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innerself
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 Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 7:11 pm Post subject: holy shit! |
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someone said that the bentley service manual for my year (1956 oval) was the best manual to get but, at the bentley site link: http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=V157 it costs $99.95!
i guess ill just have to buy a used one, or settle for a hayes or something. any suggestions? thanks. |
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rizzag
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Location: Salem, OR
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 7:13 pm Post subject: holy shit! |
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| the bently is soooo much better than haynes, i would get the bently but do what your wallet can afford |
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TimGud
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Location: Rio Rico Arizona
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| Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 7:38 pm Post subject: holy shit! |
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| You will be extremely dissapointed in the other manuals! Get the Bentley manual. Good luck |
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[email protected]
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 11:11 am Post subject: holy shit! |
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Innerself, you can get the Bentley Manual for your year "'52-'57 Beetle Sedan & Convertible, Karmann Ghia Coupe (over 1300 pages" from J.C. Whitney for $54.99 (plus shipping) If this is the one your after, it may save you a few bucks.......
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BWD
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| Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 11:57 am Post subject: holy shit! |
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The Bentley for my bug (manual type1 '66-69)is $39.95 I got a used one on ebay for $10
Get the Bentley! |
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Anti-
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| Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 6:40 pm Post subject: holy shit! |
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I have the Bentley manual for my 56. The other ones suck. The JC Whitney price is by far the best.
It depends how much work you are going to do on the car. Regular maintenance...get the Idiot book at a used bookstore, oldest edition available. But once you start really taking things apart you will be very glad you dropped the cash on the best manual available.
My two cents. |
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[email protected]
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| Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:37 pm Post subject: holy shit! |
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| what about the how to keep your volkswagen alive that works great too! |
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79SuperVert 
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 6:22 am Post subject: holy shit! |
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| Yes but while that one is strong on the "newbie" advice it's short on the illustrations and technical detail. I think the best is having both of them. |
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