Customer Reviews

VW Beetle Restoration (Osprey Restoration Guides)

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I was quite dissapointed with the ambiguity and writing style in this book. I was hoping to use this as a guide to my vw repair and restoration but now it has taken the place amongst the "last resort" resource manuals for vw repair. The book seemed to magically jump from stage to stage of repair with no clear transition. After reading the section four times I'm still not sure how they got the car off the pan! The book was written using British colloqualisms and terminology, which was very hard for me to understand. On a positive note he does give a good introduction to welding and welding tools as well as other specialty tools used in classic car restoration. All in all I would say that given the chance I would return the book for a full refund and if I saw it for sale used somewhere I might pick it up if it did not cost too much.

It was the worst $ I ever spent. This book is hard to use, It has terrible content, and not to mention it reads like it was written by a six year old. don't buy this book!

I found this to be a very interesting and useful book. The refreshing British tendency to really rip a car down to its guts is evident here, with nice photos of the rusted pan being restored, for example. I especially liked the photo of the restorer bandaging his hand after cutting it on some sharp piece of the car; really shows the nitty-gritty of the restoration.

The author's enthusiasm and passion for VW's, and his intelligence and wit, come through clearly. A charming and helpful addition to my VW library.

A well written book which helps you through all those "I told you so" problems. Great solutions and advice. The best bit about this book was the fact that it acknowledged that restoration is not as easy and straightforward as it appears. The pages are fast becoming coated in grease!