Post by Brian M on Feb 1, 2009 12:26:04 GMT
From: AlecGatherer (Original Message) Sent: 12/11/2007 13:30
At the NEC International Classic Car Show I purchased a considerable amount of Safari literature (brochures, price lists, road tests, letters signed by D.Pearman etc etc) as a job lot; due to the uncharacteristically large amount I paid, I will have to put all the items non-relevant to my particular 'van on eBay.
Before doing so, I wondered-
Would any of our members like to barter with me?
Are there any technical questions anyone would like resolving before I part with the relevant brochures?
The years involved are 1952,54,56,57,61,65,66,67,70 and 1971.
I would gladly swap for a brochure or literature relating to my 1981 (?) 12/2.
PM me with any interest or for more details.
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 17:25
I need to offset a total outlay of £175. Whilst we pause for you all to gasp with astonishment, I should point out that period literature of any sort has been at a premium for some years now.
So you can see why I can't offer to give it away.
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From: OliverShaw1 Sent: 12/11/2007 18:03
> So you can see why I can't offer to give it away.
Indeed; that is entirely reasonable.
Assuming that your judgement of its value is sound, the next question for the Group is can we enthuse a dozen and a half members to contribute a tenner each to keep it in house.
Or perhaps nine members contributing £20 each.
Perhaps Brian might like to co-ordinate the response.
If there is enthusiasm it might be helpful to have a slightly fuller list of what the material contains.
Oliver
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 18:10
Most if not all this hoard came from the Automobile Association Technical Library as proven by a large red stamp on most of the items!
In fact I can list them:
1952- tri-fold 7x5" leaflet featuring the Safari Four; letter from Pearman Briggs to AA dated 16/7/1952
1954- similar to above
undated but suspected of being 1956- duofold (i.e. 4-page) 7x4" leaflet featuring the Safari Four. Interestingly, this is the first illustration showing vent lights in the clerestory roof; the earlier roofs are bare of any openings.
undated but containing an insert titled "1957 Prices"- 8x5" 8 page brochure titled "3 Safari Caravans" containing details of the Senior, the Four, and the Minor.
Stamped 1956 (so presumably for the 1957 season)- 8x5" 8 page brochure featuring the Senior, the Sixteen, and the Four.
stamped March 1961- 8x5" 8 page brochure featuring the Super Senior, Super Sixteen, Sixteen, and Four. Same body style as the preceding brochures.
stamped October 1961- 10 x 8" 4 page brochure featuring the 12/2 and the 12/4. The illustrations show the "breaking wave" roof style, precursor of the more modern ogee shape we all know and love.
1965 - 10x8" 4 page brochure featuring the 17/4. Same roof line as the Senior/Four etc of the 1950's.
also a 8x6" 4½ page (honestly!) leaflet featuring the 15/2 and 15/4 (roof as per 17/4)
1966- beautiful 8x6" colour leaflet that folds out to a single 17x14" sheet featuring 13/2, 13/4, 15/2, 15/4, 17/4. and containing slip of paper bearing a price list. First appearance of the roof shape now recognised as the definitive Safari roof.
1967- as above but no price list, but including a single side leaflet announcing two new models - the 13/3 and the 15/3.
also trifold (i.e. 6 page) 11x6" monochrome "Provisional Technical Information leaflet on Safari caravans" featuring the 13/2, 13/4, 15/2, 15/4, and 17/4.
1970 single page price list (some prices altered in Biro) 10x5" featuring 11/2, 13/2, 13/4, 15/2, 15/4, 17/4.
1971- 2-page road test of Safari 12/2 that I feel is a reproduction. It is from "The Caravan", October 1971
1972- Splendid 11x8" brochure that folds out to 33x12" (!) featuring 11/2, 12/2, 12/4, 14/2, 14/4, 17/4, and 17/S. Contains a single sheet price list.
All items in great condition apart from aforementioned AA stamps!
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From: Sylvesteruk1 Sent: 12/11/2007 19:19
Alec,
This autojumble stall holder must be the same guy I made contact with a few years ago when I had a Cheltenham Caravan. I bought quite a few brochures all in mint condition except for the AA stamp. It was the norm in those days that all vehicle manufacturers including caravan builders sent annually to the AA library their new product range. I can only imagine this was the AA data base for breakdowns or patrol men training.
I offered my collection to Cheltenham Owners Club who declined so I sold them all on eBay and just covered my outlay.
As there is only a Safari web site and no club (there was an opportunity last year to use the old SAFARI CARAVAN CLUB name but it was not taken up) then its difficult to know how they can be archived---I will watch out for them on eBay!
Did you meet up with my old chum Gwyn Morris at the NEC?
