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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22458 Location: UK
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Inglewood
Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 183 Location: Stone, Staffordshire
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, RIP, condolences to the family and business colleagues. |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3829 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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We are close to Sparkford so our local press and radio has gone quite in depth on his passing, he did a lot in his life and I take my hat off to him. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22458 Location: UK
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 1776 Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Austin Sevens, Rick - 'Building a 750 Special'. _________________ in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Recently departed: 1953 Lancia Appia, 1931 Austin Seven, 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on! |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22458 Location: UK
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1750 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Haynes' books, not just manuals, still take up a lot of space in my bookcase. John Haynes was a very friendly and genuine man who I had the pleasure of meeting several times when I lived not far from Sparkford. RIP John - and thank you for all the skinned knuckles... _________________ David
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4115 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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RIP John Haynes.....
I always used a Haynes Manual where I could, and classic world owes him a big thanks for producing a manual at a fraction of the cost of a Manufacturer product.
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Bengt Axel
Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Posts: 267 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Very sad to hear, generations of impecunious (aka 'skint') motorists owe him a debt of gratitude.
Now cars are both more complex and more reliable things are different but for many years the first thing you did when buying a car was to get 'The Haynes' for it. _________________ "Once bread becomes toast, it can never go back! |
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1426 Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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I reckon the first manual I bought was to change the crank on my Dad’s MK1 Sprite in 1963 or thereabouts. Did it in a morning, but I was seventeen then. |
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Norseman
Joined: 09 Jan 2019 Posts: 78 Location: Essex UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Sadly departed but his products will be of great assistance to many a car owner, to say nothing of his manuals about other more obscure forms of transport … I've got the one's on the Tiger tank, Routemaster bus & Norman the pensioner _________________ 1987 classic Range Rover Vouge
1998 E39 523i SE sedan
A great many models have served me well since the 'sixties, all of them old & some even older than me. |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3829 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:13 am Post subject: |
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I must admit to not using a Haynes manual for years now, our go to has recently become Youtube.
I still keep the Haynes manuals for all the cars I have owned. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1737 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Before fleabay came along I remember it was common to get a Haynes manual "thrown in" on the deal when buying an older car. Does that still happen, I wonder? |
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Bengt Axel
Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Posts: 267 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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Bitumen Boy wrote: | Before fleabay came along I remember it was common to get a Haynes manual "thrown in" on the deal when buying an older car. Does that still happen, I wonder? |
My dad, being tight fisted, has kept every one for the many cars he has owned over the last 40-odd years. There is a shelf full of them in his garage, including 2 for Morris Marina, even though he's never owned one. _________________ "Once bread becomes toast, it can never go back! |
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