As this thread is widely adequate for car-literature I'll show my random catch from yesterday here. Totally inconspicuous, but incredible interesting, when you had a look inside

It's a directory for the car-insurance, where all known as registrated car-, motorbike-, truck-, tractor- and bus-models in Germany are listed, from 1949 and 1951 (in the 1951-issued re special chapters for tracked vehicles and for vehicles, used by the Western Allied occupants )











I've found listings of

http://www.germanmotorcycles.cl/Wendax/wendaxcoments.html
http://www.norbertschnitzler.de/Fahrzeuge/IAA2001/Wendax.htm

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staunau
http://www.allcarindex.com/main-index/car-make-details/Germany-Staunau/

every page offers surprises (incl. several misspelled names). Unbelievable, how interesing such a simple, nondescript list can be!

at trucks

http://www.webkits.com.br/news/articlefiles/385-VW-34.JPG

is listed. And a plenty of curiosities more.

You are not the only one, who owns Swedish repair handbooks

Dug out my 740 book to sort out some electrical gremlins on a friends 744 and thought it was a good idea to share my collection with you at the same time

A propos repair manuals: are these known?



Right know randomly found in my newest eBay-purchase http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/img1292u.jpg/

Maybe I've not noticed them, because there was no K 70-issue. The only K 70-repair-manual in English, which I know, is the "Pocket Manual" from Peter Russek.

It'll be fine if you just cover the shipping and nothing more. I've had them for years and only paid something like 50p-£1 each for them when I bought them and can probably use the shelf space.

hmmmmm out of that list the only ones I have are the Fiat 131 and the Yugo, so I would be interested in taking the others off of your hands Just need to figure out what you want for them, and if you are willing to ship a box that big to the US (with me paying shipping of course)

The only VW one I have is one that covers MK1 Golfs, Jettas and Sciroccos, looking at it it also seems to cover US models so might not be too different from the American one:


I also have (and can immediately find):

Ford Sierra (4cyl petrol models)
Ford Fiesta (One book for MK1 and MK2 I think)
Bedford/Vauxhall Rascal/Suzuki Supercarry
Renault 20
Fiat 131 Mirafiori (In bad condition, probably due to necessary excessive use by previous owners)
Lada 1200, 1300, 1500 etc
Vauxhall Chevette
Vauxhall Astra/Belmont
Citroen 2CV (and various 2CV spin offs, beige so you can't read the writing on the side)
Yugo/Zastava (and various versions thereof)

I think I had more, but have either given them away or put them somewhere else I can't think of. Most of them have been sitting on a shelf for 10 years+.

The main Haynes I am looking for are:

VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat

But only Haynes Manuals, the only European VW I have is Golf/Jetta II so I don't need that one but all others I am really looking for.

If I shall look for specific issues, let me know. Just make a short listing.

I like it to look for stuff for other people on those markets. For my car I already have all common collectibles, so with other orders the chance of having a successful day is much bigger

yes Haynes was originally a UK publisher but now they have Publishers in USA, Australia and Sweden too. And the books sold in each country are only for cars sold in that market. For instance I can't buy a manual for a VW Polo here because they never sold the car in the USA. Even the manuals that are for the same cars are different. I have a USA Haynes Manual for the Golf/Jetta II and it is different from my manual for the UK Golf/Jetta II because of the different specifications in each country (just to give a quick example.) The newer manuals however are usually the same for all markets to save money, except a few added names and flipped images. I have one for a AUS market Toyota Camry and Holden Apollo and the image on the cover is the same as the US Corolla with the image reversed.