Type 1 Books
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Cover	Title - Author - Publisher	Comments	ISBN
Repair Manuals
	Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Includes information for Beetle, Ghia, and Type 2
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	1957 Edition
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	1961 Edition
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	1962 Edition
	Volkswagen Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Good general repair manual for Beetle and Karmann Ghia
	Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Good general repair manual for Beetle and Karmann Ghia
	Volkswagen Owners Handbook Floyd Clymer Floyd Clymer Publications	9th Revised edition 1967 and earlier Bug and Ghia
	Fix your Volkswagen Larry Johnson	Good light repair manual for Beetle and Type 3
	VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive	1967 edition.  Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia
	Volkswagen Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications	Covering series 1100, 1200, 1200A, 1300, 1500.  Great Australian technical manual, many exploded diagrams.
	VW Beetle from 1968 P. Harris Intereurope Ltd	1200, 1300, 1500, 1600 engines, covers Beetle, Karmann Ghia, and Type 181	901610-35-6
	Volkswagen 1200 & 1200A Intereurope Ltd	1964-1967
	VW Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications	Covers Beetles up to January 1959
	VW Workshop Manual Scientific Publications Scientific Publications	Covers Beetles up to January 1960
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook David Vincent Clymer Publications	Revised 12th edition, includes 1970 and earlier models
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Revised 10th edition, includes 1968 and earlier models
	Volkswagen Owner's Handbook Floyd Clymer Clymer Publications	Revised 6th edition, includes 1964 and earlier models
	VW Repair and Tune-up Guide Chilton Book Company	All models including Super Beetle 1949-1971	0-8019-5624-2
	Beetle Owners Workshop Manual Autobook 750 Kenneth Ball	1954-67 Beetle 1200, 1200A, 1300, 1500, KG 1200, 1300, 1500	0 85147 133 1
	Volkswagen Service Manual Bentley Publishers	Model Years 1966-1969, Beetle and Karmann Ghia.  The official manual.	0-8376-0416-8
	VW 1200 Owner's Service Manual Gute Fahrt magazine Verlag Delius+ Klasing & Co 1965 German 2nd print
	P. Olyslager Motor Manuals	1961 Edition
Picture/Reference/History
	Der KDF Wagen von A bis Z Volkswagenwerk Berlin	Ahead of it's time for printing quality. Submitted by Carlos Guzman
	Baja Bugs H.P. Books
	VW Beetle Cabriolet Keith Seume Bay View Books	Picture book
	The Volkswagen Beetle David Hodges	Picture book
	Volkswagen Beetle	Picture book
	Volkswagen Guide Bill Carroll Sports Car Press	History and owner tips
	The Little Red Volks L.C. Barringer, E. Hollingworth Southport Press, Inc. 1963	Children's story
	Battle for the Beetle Karl Ludvigsen Bentley Publishers	"The untold story of the post-war battle for Adolf Hitler's gian Volkswagen Factory and the Porsche-designed car that became an icon for generations around the globe."	0-8376-0071-5
	Bug Phil Patton Simon & Schuster	"The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile"	0-7432-0242-2
	Beetle: Chronicles of the People's Car Robin Read, editor Haynes Publishing Group	Black & White picture book	0-85429-649-2
	Beetle: VW's Little Giant Publications International, Ltd.	Photographic history of the Beetle	0-7853-3152-2
	"My Bug: For everyone who owned, loved or shared a VW Beetle...true tales of the car that defined a generation" edited by Michael J. Rosen Artisan-a division of Workman Publishing Company, 1999). 159 Pages.	Hundreds of stories & photos submitted by Beetle owners.	1-57965-135-6
	"Think Small: the story of those Volkswagen Ads" by Frank Rowsome, Jr. The Stephen Greene Press, 1970. 128 Pages.	Features the famous DDB (Doyle, Dane, Bernbach) VW ad campaign that began in 1959; illustrated with 42 ads.	0-8289-0120-1
	"The Beetle: Celebration of the World's Favorite Car" by Keith Seume Thunder Bay Press, 2001. 416 Pages.	Largely a picture book with technical specifications of VW Beetle models from the 1934 NSU Volksauto Prototype (from the Automuseum Wolfsburg collection) to the 1998 New Beetle. Some historical information as well.	1-57145-565-5
Technical
	All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Publications	Copyright 1958, this is one of the best period Volkswagen books ever published.  Elfrink knew the Volkswagen market and history, he is a good writer, easy to understand and includes many pictures. The first hundred and thirty or so pages are about the stock mechanical aspects of the car.  The last sixty pages list monthly changes to the Beetle.  There are about ten pages on industrial engines, then a detailed high performance section which includes a Dietz dual carburetor setup, Judson supercharger, and ink on the Okrasa kit.  The last section in the book covers VW and Porsche powered aircraft. Review by Lind
	Souping the Volkswagen Ford Clymer Publications	Published in 1959
	All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive	1962 edition.  Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia
	All About the Volkswagen Henry Elfrink Henry Elfrink Automotive	1964 edition.  Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia
	The Volkswagen Inside Out compiled by Klaus Peter Heim Delius, Klasing, and Co.	#3, copyright 1961.  Collection of articles from "Gute Fahrt" Magazine	150 070 20
	"Beetle Owner's Survival Manual" by Jim Tyler Osprey Publishing, 2000. 143 Pages.	Maintenance manual, restoration, etc..	1-85532-972-7

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