Jonathan -

These books are essentially "Picture Books" with key numbers on the selected
illustrated parts.  I have a copy of each of the Vanagon books published
that I got from VW Heritage in the UK several years ago (they may still have
some, check with them).  Unfortunately, they are out of print and there is
no ISBN for these as they were published originally for in-house use by
Volkswagen during the "Microfiche" days (pre-ETKA).  They were not
subsequently published by Bentley, Haynes or any other publisher.

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Farrugia" <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: Parts Book?

> Frank
>
> i like paper :).  do you have the title and ISBN for any of these parts
> manuals.  were they published by bentley or some other publishers?  i
> haven't seen anything like these on ebay but i will start looking.  i
> tried to come up with a line on Q-B Autocamp but all i found were dead
> links pointing to this address.
>
> http://www.qb-vwcamperparts-centre.co.uk/
>
>
> jonathan
> ----------------------
> While this is true as far as it goes, there are actually Parts manuals
> published by VW. They basically reproduce the illustrations that have
> become the ETKA basis. There are 4 different volumes available covering
> the vanagon. 79, 80-85, 86-87 and 88-. I purchased mine from Q-B AutoCamp
> in Swindon in the UK.  Cost me 7.95 pounds plus shipping in 1996. Probably
> out of print now, but many older copies must abound in used book or ebay
> sources. The old microfiches are also still around, but the indexing
> feature of the forbidden ETKA makes it quite useful.
>
> Frank Grunthaner