VW Beetle and Transporter: Guide to Purchase and D.I.Y. Restoration

by Lindsay Porter

Your complete and definitive guide to ground-up Beetle restoration. Contents include: how to renovate chassis and bodywork - including the renewal of major panels and repainting, how to renovate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854294740
• ISBN13: 9780854294749
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Very good general guide!!!

Very good book to provide excellent advices on what to do or what not to do... I read quite a lot of things before starting my restoration project and this book has answered a lot of questions. It is not 100% a step by step as you need bodywork knowledge before you start, but it is definitely a must have.

A Great Authoritative Technical Manual!!

I bought this book to research how to restore a Beetle. I was expecting this to be more like a typical Hane's manual. However, this book went a lot more in depth into the teardown and restoration than any other Hane's manual I ever dealt with before. As far as I am concerned, this is the best book on the subject of VW Beetle restoration. If you plan on doing anything from rebuilding the engine to a complete restoration from the ground-up, this is the book you need!

Best VW restoration book I've read!

If you plan on doing a restoration of a beetle or bus this is a must have. There are other VW books out there that mention body work to a degree, but this book goes into detail for every step of the process. Of particular interest was replacing floor pans, heater channels and just about every other problem area on a beetle. There are step by step pictures as well. The book also covers interior restoration and mechanicals.

A book that covers nearly every aspect of beetle restoration

Through-out this book you will find very detailed drawings directly from Volkswagen and step-by-step instructions with illustrations. Book covers: chassis and bodywork, interiors, as well as mechanical and electrical components. Illustrations are black & white.

THE book to have in your library if you're seriuos about vw!

You begin with a foreward by Ivan Hirst himself. The man responsible from the British military for breathing life back in to the recently war torn vw plant in 1945. This is the definitive book on restoring your vw beetle and transporter. The resto focuses mainly on the beetle and only touching the real problem areas on the vw transporter (van). With this book, and some skill with the welder, you can rid your vw of painful rust and wear. You'll get a history lesson as well as a religous lesson on getting intimate with the structure and mechanics of your beloved vw. If you think you won't need this one, you're passing up an opportunity.