Your complete and definitive guide to ground-up Beetle restoration. Contents include: how to renovate chassis and bodywork - including the renewal of major panels and repainting, how to renovate interiors - including the re-covering of seats and renewal of the hood, how to give new life to mechanical and electrical components - including engine overhaul, and how to use your Beetle as the basis for a special or kit car.
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Lindsay Porter is a well-respected and prolific author of practical automotive books and manuals. He lives in Bromyard, Herefordshire.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
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THE book to have in your library if you're seriuos about vw!,
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This review is from: Vw Beetle & Transporter: Guide to Purchase & D.I.Y. Restoration (Foulis Motoring Book) (Hardcover)
You begin with a foreward by Ivan Hirst himself. The man responsible from the British military for breathing life back in to the recently war torn vw plant in 1945. This is the definitive book on restoring your vw beetle and transporter. The resto focuses mainly on the beetle and only touching the real problem areas on the vw transporter (van). With this book, and some skill with the welder, you can rid your vw of painful rust and wear. You'll get a history lesson as well as a religous lesson on getting intimate with the structure and mechanics of your beloved vw. If you think you won't need this one, you're passing up an opportunity.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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A book that covers nearly every aspect of beetle restoration,
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This review is from: Vw Beetle & Transporter: Guide to Purchase & D.I.Y. Restoration (Foulis Motoring Book) (Hardcover)
Through-out this book you will find very detailed drawings directly from Volkswagen and step-by-step instructions with illustrations. Book covers: chassis and bodywork, interiors, as well as mechanical and electrical components. Illustrations are black&white.
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Best VW restoration book I've read!,
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This review is from: VW Beetle & Transporter: Restoration Manual (Hardcover)
If you plan on doing a restoration of a beetle or bus this is a must have. There are other VW books out there that mention body work to a degree, but this book goes into detail for every step of the process. Of particular interest was replacing floor pans, heater channels and just about every other problem area on a beetle. There are step by step pictures as well. The book also covers interior restoration and mechanicals.
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All the talk among the big car makers these days is of the "World Car', the mythical beast that will appeal to Americans, Europeans, Asians and Africans alike, a car that can be made in such huge quantities that development costs can be spread widely, making it as in expensive as possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combination leatherette, wear thick industrial gloves, platinum pattern, leather beige, home sprayer, luggage bay lid, quarter panel repair, axle shaft nut, steering column tube, derby grey, gala red, mesh grey, eccentric bush, header rail, new split pin, torsion arm, pedal cluster, bleed nipple, platinum grid, repair panels, bolster chisel, silver beige, hand brake lever, heater channel, grey pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
House of Haselock, Data Sheet, Uro Autospares, Barry Haselock, Ferdinand Porsche, Baja Bug, Brian Screaton, Beetle Cabriolet, Ivan Hirst, Karmann Ghia, General Manager, Robin Wager, Volkswagen Transporter, British Army, Super Cut New!
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All the talk among the big car makers these days is of the "World Car', the mythical beast that will appeal to Americans, Europeans, Asians and Africans alike, a car that can be made in such huge quantities that development costs can be spread widely, making it as in expensive as possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
combination leatherette, wear thick industrial gloves, platinum pattern, leather beige, home sprayer, luggage bay lid, quarter panel repair, axle shaft nut, steering column tube, derby grey, gala red, mesh grey, eccentric bush, header rail, new split pin, torsion arm, pedal cluster, bleed nipple, platinum grid, repair panels, bolster chisel, silver beige, hand brake lever, heater channel, grey pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
House of Haselock, Data Sheet, Uro Autospares, Barry Haselock, Ferdinand Porsche, Baja Bug, Brian Screaton, Beetle Cabriolet, Ivan Hirst, Karmann Ghia, General Manager, Robin Wager, Volkswagen Transporter, British Army, Super Cut New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Car Bodywork Repair Manual by Lindsay Porter in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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