NMNA - blue factory manuals

Yikes!!! That is too expensive. I just bought the same books - about the same condition - on eBay from a guy in Hawaii for $50 + $23 shipping. They are wonderful!!!

And then my wife bought me a repro set for xmas, which is a nice, bound paperback copy of the exact same info. The only difference is the original pages are glossy and the pictures are much easier to read - the repro images have some dithering/half-toning that makes them less clear. And there are a couple of diagrams in the original that are fold-out pages, whereas in the repro book the diagrams have been reduced in size to fit on the page. The repro set was $99 plus shipping.

Maybe I got really lucky, but I absolutely LOVE my blue books. There is a fold out diagram in there that shows all of the chassis dimensions - hole to hole - front to back, side to side. This will help get our cars right back to the factory specification!!!
 
You got very lucky, going price is $200 for an original two volume set. Very little on body/interior for e9, many pics are e3, but it basically shows everything you need. The earlier one volume set doesn’t have the later trannies and injection system.
 
teahead said:
Does it cover body and interior how-to's?
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I have a set that you can borrow for a month or two if you want. You seem to be muscling through a lot of interior and electrical stuff. I definitely want them back!!! :D
 
HB Chris said:
You got very lucky, going price is $200 for an original two volume set.
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Shoot. When I snatched up the $50 2-volume set, there was another set for $135 I think. I should have picked that up, too, so I could make sure another forum member could benefit. Or maybe someone here did get them. :)

Anyway, I couldn't be happier with the content - maybe not "essential" but pretty darn nice to have.
 
Chris is right, i will extend that and say extremely lucky. i bought a set 6 years ago for around $100 and was happy.
 
rsporsche said:
Chris is right, i will extend that and say extremely lucky.
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I appreciate the book deal more than I am letting on. I don't get lucky that often. Just take a look at my car - ha ha.
 
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