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Volkswagen 1200 Workshop Manual: 1961-1965

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The Big Blue Bentley is very informative and the procedures are very easy to follow. Practically everything one wants and needs to know when repairing their aircooled VW's is in this book. Very highly recommended. I give this book "Two very greasy thumbs-up"!

If you have a swingaxle Beetle then this book is where you get to learn all the factory methods of maintenance. Every step has pictures and clear instructions for you to follow. Very expensive. Buy this only if you are totally obsessed with VW maintenance. A lot of the special factory tools are almost impossible to find and this dissapointed me quite a bit. As it does not cover later engines, transmissions, etc. it would be helpful to have other manuals and books to help you with your VW restoration. Books I would recommend are the later VW model service manuals by Bentley and Haynes and the How To Rebuild book by Tom Wilson. If you want to tune your VW there is Bill Fishers How to Hotrod book which is ancient (1971) but still very relevant to tuning aircooled VWs. If in doubt you can participate in online VW forums and ask questions. It took me 6 months to rebuild my VW motor following instructions in this book and other service manuals (Haynes, Autobooks). 5 of those 6 months were for research and getting all the necessary tools ready. Only about 1 months work on weekends and friday nights to rebuild a 1585cc dual port VW motor for my brother's 1965 Beetle.

My favorite part of the book is the illustrations- no other manual shows you so well what the heck they're talking about.

This was an expensive acquisition, but worth its weight in gold for the home mechanic. I needed it for the wiring diagrams, as the garbage Haynes Manual's wiring diagrams are terrible. So far everything I need to know is in it.

Of all manuals ever written, here is the pinnacle. Pay the price and buy the best. When in the trenches, its best to have the best.

We ordered this item two monts ago and we haven't still received the book, the seller charged us a lot for that and is not answering our emails! Complete Loss, I don't believe we're ever gonna get it! It was supposed to be a gift for someone who lives abroad, we are planning to go away and pay them a visit and now instead of handing it as promised we' ll come empty-handed!!!
Please avoid the seller! Not reccomended!