SL/R129: sluvr - Ray. Your book recommendation.
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sluvr - Ray. Your book recommendation.
Originally posted by sluvr
You might want to read Mercedes-Benz SL published in 1989 by Automobilia. Bruno Alfieri, Author. This is the definitive R129 Study, with great photos & cutaway drawings.
You might want to read Mercedes-Benz SL published in 1989 by Automobilia. Bruno Alfieri, Author. This is the definitive R129 Study, with great photos & cutaway drawings.
I would like to order it. Could you look up the 10 digit ISBN # (which is above the bar code on the cover) and post that for me?
That will pinpoint the origin of the book.
Thanks
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Chris, the ISBN 88-85880-14-2 also listed as CL41-0163-4 Societ'a per la storia e l'immagine dell'automobile
Viale Monte Santo 4,
1-20124 MILANO
Tel.02-651229-79,6553402
Fax 02-654404
I hope this help's....Well worth the effort! makes you feel like you made the right choice in the R129. If you cannot aquire, c'mon down and read mine. Cheers Ray
Viale Monte Santo 4,
1-20124 MILANO
Tel.02-651229-79,6553402
Fax 02-654404
I hope this help's....Well worth the effort! makes you feel like you made the right choice in the R129. If you cannot aquire, c'mon down and read mine. Cheers Ray
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Ray;
Thanks I'll be calling the book store tomorrow.
Sounds like a great insight into the workings of what we already know are great cars.
I hope it is not in french like the book references are.
Chris
Thanks I'll be calling the book store tomorrow.
Sounds like a great insight into the workings of what we already know are great cars.
I hope it is not in french like the book references are.
Chris
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Even with all the detailed info ... the first book store I called said they could not locate it. It may be out of print. I hope they are wrong.
I'll keep trying. It sounds like a gem.
Anything that illustrates this car is of interest to me.
For instance, a couple of weeks ago I drove in heavy rain at night and hit a pool of water at about 40 mph on a ramp that pounded water off my tires into the under carrage.
A noise developed. I stopped to check the plastic shields to see if anything had come loose and was rubbing a tire.
At the inside top of the tire, I was suprised. WOW! is something broken? I felt how close the front shocks are to the tires. About 3/4". The other tire had the same spacing. To me it seems like an unbelievably small toreance! Good engineering!
The next day, I found a light sheet metal shield near the exhuast pipe under the drivers seat had been deformed by the water blast and had come into contact with the exhaust pipe. I bent it back by hand. No more noise.
Back closer to topic ... does anyone know a good place to locate out of print books?
I'll keep trying. It sounds like a gem.
Anything that illustrates this car is of interest to me.
For instance, a couple of weeks ago I drove in heavy rain at night and hit a pool of water at about 40 mph on a ramp that pounded water off my tires into the under carrage.
A noise developed. I stopped to check the plastic shields to see if anything had come loose and was rubbing a tire.
At the inside top of the tire, I was suprised. WOW! is something broken? I felt how close the front shocks are to the tires. About 3/4". The other tire had the same spacing. To me it seems like an unbelievably small toreance! Good engineering!
The next day, I found a light sheet metal shield near the exhuast pipe under the drivers seat had been deformed by the water blast and had come into contact with the exhaust pipe. I bent it back by hand. No more noise.
Back closer to topic ... does anyone know a good place to locate out of print books?
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Try this source
Hi Chris... Try Toad Hall Motorbooks www.toadhallbook.com ,they specialize in auto related subjects. also you could try direct mail to publisher.
Good Luck Ray
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Ray. Is the cover of the book shown among the covers on this web page?
http://www.editions-palmier.fr/Libra...des-livres.htm
The ISBN # leads only to the fact that the book must be out of print.
http://www.editions-palmier.fr/Libra...des-livres.htm
The ISBN # leads only to the fact that the book must be out of print.
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Hi Chris... I belive it might be the fourth one down on the left, dust cover's different but content might be the same!"This might be a later edition". I'll e'mail you some pic's, it might help.
Did you try a used book source? Luck...Ray
Did you try a used book source? Luck...Ray
Last edited by sluvr; Mar 16, 2004 at 07:12 PM.
