Restoration Book
THE ORIGINAL COMPREHENSIVE JOURNAL
Created as a logical step to carry on with the hand written history of restoration and continual service of a vehicles existence. For the buyer, that can be from the date of purchase of the classic or for an existing owner it can be from the next oil change to major or minor work carried out. Every owner ends up with a file full of receipts, documents, photo’s, bills, letters etc. and I thought it would be great to have a glove box sized book with all the important details to hand of all service and restoration work in one place.
The whole concept is styled to be in period with the older vehicle, most images now are digital and people tend to keep them on their phone, iPad and computers, which is great. This book is not a photo album but, a testament to work carried out, as it is done. Yes you can use each book to back date previous work so each car has a comprehensive record of work carried out during your ownership. If you have the evidence of previous work carried out, that can be added too.
When the car is on the road, and that may be now (as Restoration Book can be back dated), the journey doesn’t end there, this in when Service Book plays its part. You carry on with a full service record.
This is something which can be used at shows and events
It can add value to a vehicle as a confirmation of work which has been carried out.
Everything kept together in one place ...
Both cleverly designed books are built as one, with the Service Book starting on the back of the Restoration Book or vice versa!
Two Books in One ...
Service Book
THE DETAILED SERVICE HISTORY
Service Book is designed to complement Restoration Book by carrying on with the detail. Yes, your classic is now restored but, it still needs to be serviced as the years roll by.
Designed to fit in a glove box, Service Book captures the detail of all service work carried out. It’s a hand written bible of jobs done on your classic, post restoration. It can be filled out by the specialist or owner, and it is an important record of when and what work was done. Along with notes of any jobs to be done in the future. The Service Book has tick boxes for standard service work and offers space for more detailed notes to be given at each service interval.
The books are classically designed, the pages printed on beautifully textured cream paper and they are hand made in the traditional wire bound method to add a special detail to any vehicle.
As I've mentioned, both books are built as one, with the Restoration Book starting on the back of the Service Book or vice versa!
Two Books in One Place
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Reviews & Stockists
Reviews
THE AUSTIN HEALEY CLUB
Book Review
Service / Restoration Record Journal
For those of you like me who likes to record every detail of their current restoration and service details this book will be very useful not only to you but to any prospective new owner. My old tatty notebook from 1968 does look a bit secondhand.
The book is hardback and wire bound and quite resilient to oil and water stains and in a compact format. The printed pages are reminiscent of the old vellum type which have a good substance to them. The first 40 pages are laid out with chapters headings on each of the subjects you may be tackling such as Bodywork / Suspension / Braking / Chassis / Engine etc. with boxes to fill in on the identity numbers for your car and details of sale or purchase.
The clever bit is that you can turn the book over and read from the back page which now becomes a 20 page service schedule book to record all your mileages and oil and filter changes with headings to tick lubrication / ignition / cooling / and brake overhaul details.
The book such as this now becomes a full record of your car's history not only for you but to the benefit of any new owner.
This quality printed little book is available from AHead4Healeys {01788 565000} priced at £39.00. A nice gift for Christmas perhaps!
Editor
Austin Healey Club Ltd.
THE REASON BEHIND RESTORATION BOOK
Being a passionate owner of classic cars for over thirty five years, collecting books, memorabilia and petrolania along the journey, I realised there was something missing from each vehicle and created this book as a logical step to carry on the with hand written detail for any part of a vehicles existence.
Marc Wilmot
Originator, Restoration Book
Stockists
www.ahead4healeys.co.uk
A-Head 4 Healeys Ltd
81 Somers Road
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 7DG
England
tel: 0044 (0)1788 565000
fax: 0044 (0)1788 565001
email: info@ah4h.co.uk
Restoration Book c/o River Digital Ltd
Unit 12 Emley Business Park
Emley
Huddersfield
HD8 9QY
United Kingdom
tel: 0044 (0)7870 536319
email: studio@restorationbook.co.uk
