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Originally Posted by Ranchero50
As a new enthusiast of these cars I'm honestly dismayed that there isn't more info available online or a factory service manual. In my honest opinion you shouldn't need a $50 club based book to tell how a 90 year old car is assembled.
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I agree. I think it’s only a matter of time before the Andrews manuals, and the Restoration Guidelines & Judging Standards, will have to be available in digital form. Edits and revisions could be made effortlessly...and a service could notify anyone who subscribes of changes via email. Any time it’s accessed, it would have the most up-to-date information, along with the revision history. The ability to reference a treasure trove of high-quality color photos showing things as carpets, interior patterns, assembly instructions, etc. would be invaluable. I know I would have rather bought access to an online copy than the large paper one I ended up owning. The photos are B&W, small, and hard to discern, and I can wipe the grease fingerprints off my iPad in a jiffy. I know some of you will like to keep your paper copies and that’s fine, but digital is the way to speak to the next generation of restorers.