911 books

[flatjay]

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

[Scott Clarke]

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

[Paul Schooley]

The 101 projects book is a keeper too.

[silverc4s]

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.

[JackOlsen]

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.

[pwd72s]

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.

[Bobboloo]

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.

[Paul Schooley]

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.

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

[flatjay]

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