Re: American Motors Parts Catalog 1967-1971 on Ebay!

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 raylin.nevland@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6504130627&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Hmm... if this is loose-bound, what would copies & scans cost? If
someone's got an ADF scanner it would be a hell of a resource to
put on the net for free access.


Seriously.

If someone has an ADF scanner:

* I'll volunteer $20 for purchase of the book (someone else can
keep the book)

* AND volunteer to convert whatever format it's scanned in (TIFF,
GIF, etc) into G3-compressed PDFs, which are extremely compact for
black-and-white text and line drawings

* AND volunteer to put it up on the web for free forever if for
some reason amcyclopedia didn't. Or as a second copy

* AND I'll agree to complete the conversion within say 6 weeks of
getting the raw scans

* AND make some number CD-R copies available at no charge (except
copying and postage) to avoid pissing off the copyright holders
too much.

I'd like to see it made available.

PS: I have a decent single-sided xerox of the 1963 factory parts
catalog, which if someone's got an ADF (Automatic Document Feed)

scanner I'll loan to.