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There is an elderly gentleman who lives down the street from me and from time to time I visit with him. I drive my '66 BJ8 several times a week so he is familiar with what my car looks like. Yesterday I saw him sitting out in front of his house so I stopped to hear one of the stories he likes to tell. He told me about getting ready to leave for WWII and selling a friend his model T for two dollars. The friend was going to hook a belt and saw blade to the rear wheel to cut wood. Cars were very versitile back then.Unfortunately, the friend wrecked the car on the way home. As my elderly friend finished his story, he asked me to come up to his house since he thought he had a car manual I might want. Over the years he had accumulated many car manuals and had found one for a Sprite MKI and one for a Austin Healey MKII Series II BN7 two seater/BJ7. I can use the Sprite manual, but I would like to pass on the other manual. It is a small manual, 5"x8" and is 250 pages long. It is a workshop manual and very detailed. I want to pass this along, free of charge, to someone who has one of these cars and would like the manual. Just let me know and I will send it to the first person who wants it.
Charlie
Oriental, NC
 
Hi Charlie,

I would like it, if it hasn't been spoken for already.

From the description, it sounds like a Clymer (publications) manual. I haven't seen one of those in a very long time!

I can mail you a DHL padded envelope and waybill, so you won't even have to leave your house (or pay) to ship it :wink:

Thanks for offering this, even if you've already promised it to someone else.

Randy
 
Why not donate it to the BCF for the use of all, rather than it be sequestered in someones private collection?
 
I have already promised this manual, but I am not aware of the BCF having a library. I do have some other manuals I have collected over the years that I could donate. What does the BCF have set up?
Charlie
 
Before you send it to it's new home, go to a copy center, make a copy. Send the original to the new caretaker and the copy to the BCF Library?
 
The new owner has offered to copy to digital media any parts that might be wanted and supply them to the BCF. Also other articles he has. I'll let him proceed from here.
Charlie
 
This subject reminded me that my BJ8 came with both a BJ8 shop manual and a 100-6 / early 3000 BMC shop manual ( BN4, BN6, BN7, BT7 ) . It's the light blue four metal ring notebook job. I have only been using it as a quick reference when I am too lazy to dig my BJ8 shop manual out of the boot of my car.
I will give the 100-6 /early 3000 shop manual it to any member of this forum that needs it. Just PM me and it's yours....
I have read that there is either a parts or body parts notebook for BJ8s ? Does anyone have a spare copy they want to get rid of cheap ?

Thanks,
Ed
 
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