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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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E-book of 1st gen articles

Guys,
I've put together an e-book of 1st gen articles going back over the last 30 years such as road tests, buyers guides, improvement advice, triple rotor conversions, turbo conversions etc, etc....

It's presently up to 344 pages and still expanding.



It's only been done to preserve these features for 1st gen enthusiasts, not for profit and is free to download here....

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B8jAG...CMSdiIEI&hl=en

Check it out!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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Awesome- I'll check it out when I get home!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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Thanks for doing this. Good stuff.
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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Wow, that's a serious effort there!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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Very nice! Downloading it now, it would be a great encyclopedia
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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Downloading has commenced! Sweet!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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*finishes downloading*

[Gabriel Iglasias] DAAAYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!! !!!! [/Gabriel Iglasias]

Absolutely awesome stuff!!!! I still need to find that issue of Grassroots Motorsports that did a 3-4 page spread on First Gens around October of 2009
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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*downloading*
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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thanks for your positive comments guys, it was a lot of work but I'm well pleased how it's coming along.
I'm now working on the 2nd edition as I keep getting more articles and scans sent to me all the time.
If anyone has any articles they would like included, ( scans or files) please email them to me at;
ian08 at sky dot com
and I'll put them in the next edition.

Cheers,
Ian
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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Thumbs up Way to go Ian!

Incredible! Thanks a bunch for taking the time to compile these articles, scan them into a PDF and distribute for all to benefit and enjoy. Well done!
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ian65
thanks for your positive comments guys, it was a lot of work but I'm well pleased how it's coming along.
I'm now working on the 2nd edition as I keep getting more articles and scans sent to me all the time.
If anyone has any articles they would like included, ( scans or files) please email them to me at;
ian08 at sky dot com
and I'll put them in the next edition.

Cheers,
Ian
Feel free to use the recent Automobile Magazine Article I posted a bit ago.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 06:21 AM
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I've got the two 1st gen articles that were in Grassroots Motorsports recently. I scanned them in but the file size is too big. I'm gonna see if I can downsize them and send to you to be included

Jamie
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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Very nice! You might want to post this in the thread that I started containing Rotary Rocket articles. It is a sticky at the top off the page, titled Old Magazine Articles.

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-general-discussion-207/more-old-magazine-articles-801978/

Feel free to add those articles to your book.

For your editing pleasure, page 31 and 32 are duplicates and Pages 87-90 and 105-108 are the same article, different scans.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 74RX4
Very nice! You might want to post this in the thread that I started containing Rotary Rocket articles. It is a sticky at the top off the page, titled Old Magazine Articles.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=801978

Feel free to add those articles to your book.

For your editing pleasure, page 31 and 32 are duplicates and Pages 87-90 and 105-108 are the same article, different scans.
Thanks, I'll download them and put them in the pdf.
Cheers for pointing out the duplicates.... I'd looked at the scans so many times, I couldn't see the wood for the trees.... I'll edit them out.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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My figurative hat is off to you good sir, last time something this exciting happened I was in Mexico and there were ladies of the night involved.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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Dude great work! I'd like to say MANY thanks for putting the effort into this- It's stuff like this that we need! Cheers!

Landon
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