This classic book has saved our butts so many times while we’ve been on the road. It covers buses, bugs, campers and other VW air-cooled vehicles. It is packed with easy-to-understand information on maintenance and fixes, tricks, tips and how-tos. It literally guides you through almost any issue you may stumble upon and it teaches preventive medicine. As you can see, we’ve put our book to good use!

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Complete Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot was written by John Muir. It was published in 1969 and it became known as the Volkswagen bible. The ways in which Mr. Muir wrote his explanations were wonderful and the knowledge he offered became priceless to generations of VW owners. The manual allowed us to giggle as we learned and the illustrations, by Peter Aschwaden, added a unique touch. If you have or want an old volkswagen, you need this book!

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