Is this a common book?

[Philliphastings]

Lynn - that's a national treasure. Back when I was collecting and preserving CMPs years ago I had the address of a lady who owned a copy of the Ford and Chev books which I was told she had for sale. I chased them for many years and eventually gave up. Yours is one of those books. I believe thay were only a relatively short print run.

Cheers

Phill

[Snowy]

Looks like you have some takers for a copy of your book (not myself, unless it had Weasels in there ); my 5 cents worth would be to get it copied professionally rather than a 'I ran them off at lunchtime on the office photocopier' type of effort. I am sure the increased cost for a high quality print of a rare journal would be of little concern to an interested enthusiast.

Steve.

[Tony Smith]

Although there seems to be a groundswell of interest in a copy of this book, is there any point?

Lynn, is there any text accompanying the photos? If the book is just pictures, then Clive Law has already reproduced the same original factory pictures on CD, and they are as clear as the day they were taken and scanned at a high resolution so all the detail is crystal clear, not like some copy or scan of an airbrushed lithograph. You can order the CD through Clive's site, http://www.servicepub.com/

Just supporting another MLU supporter.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Although there seems to be a groundswell of interest in a copy of this book, is there any point?

Lynn, is there any text accompanying the photos? If the book is just pictures, then Clive Law has already reproduced the same original factory pictures on CD, and they are as clear as the day they were taken and scanned at a high resolution so all the detail is crystal clear, not like some copy or scan of an airbrushed lithograph. You can order the CD through Clive's site, http://www.servicepub.com/

Just supporting another MLU supporter.

Thanks for reminding me Tony I've been meaning to order the CD for ages now so I have just ordered a copy of the CD.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi all - I know what Tim Tam is saying but I still like to have a hard copy in my hands as opposed to another CD. Call me old fashioned but you lose a lot with the electronic media. I would still buy a professionally manufactured copy.

Bob

[aj.lec]

I just purchased a copy of the cd from Clive

Saying that though , I also prefer hard copy issues for reading and general viewing

[Max Hedges]

thanks for the link Tony, I just ( well Kathy did ) orded one too
Clive would be pleased with you Tony for reminding us to order a copy.
Max

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Clive Law has already reproduced the same original factory pictures on CD, and they are as clear as the day they were taken and scanned at a high resolution so all the detail is crystal clear, not like some copy or scan of an airbrushed lithograph. You can order the CD through Clive's site, http://www.servicepub.com/

Just supporting another MLU supporter.

Tony,
Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the MLUers. For Australian buyers who may gasp at the $15.00 shipping charge added by my software I confirmed this morning that the actual cost (before packaging supplies) is $13.80. In one case where a number of books were added to the order and the shipping charges totalled $33.00 be assured that I refunded $18.00 as overpayment. This is because my software isn't 'smart' enough to figure out all of the permutations of book size/weight and destination.
Clive

[cliff]

Originally Posted by servicepub

For Australian buyers who may gasp at the $15.00 shipping charge added by my software I confirmed this morning that the actual cost (before packaging supplies) is $13.80

Clive I send a lot of plants by post around Australia and I glanced at the $15.00 fee and thought it was fair and reasonable if not cheap. I look forward to getting the CD and having a browse, especially at the MCP vehicles.

[T Creighton]

Clive,
I have Lynn’s book at present. It differs from an ordinary bound type book in that it is a heavy binder held together by removable, threaded, studs containing individual sheets. The pictures show different models of vehicles with brief descriptions as captions and then views of the same model from different angles.
Lynn has kindly given me permission to make a copy for myself but it will only be on c.d. in .pdf format scanned at 400 dpi.
The photos in the book, while very good, are not glossy high resolution and are on paper that has yellowed a bit over time.
I have tested copies at higher resolutions in jpg and tiff in colour and greyscale but the results when printed on my colour laser printer are still quite grainy looking and have large file sizes.
I expect that a commercially done reprint would be very expensive.
Your CD sounds like it would be much better to have but I have this opportunity to make this one for myself.
Regards,
Terry

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I have hi-res scans of about 200 GM photos that I should like to add to, to see if I can build up the best possible GM album.

I am rather proud that my Pearsons book turned out so well with fantastic scans of original professional shots. Modern tech is so wonderful!