Hello Fellow Listers
I don't often respond, I like to follow the threads, and hope you don't
think me rude, but in regard to the following I have something I would like
to add. I am in posession of 2 books that may be of interest to someone.
1) Brown vinyl covered loose leaf two ring binder containing Spares
Information Sheets for Silver Cloud III, Bentley S3 and Phantom V. It
seems to cover 1963-1965
2) Wine vinyl covered loose leaf four ring binder containg Parts list
Rolls Royce Phantom V VolumeII.
I have no use for either of these books and would offer them for sale.
I
have no concept of their value, or their usefulness, but would be prepared
to accept reasonable offers. Should any of the listers be interested, I
also have a number of small parts NOS that could be purchased at a very
reasonable price (A list can be seen at <lonestarwebs.com/mgs&more.html>)
As you can see, my interest is in much humbler cars than this marque.
Cutting one's cloth to suit one's purse and all that!
Regards Fisher Jones
At 11:50 PM 4/28/98 +0100, you wrote:
>There has been lively debate on the Rolls-Royce and Bentley mailing list
>about the availability of Haynes manuals for these vehicles. The
>Rolls-Royce workshop manuals are around =A3 700 for a complete set. There
>is a new breed of RR enthusiast who wants to keep his elderly Shadow on
>the road, doing his own maintenance. Such an owner may have paid less
>than =A3 7,000 for his Shadow, so to spend >10% of the purchase price on a
>manual seems ludicrous. =20
>
>
>Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
>-------------------------
>I am sure that I saw a manual for the Shadow (I think there were two -
>early Shadow and Shadow II), many years ago, but it's evidently now out
>of print. I would be grateful if you could tell me:
> - if there are any plans for a re-print
> - the ISBN, so I can track down copies through second-hand dealers
> - details of copying licences. I have quite comprehensive CAD and
>duplication facilities here; if I were to get hold of a copy of the
>out-of-print manual, and copy it, I could blow up (for example) the
>wiring diagrams to A2 size without (much) loss of resolution, and owners
>are keen for me to do this for them. In fact, they're keen to have A2
>wring diagrams even if the manual is reprinted - so I'd like you to give
>me prices for copying licences for the whole manual, and for the wiring
>diagrams alone, as alternatives.
>
>
>Rolls-Royce Slver Spirit (and derivatives)
>------------------------------------------
>
>The Silver Spirit (and derivates) is now a 17-year-old design, and
>although dauntingly complex, interest has been expressed in a Haynes
>manual for this model - especially the immediately post-1981 variants,
>which appeal most to the DIY enthusiast. Are there any plans to do such
>a manual? =20
>
>I look forward to hearing from you. If you would like to join the
>Rolls-Bentley mailing list in order to ascertain the likely sales of
>manuals if you were to (re-)publish a manual for either vehicle, you can
>do so by sending an email to majordomo@autox.team.net, leaving the
>subject field blank, and in the message field including only the words
>
>subscribe rolls-bentley [your email address]
>
>Finally, most members of the mailing list are also members of either the
>Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club (UK based) or the Rolls-Royce Owners' Club
>(US based), or both. You might prefer to canvass support for a re-print
>or a re-issue via these Clubs, so as to get an idea of interest levels
>from non-netted owners. If so, please tell me, and I will be happy to
>pass on contact details; or you can follow the links from
>http://www.rrec.co.uk and http://www.rroc.org.
>
>Best regards,=20
>
>Richard J. H. Shears
>richard@shears.org
>dog: 070 500 30405
>fax: 070 500 30406
>
>
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