How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive : A Manual of Step By Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot.
Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1979. Illus. Peter Aschwanden. Quarto, illustrated wraps in spiral binding, b&w illustrations throughout, pp 364, i. Covers very worn: very creased and starting to drift loose from the spiral binding, loss to lower corner. Contents also worn, but generally clean. Fair condition.
An iconic guide to an iconic vehicle. John Muir (1918 - 1977) was originally a structural engineer for a federal agency, but "dropped out" in the 1960s and set up a garage in New Mexico specialising in repairing Volkswagens. In 1969, Muir collaborated with the artist Peter Aschwanden (1942 - 2005) to create "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive". The book became one of the most successful self-published books in history. (Afer Muir's death, additional new material and revisions were provided by Tosh Gregg.) The book is copiously illustrated with drawings in a very 1960s, counterculture, freewheeling style, but also with many useful diagrams. The subtitles on this particular edition specify: "The Beetle, Bus, Karmann Ghia, Safari, and 411 - 412. 1200, 1300, 1500, 1700, 1800 and 2000." A comprehensive resouce but also a time capsule of the 1960s, both in illustrations and in writing style. Item #106083
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