Customer Reviews

VW Beetle & Transporter: Restoration Manual

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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.

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.

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.

I bought this book to research how to restore a Beetle. I was expecting this to be more like a typical Hane's manual. However, this book went a lot more in depth into the teardown and restoration than any other Hane's manual I ever dealt with before. As far as I am concerned, this is the best book on the subject of VW Beetle restoration. If you plan on doing anything from rebuilding the engine to a complete restoration from the ground-up, this is the book you need!

A very well written book, as usual for Haynes, that is a good beginner's start for restoring vintage VW's. I would wish for a more detailed, hands-on techniques for welding as most restos require extensive body part replacement. Especially in the US Rustbelt where my cars came from.

This "out of print" book was good and it had some great facts about the history and ideas on how to take care of your bus or bug. It was rather dated and the products used for repairs have definitely changed over the years. Still a good buuy.

Excellent source of information. I would have liked a little more detail on some items such as floorpan replacement, but as a whole this is a must have book for the Beetle/Transporter owner.

own a bus? you will be working on it... or SOMEONE will. great book. well written and easy to find what you want. It's a keeper.

Very good book to provide excellent advices on what to do or what not to do... I read quite a lot of things before starting my restoration project and this book has answered a lot of questions. It is not 100% a step by step as you need bodywork knowledge before you start, but it is definitely a must have.

Too be brief, I am very disapointed in both the quality and quantity of restoration information in this manual for a bus. I see now why the word "Transporter" is in smaller print....there is way too little information on the bus and therefore, not alot of value.

If I knew then what I know now, I would not have bought the book. My bad!! I definitely would NOT recommend the manual to anyone wanting help and guidance on restoring a bus....sorry.