Complete Official MGB Model Years 1962-1974: Comprising the Official Driver's Handbook, Workshop Manual, Special Tuning Manual [Paperback]

British Leyland Motors (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers; 4th Revised edition (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837601150
• ISBN-13: 978-0837601151
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the Same As Hayes Manual, Adds to the Library, August 14, 2006

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Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Official MGB Model Years 1962-1974: Comprising the Official Driver's Handbook, Workshop Manual, Special Tuning Manual (Paperback)

MGB Automotive Repair Manual: All Models of the MGB Roadster and GT Coupe With 1798 CC (110 cu in Engine) (Haynes Manuals) by John Haynes is still the world-class best.

This book is bigger, heavier, more white space, larger print, better diagrams and illustrations, and for all those reasons, it adds to the library.

The "Driver's Handbook" is 22 pages of really basic stuff, while the special tuning manual appears to be more or less a restatement of the calibration data for the car.

If I could only afford to buy one book, I would not buy this, and would go instead with the Haynes Manual. If money is not an issue, I would buy this book fourth in line, after Haynes, "The MGB Restoration Manual" by Porter which dramatically enhances Haynes on points of restoration, and "Original MGB C-V8 Compl: The Complete Guide to All Roadster and GT Models (Original Series)" by Anders Ditlev Clausager which is a dramatic color photo compilation of what perfect looks like.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable!, March 15, 2004

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R. D. Hanson "rdhanson1" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Official MGB Model Years 1962-1974: Comprising the Official Driver's Handbook, Workshop Manual, Special Tuning Manual (Paperback)

However, this book was much more useful than the standard auto repair book I had. You'll need a translator if you don't speak British. Also an interesting bit of history. The book contains all the text of 3 official publications, the owners manual, the factory repair manual, and the "special tuning" manual.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, its a manual, it has instructions, March 15, 2006

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R. Gabrielsen (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Official MGB Model Years 1962-1974: Comprising the Official Driver's Handbook, Workshop Manual, Special Tuning Manual (Paperback)

This book reads like a technical manual.... hey, this IS a technical manual. This manual is a must if you are going to work on your MG by yourself; even if you already have the haynes manual. The only bad part is all of the references to really cool tools that are not longer available. That said, this is not a good book if you are hoping for a nice plot twist at the end.