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Wed May 09, 2012 10:09 am

Been looking at books for sale

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Porsche-356-Guide-Do-It-Yo...gy_b_img_b

Jim has a new book out well new to me as I have had my head in the sand for the last 5 years. and a new book I have no idea who he is or anything about it..

not wanting to judge a book by it's cover ( that was so bad!! :lol: :lol: ) any of them any good?

Jims past books have been good inspuration for sure. Not head anything about the other one ( yellow one ) looks interesting..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Restored-Hand-Bolts-Porsche-Restoration/dp/1426907184/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

Wed May 09, 2012 12:15 pm

Both books are for the do-it-yoursself restorer. The first book, by Jim Kellog is an update/improvement to his first book. The second book by Ron Roland is a compilation of many articles he has written over the years plus new material just for the book. If you are going to get just one, I would go with Ron Rolands, but I am sure you can learn from both. Roland's book does it the right way, as considered by many. In otherwords, he tries to show how to duplicate what the factory did. Jim Kellog advises that he does not do "show" cars, but driven cars, so he takes some shortcuts that some would not consider "correct".

Wed May 09, 2012 12:39 pm

I referred to both books during the restoration of my 356A. I used a variation on Jim Kellogg's method of replacing the longs with the rockers on. If I recall correctly Ron Roland's book is a little more comprehensive although more pics would have been good.

Wed May 09, 2012 3:20 pm

Ok thanks I have the first book of Jims and it's very detailed there. Ok I will get the othe rbook by Ron. The two should be very usefull. Thanks