Gary, thanks for the heads up on the book, maybe they will run a revised
edition someday soon. I have bought the book and refer to it often (but
have to admit I sometimes get lazy and just post questions to the list)
I also noticed there is another new Healey book out there:
Austin-Healey 100 In Detail by Bill Piggott
Anybody checked this one out? I haven't seen a review of it. Is it a
"coffee table book" with nothing new for the knowledgeable Healeyphile, or a
weighty treatise on all things Healey 100, or as is usually the case,
something in between?
I seem to recall Mr. Piggot to have written a book or two about TRs.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
To: <Editorgary@aol.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Cc: <Rmoment@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: "New" Restoration Guide
> Gary,
> Awfully good of you to give us all the heads up, that this is not the
revised
> edition that some of us would have jumped at. I know that had I seen it, I
> would have assumed it was, and grabbed one. --Still might, to have one
greasy
> dog eared copy, and one for the library ;-)
> --Aren't the revisions and corrections posted on the web somewhere? --It
seems
> to me they were, at one time...
>
> David W. Jones
> '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
> Cumberland, RI USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Editorgary@aol.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Cc: Rmoment@comcast.net
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 1:27 PM
> Subject: "New" Restoration Guide
>
>
> The Anderson and Moment restoration guide, published by Motorbooks, is
being
> promoted again, this time with a bright shiny red over black BJ8 on
the
> cover. Just for the information of those who have for several years
asked us
> when
> the new revised version would be coming out, this isn't it. Instead,
this is
> the same version that Motorbooks has already reprinted several times.
They
> have
> simply reprinted the original version with a new cover to match the
other
> books in this series that were printed since we wrote ours. So, if you
have
> the
> old version, there is no reason to order this new one.
> We've had several discussions with the publishers, asking for the
> opportunity
> to produce a true revised second edition, but they don't think there's
> enough
> profit to justify creating an entirely new book.
> Sorry about that -- Roger and I are still interested in producing an
updated
> and revised version, but it isn't going to happen this year, and
probably
> won't happen with this publisher.
> Cheers
> Gary Anderson
>
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