Haynes Manuals

[Chas]

John Haynes, the entrepreneur and creator of the Haynes Manual has died. I've still got a load of the manuals I bought for almost every car I owned

https://haynes.com/en-gb/john-harol...DsWd2_1Su8mPF_Va5b6PmWNLuKiARpy4aT5hvLe-Npi-A

 

[Higgy]

I was looking through mine the other day... Old Honda 500/4 Triumph Bonnie/ Mini/ old volvos Loads of the things...John Haynes Turned a lot of young lads into half decent mechanics... God bless his him.... Half the photos were shit tho, Especially in the black and white days....

 

[BobMurphy]

I have a large collection of Haynes Manuals - When friends brought their cars to me for fixing I'd buy the manual !

Austin Maxi, Volvo 240, Morris Marina anyone .

Bob.

 

[Rob Cowell]

Just waiting for the classic car boys to get back into these then I’m going to make my fortune on e-bay.

 

[Rob Cowell]

I have a large collection of Haynes Manuals - When friends brought their cars to me for fixing I'd buy the manual !

Austin Maxi, Volvo 240, Morris Marina anyone .

Bob.

Surely 240s are still under warranty?

 

[BobMurphy]

Hmmmmm . . Wasn't the Volvo 120 known as the "Amazon" ????

Just to confuse .

Bob.

 

[Rob Cowell]

Hmmmmm . . Wasn't the Volvo 120 known as the "Amazon" ????

Just to confuse .

Bob.

It was, but if I recall correctly, there was a motorbike called an Amazon so they had to drop that name officially. I bought my 2 door, 2 litre when it was 28 years old, and put 100,000 miles on it in 5 years. I had to have the gearbox out a few times when it locked in 3rd gear, but I could get home from work, have the box out and stripped enough to sort of fix it and back in ready for work in the morning. Until I got a new selector fork for it; new, from Volvo, before Ford bought them and killed off the old spares. When I bought the farm it was killing it to get up and down the track and it had to go. By far the coolest car I've owned.

 

[moggy1968]

All mine are I storage except the one for my 60 but from memory I’ve got them for a 1275 midget, Morris minor, Mark 1 mr2, ford escort,

 

[tonytoyota]

Hi my dad had a 121 Volvo estate car wen he stoped driving it a nd it had 650,000 on it wot a car.

 

[Higgy]

I picked up a Haynes manual for a Bedford ice cream van, At my local car boot... Theres a guy selling loads of em for about a £1 each. such a shame, They are lovely books for some really Classic motors.... Cant believe there not worth more.... Saying that i was bidding on one this week for an 80 series it went for £35 with postage....