Mr John Haynes of Haynes workshop manual passed away Friday.
Lovely approachable guy, met him at his Motor museum in Sparkford Devon in 2013, so approachable and pleasant.
RIP Mr Haynes.
Very sad news.............
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That is sad news Gaz - i have to confess i thought it was the first line of a joke with the punchline being something along the lines of he hadn't completed Chapter 12 on the Body Electrical System so they were having trouble jump starting him.
On the good side, he's left a legacy with all of us so his memory will live on.
On the good side, he's left a legacy with all of us so his memory will live on.
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Some people mock the Haynes manuals, but they're a damned useful tool
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They certainly are but most of the mocking i've heard of has generally been in an affectionate way.Richard Moss wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:29 pmSome people mock the Haynes manuals, but they're a damned useful tool
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I was sad when I heard. His museum is on my list of Must do's.
His manuals have made me who i am, an dcapable of what I do, along with watching and learning from my dad when I were a kid as he followed his manuals in the 70's & 80's
His manuals have made me who i am, an dcapable of what I do, along with watching and learning from my dad when I were a kid as he followed his manuals in the 70's & 80's
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95 827 Stirling: Nightfire Saloon.
96 Coupé 827 Manual White Gold.
97 Coupé 820 Vitesse Gunmetal.
99 820 Vitesse Nightfire Fastback. SERIOUS amount of welding done. Lived in a fettid garage for years.
EX 1994 Saloon Rover 827 SLi White Gold- RIP.
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I remember a conversation with Ron at Best of British some time ago. He said the older manuals were good as they were based on a proper strip down and rebuild, whereas the newer versions were extracts from online materials and not as useful or accurate.
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