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Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:03 am

Anybody have an opinion on the book "How to restore Volkswagen Beetle" by Jim Tyler?

Good, bad, expensive, not worth it, buy it?

Thanks.

Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:01 am

Haven't actually looked at the book myself. However, I have found the Amazon.com product reviews extremely useful. Here's the review page for that book:

http://www.amazon.com/Restore-Volkswagen-Enthusias...ewpoints=1

I personally have the VW Beetle & Transporter: Restoration Manual and it is pretty good as well.

Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:46 pm

Theres a PDF version floating around out there.

Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:57 pm

Thanks, I think I'll go for it... already have the Muir book so I guess any other tip will be welcome...

Thanks again...

Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:34 pm

IMO that is the WORST book ever written on restoring a VW. Don't waste your time with it.

Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:39 am

I have both this book and Lindsay Porter's book VW Beetle and Transporter Restoration Manual (a British Haynes manual). I found some good information in both books, but most of the stuff I've learned have been from the Bentley manual, How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen air-Cooled Engine (All models, 1961 and up) by Tom Wilson, the Bug Me Video series, and most of all, right here on theSamba. Mostly, I think the two restoration manuals were a waste of money for me.

But that's my opinion. Of course, more reference materials are a good thing.