Scans wanted!!!

RamoNZ · August 01, 2010, 12:38:20 AM

Did you get mine?

Ian65 · August 01, 2010, 12:40:16 AM

Quote from: RamoNZ;708082Did you get mine?

Sure did, thanks very much... I\'ll copy you in when I put it all together!

RamoNZ · August 22, 2010, 11:32:02 AM

Any progress on this?

Ian65 · September 15, 2010, 09:39:14 PM

Quote from: RamoNZ;712228Any progress on this?

It\'s been a long time coming but the 1st edition is done.

It still needs some work, mainly the index needs doing and I still have scans sent to me that I\'ve yet to include but at the moment the book stands at 344 pages and there are some fantastic articles in there.
A big thanks to everyone who sent articles in, especially those who spent their valuable time scanning their collections for me, I really appreciate it, ....thankyou.

I had an idea but no knowledge of how to go about putting this together when I started, I\'d never even made a pdf file before so I\'m please at how this has turned out.

I\'m struggling to compress the file enough at the moment for it to download fast. I\'ve uploaded it to here...

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8jAGJaws4QeOTIxZmNkMGQtY2JlMS00MzI3LTg0MWQtOWU3MTc5OGMzYzg1&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

and you can download it from this location.
Beware though that it is 267mb so will take a while to come down if you have a slow connection.
Alternatively, I\'m happy to put the file onto a disc and post it out to regular
1st gen forum members who would like a copy for free ( within reason, I\'m not going into mass production!)
Email me a postal address if you want a disc.
If anyone has sent me a scan that isn\'t yet included, please don\'t be disappointed or annoyed, it\'ll go in the next revision that I\'m already working on.
If anyone reads this book and finds any mistakes or duplication of articles, please let me know because I\'m getting to the stage where I can\'t see the wood for the trees now I\'ve spent so long looking at these files.

captainbizzaro · September 15, 2010, 09:49:20 PM

Nice one Ian, look forward to reading through this.

RamoNZ · September 15, 2010, 10:09:29 PM

Anyone else having problems downloading? I get page not found after I sign in to google docs.

Ian65 · September 15, 2010, 10:18:06 PM

Quote from: RamoNZ;716520Anyone else having problems downloading? I get page not found after I sign in to google docs.

Try this link...

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8jAGJaws4QeOTIxZmNkMGQtY2JlMS00MzI3LTg0MWQtOWU3MTc5OGMzYzg1&hl=en&authkey=CMSdiIEI

RamoNZ · September 15, 2010, 10:30:44 PM

Great thanks got it

myatt1972 · September 15, 2010, 10:40:25 PM

Bloody Marvelous !!!

Keith...

clive · September 15, 2010, 10:48:05 PM

Wanted to look at this but only got this far / and it won\'t let me go any further,

Here is the message even if I click download any way/

Sorry, we are unable to scan this file for viruses.

We are experiencing technical difficulties. Download anyway

Ian65 · September 15, 2010, 11:21:46 PM

Quote from: clive;716535Wanted to look at this but only got this far / and it won\'t let me go any further,

Here is the message even if I click download any way/

Sorry, we are unable to scan this file for viruses.

We are experiencing technical difficulties. Download anyway

Clive,
I don\'t know what\'s going on with google docs. I think it is something to do with the authorisation code at the end of the link?

I\'ve found that if you copy and paste this link into your browser, it works fine.

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B8jAGJaws4QeOTIxZmNkMGQtY2JlMS00MzI3LTg0MWQtOWU3MTc5OGMzYzg1&export=download&authkey=CMSdiIEI&hl=en

It still says that they are unable to virus scan it due to the size of the file but my AVG antivirus has checked it and states it\'s clean.

rei99 · September 16, 2010, 11:03:09 AM

Great work! If I was a girl, I will married you :rollin
I\'ve some Italian article, if you are interested. I\'ve also the 3 version of the Gold Portfoglio, in those days I will check if somethink is present or missed, ok?

A7RXY · September 16, 2010, 05:11:02 PM

Ian that is a great read, only got to page 50 sofar, I forgot how dear they were new, even thou I got my first one new in \'81. To think I could have got a BMW 323i for less, then again I would have missed out on a lot of rotary fun .............

Ian65 · September 16, 2010, 05:38:22 PM

Quote from: A7RXY;716685Ian that is a great read, only got to page 50 sofar, I forgot how dear they were new, even thou I got my first one new in \'81. To think I could have got a BMW 323i for less, then again I would have missed out on a lot of rotary fun .............

I\'d have taken the RX7 over the Bob Marley any day. I looked at a 320i back in the 80\'s and it didn\'t even come with a radio..... everything was an option on top of the purchase price.

A7RXY · September 16, 2010, 05:53:03 PM

Extras, I think that was what put me off, and why I started buying Mazda\'s in the first place, in saying that in my series 1 it only came with a radio, and the cassette player was an extra.