> In response to the Cap'n's posting above, I'd certainly be
interested in a
> nice fresh repro set of Amphicar Maintenance books. I might favor
a spiral
> type binding, but am actually pretty flexible on the binding type.
As for
> cost, nobody would suggest that the Cap'n took a loss on such a
project. In
> fact I would submit to you that many might partly view the purchase
of such
> a set like me: as token recompense for all of the man's hard work
on the
> various electronic versions made available out there on the 'net at
>
http://www.amphicar.net/minnow/Technical.htm and in the
Club's "Members
> Only" area at
http://www.amphicar.com/memberslogin.html. I wonder
how many
> actually realize just how extraordinarily lucky we really are to
have such
> sophisticated tools available for our Amphicars at all. I mean, go
out
> there and try to find anything even approaching the elegant
electronic
> offerings that we have thanks to the Cap'n and Scott Moses for a
Packard,
> Metro, Hupmobile or even a Dodge! I would simply suggest that
these any new
> hardcopies be priced make it "worth your while".
Thanks Bilgy! I appreciate the good words! When I found these, I said
to myself "Myself, wouldn't it be nice to have a hard copy in the
garage while I work on the car?" And the answer was a resounding YES!
I have had a couple of private pings to the positive. I think I will
be going with the metal spiral binding for durability and they can be
opened back on themselves to lay flat. I have no idea on the actual
cost just yet. Certainly below the current supplier. I will have to
create a "printer friendly" soft copy of the whole thing first. I
*might* include a PDF on CD of either or both in the deal.
Hopefully this winter I will have the time to add more coolness to
our site. My Summers are really full working on the Amphi and the
riding HD, so no time for HTML.
As I put my car together I am trying to take good sharp color photos
to replace the B&W photos in the manuals.
On another note...
Last Sunday I had my first flight in a small airplane (1968 Cessna
172) since I had crawled out of the last one near Angel Falls (worlds
tallest) Venezuela, June of 1978 (1964 Cessna 172). This time we
landed upright and smoothly with fuel left over, unlike the last one.
The last one was much rougher and ended up folded almost in half and
front landing gear torn from the plane. All 4 of us walked away, so
it was a "good" landing.
John Bevins
