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MG MGA - Interesting Haynes Manual


I just happened upon this today. Haynes seems to be diversifying. This hardware is more than 25 years old, so I guess, at least in the US, it's exempt from modern auto regulations...

http://www.amazon.com/NASA-Apollo-Owners-Workshop-Manual/dp/1844256839
David Breneman

Excellent. I believe that Haynes keep each vehicle they review in their museum.....interesting!

Steve
Steve Gyles

Marvelous

I am in absolute awe of Von Braun and all the engineers that made the moon landing possible.I have stood and gazed at all of the rockets for hours on end each time I visit Kennedy in Florida.


I am also in awe of the skill and bravery of the astronauts that put their personal survival to one side and went for it big style.

To that end I have read most books on the human aspect of the space race and the Apollo missions. What I would love to add is the more technical books to my collection and this looks like a good starting place.

Thanks
Bob Turbo Midget England

We got to know Bill(?)Haynes and his wife quite well when we were together on the FIVA Rally (in the UK) in 1996 (we in our MGA 1600 and he in his very nice XK140 DHC). He was/is a friendly chap and told me that his first car was an elderly Singer(?) for which there was no workshop manual so he wrote one and that's where it all started!
Barry Bahnisch

They do manuals on all kinds of subjects:

http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=34584&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10152&top_category=10152
Willem vd Veer

the museum is well worth a visit if you find yourself in Somerset, but its far from having 1 of every car they have written guides for!
Damon

My awe of the space program stops short of Werner von Braun. After bombing the hell out of London with his V1 and V2 rockets, he comes to this country, becomes a hero, and writes a book, "I Aimed at the Stars." Mort Sahl said that he should have named it "I Aimed at the Stars, But Sometimes I Hit London."
G. A. Boley

G. A., a lot of scientists make questionable compromises to get government grants, and that's not just a wartime phenomenon. Remember atomic physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who worked eagerly on the A-bomb, and then reported that he had, at the first test, said solemnly, and ironically, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Well, how cool for him. Too bad there weren't any witnesses.

von Braun made a very typical scientist's deal with the devil, hoping that if he helped design some weapons, he'd get the opportunity to do what he really wanted to do - send men to the moon.

Man could not have reached the moon in (most of) our lifetimes) without von Braun. And we probably won't, within our lifetimes, again. And he built his reputation with the Jupiter C, a modified Redstone rocket he built for the US military.

And if you think that the allies had a corner on virtue during the war, don't forget the firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo.

von Braun may not have been a squeaky-clean martyr for science, but after that war, very few were.

The allies, with the exception of the Soviet Union, very much were the good guys in WWII, but not everyone who lived and worked in the axis countrie was a bad guy. To claim so is simply the hubris of the victor.
David Breneman

When I was 15 years old I saw this old car that was left in a neighbor's yard after the death of its elderly owner.
The old lady (his wife) said that she didn't want to sell it and it sat until the registration expired. By this time she had come to terms with her loss enough to call me over one day and agree to sell it. I paid 20 Australian dollars when my apprentice wages were 8 dollars a week. I got it going and home and was going to 'build a hot rod' until a passer by said that would be a shame, why don't I come to his vintage car club one day.
I went, and my life changed completely.
I was from a low socio economic background and generally a mongrel kid but the car club exposed me to all sorts of people from every possible occupation and background who treated me as an equal. It opened my eyes to many things and made me strive for a better life.
This thread reminded me of the diversity that can come together with a single common element. I have since introduced many young men to the joys of motoring. 45 years later I still have the 1929 straight eight Studebaker (brown sedan) and now some others besides. Photo attached.
Apologies for the reminiscence but had to share it.


John McMaster

Hi Dave, They also do very interesting ones on the WW2 Spitfire and Lancaster bomber.
Cam Cunningham

They do one for "Thomas the Tank Engine" too.
Dan Smithers

I will have to speak with them about Shelley Jacks!

Steve
Steve Gyles

Hi, John -

What a great collection! I, too, cringe when I see some of the beautiful old cars that people have "hot rodded." What's the real antique behinf the MGA? I've always wanted a car of that vintage, but they've been too spendy for me. Now, thankfully, that people with more money than sense are paying six figures for Novas, Chevelles and Belvederes, the prices of the real classics are coming down! Maybe I'll be able to get one after all. My grandfather's first car was a Stoddard-Dayton. I'd love to have one of those...
David Breneman

Seriously, Steve, you should do that. Your research is tremendously useful and valuable. I'm still hoping to find someone I can trade my jack to for one that's authentic for my 1958 MGA. (NOS! Still in the factory box! Anyone interested, see Steve's web site for pictures :-) ).
David Breneman

Seriously, Steve, you should do that. Your research is tremendously useful valuable. I'm still hoping to find someone I can trade my jack to for one that's authentic for my 1958 MGA. (NOS! Still in the factory box! Anyone interested, see Steve's web site for pictures :-) ).
David Breneman

Hi David,
The Highwheeler is a Schacht. They were made in Cincinnati. I got it in poor condition from a defunct rural museum and restored it myself. The main advantage with this method was that the true cost is never know as one loses courage to keep adding the bills. (the wife never actually knows either.)


John McMaster

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