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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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924RACR
Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 8804 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:08 am Post subject: |
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Add Fred Puhn, "How to Make Your Car Handle"
Shop manuals for 924, 931, and 944.
Parts manual for the front-engine cars (924/928/944/968).
Some book about fiberglass - Fiberglass and Composite Materials by D. Aird Forbes.
Then there's always the classic "To Win" series by Carroll Smith... think I have Engineer to Win and Tune to Win...
But the one we all know and love is "Carroll Smith's Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook" - AKA Screw to Win as it used to be known.
Sports Car and Competition Driving by Paul Frere
That's all that comes to mind at the moment... _________________ Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: |
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If I may....
_________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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There's not enough space to list everything in mine. I have at least 80 books (probably more) and that doesn't count the pages of info that i have collected over the years. I have something like 20 spiral binders filled with info and a large pile waiting to get into binders. This is just the car related stuff.
I wouldn't know where to begin. |
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Paul
Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 9491 Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Add:
Upfixing der Porsche
Motor Manuals from 1965 to 1998 _________________ White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy. |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: |
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v8carreragts wrote: | I wouldn't know where to begin. |
If you're willing to oblige us, how about the 10 most indispensable books from your library that haven't already been listed here... _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Bumblebee77
Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 372 Location: Brisbane
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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I love the idea of the 365 Cars You Must Drive book.
Personally though, i reckon we can make that book even better between the lot of us. How about a 365 (or near enough) Cars You Must Drive and Actually Might Get a Chance To Before You Die. (I'll admit, the title could do with some work... it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.) Undoubtedly there are some epic drives in that book but surely there must be at least a third of its contents, cars that most driving enthusiasts would probably be lucky enough to ever get to see in the flesh let alone have a crack at.
We should compile a list of cars that we must all experience and might realistically some day get a chance to. |
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Vince Ponz
Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida
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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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I think I have 9 or ten of the ones mentioned.
I thought it strange to have the same books. Even the FB book claimed by 924racer.
Birds of a feather do flock together. _________________ "Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock |
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Eturbo924
Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 2212 Location: Londonderry NH
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: |
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I have most of those as well.
Not the fuel deliver one.
I mostly have ones that deal with history and such.
[b]Porsche 924 by Brian Long
Porsche 924 and 944 [/b] by Michael Cotton
[b]Original Porsche 924/944/968
PORSCHE 924 944 & 968 A Collectors Guide.[/b] By Michael Cotton
Along with about 5 others that I can't recall the name of right now.
Also going to have this one soon.
Porsche 928, 924, 944 And 968: The Front-Engined Sports Cars
by Marc Cranswick _________________ 1982 924
1992 968
2003 C4S
Parts Parts Parts and More parts.
E-mail me for parts you need!
Drive Fast! |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:23 am Post subject: |
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_________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: |
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Interesting new book coming out this year from Brian Long:
Porsche Racing Cars: 1953 to 1975
By Brian Long
ISBN:1904788440
Veloce Publishing wrote: |
Features
Stunning period photography, much in colour
Year-by-year coverage of Porsche racing exploits
Worldwide competition results reviewed
Detailed vehicle profiles
Complements other Veloce/Long Porsche books
Written with full co-operation from Porsche
The author is an acknowledged Porsche expert
Exudes the atmosphere of contemporary racing scene
Complete story in two volumes
Description
Follows Porsches year-by-year progress in top flight racing, and looks in detail at the pure competition cars which brought the German marque such immense success and worldwide acclaim on the tracks. This particular volume starts with the story of the giant-killing 550 Spyders of 1953 vintage, and takes the reader, car-by-car, through all of the subsequent racing models.
Synopsis
Today, one cannot escape the fact that the words 'Porsche' and 'racing' go hand in hand. This book follows Porsche's year-by-year progress in top flight racing, and looks in detail at the pure competition cars that brought the German marque such immense success on the tracks and worldwide acclaim. This particular volume starts with story of the giant killing 550 Spyders of 1953 vintage, and takes the reader through a series of racing models, including the glorious 917, up to 1975 via contemporary photography and words from an acknowledged Porsche authority. A second volume covers the years 1976 onwards. The book includes detailed year by year coverage of Porsche's top class racing exploits in words and 300 excellent photos. |
To bad he stopped one decade too soon _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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fezza575m
Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 336 Location: Sunshine coast QLD, Aus
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2Fast
Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 459 Location: Klamath Falls, OR
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: What's in Your Library? |
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Well, i got the chilton repair manual...and haynes, but they are listed already...so....
Porsche
By Randy Leffingwell
ISBN 0-87938-992-3
Great Marques Porsche
By Chris Harvey
No ISBN
The Complete Porsche
By Brian Laban
ISBN 0-7603-1680-5
Porsche
By Nicky Wright
NO ISBN
Porsche Portrait of a LegendBy Ingo Seiff
NO ISBN
The Porsche 911 and derivatives
By Michael Cotton
ISBN 0 900549 52 1 _________________ =====>Alex<=====
1979 Porsche 924 NA 5spd
1979 Parts Porshce 924 NA 5spd |
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emoore924
Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2815
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Too many to list here too. But a few good ones come to mind. Carrol Shelby - The Wildlife is good. The Driver (for all you gumball fans). A book on F1 racing with pop-up cars (remember pop-up books when you were a kid? same thing...) plus a CD inside with sounds from each of the cars.
But my favorite has to be an original, genuine, mint condition race program from the very first Watkins Glen Grand Prix in 1948. (I also have programs from the five subsequent years, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53.) It is fascinating reading. The ads are great. |
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MattN
Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Manchester England
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Four Stroke performance Tuning A. Graham Bell
Race and Rally Car Source Book Allan Staniforth
Porsche 924 Owners Workshop Manual Haynes
The Porsche 924/944 Book Peter Morgan
Porsche Engineering for Excellence Tony Dron
Pass the MOT Jim Punter _________________ 1981 924 N/A |
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