Whilst on my travels in Cornwall last week I came across a fantastic little second hand market in Padstow.
There sitting all alone in the car section was a 10th edition Part no: AKD 4092 (10) British Leyland Motor Corporation Limited (1970) publication for the Vanden Plas Princess 1100 1100 mk.II and 1300 complete with addendum for the Lucas Pacemaker battery (type A9) and an additional addendum AKD 4092/2 for the ignition/starter switch and steering lock (when fitted).
This is a hard back (red coloured) bound book and consists of 74 printed pages and is in a very good condition.
Oh! If only modern day cars were as simple to run, maintain and own as then but with the convenience of the technology we have within them today on them!
Then again greasing and oiling was someting of 'chore' when you owned one of these vehicles as I read it but home servicing was a complete doddle!
Within the schematics of the wiring diagram there is a mere 118 components and 9 coloured wires to trace through - how easy is that to trace a fault compared to a modern day car?!
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Did you buy it? A friend has one of these but I'm not sure whether he has the manual.
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> Did you buy it?
I sure did!
You cannot pass publications such as this today as they are becoming harder to find.
The one I have is in very good condition but not mint. As in no oil or scuff marks on the cover or pages and is very clean throughout. The spine is also very solid and intact and all pages are present & correct. Fantastic reading it be!
I did not buy it to sell on though as I collect such.
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The one I have is in very good condition but not mint. As in no oil or scuff marks on the cover or pages and is very clean throughout. The spine is also very solid and intact and all pages are present & correct. Fantastic reading it be!
With the book surviving it is obvious that more care was taken by the printer in manufacturing the handbook than "Red Robbo" and his merry crew did in buiklding the actual car.
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> ............ it is obvious that more care was taken by the printerin manufacturing the handbook than "Red Robbo" and his merry crew did in buiklding the actual car.
That's unfair. Workers can be members of a trade union and still be conscientious about their work.
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I did not buy it to sell on though as I collect such.
That is understandable though perhaps a great shame not to unite it with an enthusiastic owner of the said car.
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>>Perhaps a great shame not to unite it with an enthusiastic owner of the said car.
Is that not what collecting is all about? Finding it first?!
All good things come to those who wait.
Presently, it will reside in my collection, that I have too enthusiastically built up over time, until I find a better example.
I often go here tinyurl.com/3sw68o to browse the shelves: Wigtown, Newton Stewart, there are numerous book shops selling such items as the one I found in Cornwall last week.
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I dont normally visit autojumbles but your post Tron immediately made me think of the Race Retro show, which is held annually at Stoneleigh. Apart from all the cool old cars they have a big room full of stalls selling all sorts of old motoring publications, both OE and aftermarket books and magazines
Although probably not as cheap as a non-specialist outlet?
perhaps a great shame not to unite it with an enthusiastic owner of the said car.
I wouldnt worry about that, there is always the ubiquitous Ebay for an owner to search.
;o)
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