Does anyone do an old fashioned paper workshop manual (or a cd) for a Granturismo?

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Captain Boogaloo

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Title says it all really! Is there anyone around who has such a thing? I only ask as I found one (several, actually - covering different aspects of the car) for the Alfa Romeo 156 when many said it did not exist.
I'd like to get to know the Granturismo in a deep and meaningful way....then get Sportsitalia to do the work!!
Seriously, I've always done the majority of servicing myself and would like to see if that's still an option with the Granturismo.
Cheerio
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philw696

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Those were the days before the digital generation.
With over 40 years on the spanners I'm in support of the proper paper manuals.
The time you waste and the paper printing stuff off to have in your work bay just nuts.
I know many new workshops have a laptop in each bay for techs but I would rather have the manual's.
I'm sure a 30 year old prefers the digital set up.
Good Luck in your search.
 
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philw696 said:
Those were the days before the digital generation.
With over 40 years on the spanners I'm in support of the proper paper manuals.
The time you waste and the paper printing stuff off to have in your work bay just nuts.
I know many new workshops have a laptop in each bay for techs but I would rather have the manual's.
I'm sure a 30 year old prefers the digital set up.
Good Luck in your search.
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As a mid 30 year old, im still a fan of the book.
 
mjheathcote

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I've two copies for my Stag, both service and part manuals.
Two copies for one in the garage covered in greasy fingerprints, and one clean copy in the house.
Oh, plus a Haynes manual for a cross reference/different take on the job in hand, and also a little BL training manual for a few tricky tasks too!
I needed it though in the late 80's/90's with no internet/forums etc and just a club magazine once a month. No digital camera when taking stuff apart and putting them back several years later either.
I'm amazed how I striped a car to a bare body shell and put it all back together!
How things have changed, my Stag was only 16 years old and needed to be stripped completely due to rust. It's like doing the same to say a 2005 42/GS!!
 
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philw696 said:
Can you still get Fiesta and Razzle ? ;)
Joking aside I love Technical manuals.
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I shouldnt be old enough to remember such smut but in addition to those, i also have memory of some European magaizines the cheapy corner shops had.... For some reason, you would find them in the woods along with the sport...?
 
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I've always thought the photography of Joanie Allum ( in Men Only, Mayfair etc) was a greatly under appreciated Art form. Plus She's hot, too! Going by my (limited) services experience the correct nomenclature is " training manuals" and " training films" for those who want moving jiggling and abouncing. And who doesn't?!!
But just to ( temporarily) halt this thread's slide into a meeting of the "Friends of Onan", I think I might have found a way to obtain a paper workshop manual for the Granturismo 4.7s Auto ( not the MC, at the moment, though)- I'm intending to make one up, pretty much regardless of cost ( it is 1900 pages, apparently!)
The question is, how many Forum members would be interested in one, and what's the maximum cost people would pay for one? I'd estimate the cost to be approximately £390 plus postage.
Cheerio
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Sam McGoo

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I used to love a workshop manual.
In fact, as a child the first book I ever read myself from cover to cover, was the Haynes workshop manual for my Dad's Datsun 260z.
I remember the look on his face when he came in the garage and I had the bonnet up and a spanner in my hand. :eek: It was the first job I ever did on a car - adjusting the slack out of the accelerator cable. Remembering which house we lived in at the time, I'm pretty sure I was about 10 years old.
 
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Good News! I've found and got on a memory stick the 1200 page Workshop manual for the Granturismo 4.7 S auto. I will be getting this printed and bound... Think the cost will be mucho less than £390, but watch this space - I'll update once I have a definitive cost.
Cheerio
Captain Boogaloo
 
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