prices... wow! how they've changed.
...looking at my bookshelf.. pulled out all my old manuals from the 70's and
'80s' from the boxes
in the basement.
Midget, Spit, MGB, Jag amoung others....
jeessee... I've got haynes, Bentley, Autobook...
workshop, user's, comp. prep. manuals for all of them... forgot 'em all in the
boxes.
...front cover prices....
1974 Bentley Manual MG Midget Mk IV $14.95
1978 Bentley Manual Spitfire 1500 $16.95
1980 Bentley Manual Sptifire 1500 $22.95
1998 Bentley Manual MGB $52.95
Paul Tegler
1973 BGT - Daily Driver
1975 Spitfire -in Cherry Shape 1980 Spitfire w/ O/D - in re-hab
GT6 MKIII - in the works
email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald H. Locker <dhl@mrdog.msl.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Need repair manual recommendation
Ooooops! That should have been $70 for the Bentley book, but well
worth it in my opinion. (I'm terribly embarassed; I really should
have looked it up before posting, knowing how many folks rely on this
list for reliable info. Including me.)
Donald.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald H. Locker <dhl@mrdog.msl.com>
> To: <vmichael@enteract.com>
> Cc: <glmce@hotmail.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Need repair manual recommendation
>
>
> >
> > Robert Bentley, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
> > 800 423 4595
> > 617 547 4170
> >
> > publishes reprints of the original factory workshop manuals. Rather
> > than 3-ring bound (original) Bentley prints softbound (paper cover)
> > books, with two original pages on each page. Other than that, it is
> > identical to the original. I paid (IIRC) $17 plus shipping for a Mk3
> > and same for a MkIV (ISBN 1 869826 752). I also have a Haynes. My
> > preference is the Bentley ('cause my original factory manual got
> > nicked somewhere along the line.)
> >
> > Donald.
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