SWB spare parts catalogue: How many versions?

[Schiefer]

How many different SWB spare parts manuals exist?? Do they have exactly the same info? I need one, but would like to find out which one to start looking for.





Thanks

[Allen Henderson]

I don't know the specific answer to your question but if like the workshop manuals, and I think they are, earlier editions, say 1965, would be updated with supplements as the years went on. Or, if you bought a new one in say, 1968 it would have the 911 and 911S in it since they were introduced by 1968. I have an early edition and I'll check to see how the updates are handled. My cover does not say 911S, as I recall, but the S stuff is in it. Thanks.

-Allen-

[Schiefer]

Yes, It´s very logic that they are updated the same way as the workshop manuals. Didn´t think about that.. Then I must make sure the updates are there if I find an older catalogue. Is the cover of your version similar to one of the pictures above??

Thanks, Radmund

[Allen Henderson]

Radmund,

I checked mine. I have two volumes. The core publising date of mine is Dec. '64. But, my binder(s) must be updated. One says 911 911s on the side, not on the front. I have a lot of updated pages, the last one being something in '69 in fact.

-Allen-

[Harvey Weidman]

Those are the three that I remember. That is the problem with up dates and differing part numbers... When we put the updates in we threw away the old pages...with the old original part numbers. That is the reason most of the 901 info is lost from the updates superseding the parts and removing the original number..It still hapens with the online catalog
If looking, I would get the one that was not at the dealer..it would not have the updates and a better source for originality.
H

[68911+1]

Here is another version of the SWB parts manuals. This 911/912 manual has updates dated as late as VIII 3/69 and on the Preface page states, "The spare parts catalogue has been extended to the vehicle Type 911 S" dated Stuttgart June 1967.

Each update issued came with a list of the pages to be inserted and removed. In some instances there is also a list of the part numbers that have been inserted, canceled and parts to be sold out and their replacements.

Does a list of all the factory updates issued exist for these Spare Parts Catalogues?

[Bobs 67S]

I believe the above photo is of the Stoddard sourced reproduction from the mid-1980's. (It has a number of hand written notes on pages prior to the xerox copying). It even had a din sized binder. I'm warring one of these out. Thank goodness it was available when it was, the information is priceless.

[304065]

Hmm, mine is like the photo posted by 68911+1-- and yet appears to be original and smells like it too. . . Bob, do you know roughly the sections that have the handwritten notes? I would love to check mine.

[68911+1]

I believe the above photo is of the Stoddard sourced reproduction from the mid-1980's. (It has a number of hand written notes on pages prior to the xerox copying). It even had a din sized binder. I'm warring one of these out. Thank goodness it was available when it was, the information is priceless.

Bob
Early S Reg #370

Hmmmm me too. It matters not to me but I find this interesting. The paper is A4 size and the binder is KingJim. It is non-acid paper as the pages are clearly yellowed and yep it has that smell. Additionally, my copies have a very full documentation in the front (especially the 912 volume) regarding the issued updates which would not seem likely in a xerox edition. And there are places where the printing has transferred and stuck a bit to another page; this to me is an indication of printed ink not xerox type copy. The paper is of high quality and consistent with the paper found in my other factory manuals. The only notes that I have found were in the 912 volume and in pencil. The binders appear to be the same height as the factory workshop manuals but are not as wide.

In the interest of the original posters question it would be of value to clear this up.

[Bobs 67S]

Check and see if these are the same, the strange markings in the copy I have are; Group 1/4 page six, erratic word underline, Group 1/5 item 13 ( both places) "red" and it's translations rot, rouge etc. with the hand drawn underline.

Group 5/1b item 1 and 2, hand annotated brackets. Group 0/6 page 8, other strange hand underline.

Section RS (Repair Sets) page 2: grouping of part numbers underlined comparing similar but different parts, Solid disk - vented disk for the Brake pads, and Rebuild kits for 911 and 911S.

Did ya know - ink printed pages are unaffected by vinyl binders it's the carbon based toner images that melt when in contact or close proximity to the vinyl.

Original parts books were bound as pictured in this thread. When I tried to buy from the local dealer, it was a NLA part (this was in the 1982), I was directed to Stoddard's by the parts manager because "they had the good quality Repro's". The red binder that I got from them has the inserted title window pocket on the spline and cover and the toner based imprint transferred to the clear vinyl within a couple of years. The Dealers parts guys never used paper (or only as a last resort) - they were hi tech on the mircofiche.