John Muir that shows the guy trying to sleep in a four-poster bed, with an exploded engine diagram in a balloon above his head.

I don't have the book and wondered if someone could send me a PDF of that page.


68AutoBug - August 23rd, 2009 at 05:30 PM

Sorry,
I don't have the book...
but it has been re-printed and updated many times...

so that drawing You want may have been in only one version??
that's only a wild guess or an early version...

someone had the whole book on PDF here a few months ago

but as I said it may NOT have been in that edition..

best of luck

LEE


ernie norley - August 23rd, 2009 at 06:31 PM

I have photo in copier judt have figure out how to get it to you
ernie


whatnow - August 23rd, 2009 at 08:10 PM

try the artists peter alswandens (nfi how you spell it) web site, he sells posters/t-shirts of some of the artwork including from memory that one. (my fav as well).

edit. aschwanden.

http://www.peteraschwanden.com/ 

http://www.peteraschwanden.com/ClassicReprints.html 

it is called transaxledream (even though it is an engine)


Richardm - August 24th, 2009 at 01:42 AM

Thanks for the image!!

I am in the US and an old friend in Canada is busy taking apart a 1970s Honda 750 motorcycle to use as a parts bike. He sent a picture of all the parts disassembled on the floor and I thought of this picture again.

It is applies to a lot of situations, such as complex projects of any kind.

Thanks also for the artist's web site. He has a poster and a T-shirt of this drawing too.


Richardm - August 24th, 2009 at 01:57 AM

When I download the image as a .gif on my Mac, the background is dark so the image is messed up. I was able to copy paste it into PowerPoint and save it as a PDF.

Would it be possible to post this as a PDF at a bit higher resolution?


Richardm - August 24th, 2009 at 02:08 AM

I know this is completely extraneous to your site, but I have a BMW motorcycle that has an engine design quite similar to the VW.

I worked on a VW engine in the late 1960s in my dad's car and got some of my first auto mechanic lessons from it.


Bizarre - August 24th, 2009 at 08:32 AM

PM me your email and i will send it to you as a PDF - cant post it as a PDF