911 books

Can anyone recommend some good 911books. Restoration and technical type, are shop manuals available for the early cars? Thanks

Wayne Dempsey's book on rebuilding 911 motors is a must.
-Scott

The 101 projects book is a keeper too. :D

Paul Frere's book on 911 history is a must read. Full of details.
Second the motion on Wayne's two books & BA's book as well.

Frere's book is great. I use Peter Morgan's Original 911 more than just about any other 911 book. Peter Zimmerman's Used 911 Story is also good.

Another good souce? "The Porsche family tree", published for not much by PCA. I use it mostly for numbers checking, and it's a great resource for that.

Ditto Original 911 Diffinently my most used book. Good info and lots of great photos.

The 911 & 912 Porsche "A restorers guide to authenticity" is good for hard to bits of info on early cars that you don't find in other books. It's black and white and a rather dry read but useful nonetheless.

The factory manuals come up on ebay once in a while. I think you can still buy them new.$ They're nice for reference but not really necessary. If you're planning to rebuild the motor you can't beat Wayne Dempseys' book.

Save yourself a lot of hassle doooood. Go to Stoddards Porsche and get yourself their early 911 catalogue. It's a parts and technical reference catalogue. $5 I believe. It breaks down every little detail with part number along with some of their own parts (begin with SIC in the numbering). I find this priceless along with a Porsche PET cd. The Stoddard book helps you determine a lot of the nuts and bolts as well...it's a good way to find out if the previous owner jammed in whatever screw he had at hand. :D

www.stoddard.com (no affiliation...just really like their catalogue)

thanks for the info guys, I will start purchasing today.