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gegge · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 1124 Location: Sweden

Accoring to the receipt I got from Ebay in 2009, I paid $129.95 for the GTR Factory Workshop and Parts Manual. The seller was M. Hallock and got if from Tom O´Dell, Part Manger at PMNA when the operation was transferred from Holbert Racing to Andial.

The GTS catalouge cost me five times as much, but is original.

As long as I can cover the actual cost I am willing to share info, digital or physical. No interest in making money on this.
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Carl Fredrik Torkildsen

924 turbo -81 Carrera GT RESTOMOD
924 turbo -80 Dolomite De Luxe
924 -85 DP kit, BBS RS, M030 and tuned engine
924s -86 Black on black turbo with Fuchs

peterld · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 9:30 pm Post subject:

So Keno....is that US or Cannuck dollars? Ready to PayPal.
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8879 Location: Romania

finger on the button

https://www.myinstants.com/instant/fart-button/
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Carrera RSR · Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

What I mean is that there is no point in scanning in color since the document was not produced in color. Hopefully, a reputable shop would know this. 600DPI will produce excellent reproduction of the original screen-printed grayscale images with enough resolution and grayscale depth to prevent them from become indecipherable blobs that a lower resolution / bit depth scan would turn them into.

Acrobat has a feature that allows you to run an OCR scan (optical character recognition) that will convert the rasterized (scanned) images into selectable text. So if you wanted to search on a specific search term, you could find all the pages with that word or part number. The PET PDFs were all produced in this manner, so you can actually search for part numbers using PDF's built in search capability.

In my opinion, this would be far superior to simply producing JPG files. I wouldn't choose JPG anyway, because it uses a lossy compression algorithm that introduces artifacts into the images, even at the highest quality. If we don't do PDFs, the better image-only format would be TIF, as these will be high quality images suitable for high-end printing later. Problem with TIF is that there is no compression at all, and the file sizes would be YUGE. PDF is the best option if it can be done.

One of the problems with the PET PDF, though, is that Porsche turned on all of the security features, which means you can't even select and copy the OCR'd text. This is a major pain in the ass when you're searching through PET for a part number, and then wanting to transfer that into a search engine to find the part online. If that one security feature were turned off, you could copy the part number and then paste it into a search engine or supplier's website. So I would recommend NOT using PDF's security features in order to maximize the usefulness of having the information in digital format.
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Carrera RSR · Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK

Got you 100% that time. Agreed

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1980 931 - forged pistons, Piper cam, K27/26 3257 6.10 hybrid turbo, 951 FMIC, custom intake, Mittelmotor dizzy & cam pulley, H&S exhaust, GAZ Gold, Fuch'ed, Quaife
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Then www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=31252

gegge · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 1124 Location: Sweden

I think I got the 81 turbo manual as well.
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Carl Fredrik Torkildsen

924 turbo -81 Carrera GT RESTOMOD
924 turbo -80 Dolomite De Luxe
924 -85 DP kit, BBS RS, M030 and tuned engine
924s -86 Black on black turbo with Fuchs

Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2651 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

Carrera RSR · Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK

Paid
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1980 931 - forged pistons, Piper cam, K27/26 3257 6.10 hybrid turbo, 951 FMIC, custom intake, Mittelmotor dizzy & cam pulley, H&S exhaust, GAZ Gold, Fuch'ed, Quaife
Now www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=34690
Then www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=31252

Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2651 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

6 people paid up. I will see if the copy place is open today and if so take it down. I spoke to them already and explained what we want and he thinks it is not a problem. I will take a copy of PET for him to see and explain what we want.

Leigh
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1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140

WEASEL149 · Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 595 Location: UK, Sheffield

Paid, cheers.
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Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2651 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

Thanks WEASEL149 and everyone else that has paid.

Um, so, some people are sending me money but not telling me your handle from the Board here. I will need that info so I know who has paid and who hasn't. Also, I will need an email address to go with said name so I can email you the file once it is done. For the record my email address is the same as the PP address :

leaky15@hotmail.com

Please note, when you are sending the funds via PP you will need to specify the currency so please make sure it is either Canadian or USD. Someone sent it in Euro (I will refund it today, please resend it in either of the above type currencies) I do not want to have to convert it myself and loose on the exchange. I am already eating the PP 4% fee, thank guys.

So, that all aside, I spent my afternoon dismembering a first edition GTR manual ! She came apart perfectly, not a tear in a single page, so happy about that. It should be next to perfect once re-bound. As for the copying, as I mentioned before I think I have that almost 100% sorted, the guy doing it is very competent and knows exactly what the end result should be. What we will end up with is something just like PET but not locked.

Me
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1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140

Kenodog · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 2651 Location: Vancouver,B.C.

Found some cool A** stuff in the manual when I was tearing out the pages.

Example :

Have you ever thought to yourself, `Gee, I want to go race my GTR at Monza this weekend but have just NO idea what tires I should use or gear sets I should bring."

Problem solved ! (Unfortunately it's mostly in Kraut but I think we can mumble our way through it) :

There is some seriously fascinating reading in this thing.

Dang
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1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
1991 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4, Ricky
1996 Ford E-350 ex-FedEx Van
2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
2019 KTM 790 Adventure
2024 KLX300
2024 KLX140

Ian89C4 · Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Posts: 561 Location: North Carolina

Dude! That is awesome!!!!!
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North Carolina

Current:
1981 924 SCCA/ChampCar Weissach Race Car ("Serenity")
1987 924S ChampCar Endurance Car ("Der Weg")
1980 924 Euro ("Wahala")

peterld · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:33 pm Post subject:

Paid!
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