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 pickstock
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| posted on December 26th, 2010 at 09:26 PM |
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VW books
what books should i add to my collection?
im already looking at purchasing the beetle and baja for offroad book but are there any others?
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Dak-A-Tak
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| posted on December 27th, 2010 at 09:06 AM |
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1 / From the publisher of Hot Vws , Totally Tech special (Resto & Custom ) printed summer 2002 ..
2 /All about performance vw engines 2 , from stock engines to 2853 cc Autocraft engine printed Fall 1997
Have look on Hot Vws web site .
3 /Turbomania by Bob Tomlinson , all about turbo charging the vw engine , from mild to wild.
4 /The Story of the California Look Vw by Keith Seume , printed 2008
Booktopia , http://www.booktopia.com.au in Lane Cove West , NSW is a good book
store .
E-Bay to is where I bought afew from . Happy hunting .
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pickstock
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| posted on December 27th, 2010 at 10:10 AM |
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yeah most of my books will probably come from america, us book deposity or world book depository are great places
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on December 30th, 2010 at 01:02 PM |
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There are hundreds and hundreds of different VW books out there to buy and collect. Do an Ebay search on 'VW book', or 'VW manual', and you'll
see.
Here is a selection of the books in the Club Veedub Sydney library. These are all available for our members to borrow - for free.
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 helbus
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| posted on December 30th, 2010 at 01:21 PM |
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How to keep your Volkswagen Alive by John Muir is a classic.
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| posted on December 30th, 2010 at 06:50 PM |
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go to world book depository( http://www.bookdepository.co.uk ).
they have free postage to Australia and are quite cheap,.
type in Volkswagen and heaps come up.
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with
courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show
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| posted on December 30th, 2010 at 07:09 PM |
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Apart from the tech books which are pretty much all the same, get "for love and a beetle". Its the true story of an english couple who got married
and drove their beetle from london across Europe and then shipped it to NZ. For their 35th wedding anniversary they shipped it back and did the trip
over again. It is the first and last book I have read since high school 25 years ago. An inspirational story. It will make you want to pack up and do
a round australia trip at least.*
The other one I would recomend if I could find it is an older history book. Sorry I cant tell you anything more than its a red cover and about an inch
thick. I read about half of that one! I think I got it from a volksbahn swapmeet stall at an early valla and havent seen one since. Much better than
the usual history hitler porsche kdf stamp war blah book. Geez I hope I havent lost that in one of my many moves of the past few years.
Not sure that I would bother with the hot vws stuff for tech purposes, only collectables. They seem to be very closely aligned with their advertisers
which makes me sceptical of all content.
*exact nationality and locations may have shifted amongst the cobwebs of my mind but thats the jist of it.
 
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68AutoBug
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| posted on December 31st, 2010 at 12:47 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pickstock
what books should i add to my collection?
im already looking at purchasing the beetle and baja for offroad book but are there any others?
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Hi
I bought many books on VWs from amazon.com in the USA
they also put you in touch with people selling the same book used...
some are like new... many are from libraries in the USA.
and are dirt cheap...
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HISTORIC VOLKSWAGENS BY RICHARD COPPING *****
excellent 1946-1967 photos galore -- MUST HAVE --
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE OWNERS HANDBOOK BY HAYNES***** every beetle owner should have one..
THE VW BEETLE HANDBOOK ANTON KONRAD ******
[english version by Charles Meisl ]
a great book...
The Beetle by Keith Seume a MUST HAVE BOOK...******
pics of beetles up until the New Beetle...
Volkswagens of the world - an excellent pictorial history -
photos.... ******* simon glen
only book I've seen with this content.. MUST HAVE*****
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many of the newer VW books usually from the UK don't have any pics of some models without modifications... ??
BEETLE COLOR FAMILY ALBUM BY ANDREA SPARROW **
I also have many other books and workshop manuals..
many workshop manuals are different to each other some showing how to do something not mentioned in other manuals...
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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68AutoBug
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Just remembered
I also have another pictorial book with photos of the factory back in the early 50s... stacks of engine lids -- doors etc..
it could be called a day at the factory???
its out of print.. but may be available somewhere..
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another great book I recommend to anyone with a beetle or kombi
HAYNES -vw beetle & transporter - guide to purchase and DIY restoration... by lindsay porter ISBN 0-85429-474-0
this book shows what the other books leave out...
a really MUST HAVE BOOK....
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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amazeer
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| posted on January 3rd, 2011 at 08:32 PM |
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I remembered my "red book" name. Its this one.... those with incredibly good vision will notice that this version has a blue cover hahaha
http://www.amazon.com/Volkswagen-Nine-Lives-Later-1930-1965/dp/0911160426
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| posted on January 4th, 2011 at 07:50 PM |
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'Volkswagen in Australia' is the gem in my collection.
1959 Mercedes Benz 190
1963 Chevrolet Corvair
1969 BMW 2002 Auto
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| posted on January 5th, 2011 at 11:21 AM |
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The VW in Australia book is awesome!
If you see a title you like, key it into this website
http://www.booko.com.au - it compares prices on a heap of websites and gives
you the cheapest price for that book from about 50 different online sellers (including amazon and book depository.)
Good way to save a few bucks and track down your books very quickly.
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