Re: New content on the way.....and missing content

Posted by BH On 2008/10/18 14:13:50

My first Packard service manual reprint was purchased waaay back in 1977 - the one for 1955-56, of course. It had been reprinted by (Seebach's) Small World Press. A few years later, I picked up the companion parts book. In the mid 1980s, I picked up the 1951-54 service manual and 1948-54 parts book. I assumed SWP had reprinted all the service manuals and parts books that were available through PAC and the usual vendors at that time, but I could be wrong. SWP was so good that I went to them to have the 63-64 Avanti shop manual and parts catalog reprinted during my tour of duty in Youngstown, back in the late 1980s.

At some point in the 1990s, I believe, PAC switched to a different printer, whose name I do not recall; I had all the manuals I needed. Service Counselor reprints were done by someone else, but the print quality of the revised editions is not as good, IMHO.

Also, cover stock of reprints is often lighter weight. For example, the original 1955-56 shop manual is a heavy leather-grained and -colored stock

My rule of thumb for printed matter is that if doesn't have a formal Copyright notice (or similar caveat) and is not identified as a reprint (but look hard, as I've often found them in the darndest places), then it should be fair game.