Regards
Mike
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 19:21
I feel slightly embarrassed. I don't want the Forum members to club together to pay for my rash purchase - I just want to try to claw some of the purchase price back. I have already accepted what I thought was a generous offer of £20 for the 1967 colour brochure, a slightly lesser amount for the 1956 brochure, so the situation may well resolve itself well before the wife finds out!
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From: Brian Sent: 12/11/2007 20:01
Alec
I am pretty certain this was the collection that ArtCo Ltd have been hawking round autojumbles and major classic car shows for at least 5 years to my knowledge and probably for considerably longer.
At Alexandra Palace last year I went through the stock and bought the colour brochures for 1975 and 1979.
The owner announced he was emigrating in August 07 and was looking for offers for all his stock. I approached him via email in June and offered £50 for all his Safari stock but was told he wanted £200. I believe he then sold the whole business.
The problem I see is that out of over 200 Safaris I have identified so far, there are only nine of them that are pre 1967 - so demand for the brochures you have bought is probably very small, except to someone interested in the history of the make.
Oliver's suggestion of a fund to offset your expenditure has a lot of merit, and if enough members are interested I would be pleased to co-ordinate it, and I could offer a further incentive. I could get all the brochures photo-copied and for a donation plus £2.00 for postage could send a black and white copy of each brochure. I could probably get colour copies for an additional £2.00. I could take payment by cheque or paypal.
Please don't send anything but indicate in this thread if you are prepared to contribute.
If we don't get enough interest I would appreciate the opportunity to copy them anyway for my Safari archive, and would send the brochures back to you with a cheque for £20.00 plus your postage.
This also indicates that I would be prepared to contribute £20 to the fund to get it started.
Brian
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 20:13
Yes, Brian and Sylvester, both right. Artco (or similar) from Wallington. He's been announcing his imminent departure to the sun for some time now.
Your suggestion about copying them gives me the idea that the fairest way out of this for me is probably to scan the important ones and post them as jpegs in the Pictures folder, then sell them on eBay for what I fear would be a considerable loss. I have of course kept some that I want for myself; I'm not totally stupid.
But my space allocation of 3mb would be grossly exceeded; anyone know a way round this?
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From: OliverShaw1 Sent: 13/11/2007 00:26
If we do have enough interest from others to set up a fund to buy these I would also contribute £20 to it.
Scanning the most important documents is a partial answer, and very welcome, but others have found with the chassis manual and other documents that I have scanned and uploaded that once they appear on the site there is a considerable loss of quality, which can sometimes make smaller text and fine lines on diagrams very difficult to read.
This is because the file size is reduced as you upload the image. It would therefore be helpful to also retain the files at original size on CD or whatever, for reference.
In theory there are two ways round the problem of storage allocation, although I have only found one of them to work in practice. MSN state that you can rent a substantially increased storage allocation for a nominal sum, but when I tried to do so I got a message saying that the facility "is not available in your area." I wasn't aware that the system even knew one's geographical location, but there you are; I was perfectly willing to pay them some money for one of their advertised services, but if they don't want the business then so be it.
The other (slightly more tedious) solution is to use multiple sign-in IDs, each with a different email address. Like many people, I have a couple of old (free) email addresses, which I no longer use but which I have never cancelled, and my original sign-in ID was on one of those. When I moved to BT Internet I retained that ID, and since I got not one but two email addresses with the new provider (and the option of several more) I set up two further IDs, one on each of those. (That is why you sometimes see me as ClassicSafariman and sometimes as A_Capella1.)
This does go some way to getting round the problem, although as well as contributing here I also manage a couple of sailing sites, and am an active contributor to them, so I am once again running out of space and shall shortly have to set up yet more IDs ...
Oliver
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From: DIGBYCENRHOS Sent: 13/11/2007 10:03
I would be happy to contribute up to £20 to the fund.
Bryan Digby
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 13/11/2007 11:42
Keep 'em coming lads - I could end up with £4360 for this lot!
I've had a good offer for the 1952 brochure so that's out of the equation, but fortunately it is identical to the 1954 one.
How's this for a plan - I stop selling them; set a price for the whole collection of £100; at the end of this week I divide £100 by the number of members willing to chip in (me being one); then once the cheques have arrived I send the whole collection off to Brian who has offered a copying service I notice.
I shall scan the sold ones and send them as jpegs on CD with the rest.
Why the end of this week? Should be enough time for all willing to participate to put their hands up; should give me enough time to recoup something before my credit card bill arrives!
And before anyone starts sulking by saying "why should the willing few have to bear the cost of this?", - name me a club where that wouldn't happen.
Just a suggestion - as I keep trying in my awkward way to point out, I'm attempting a balance between not wanting to make money out of the forum and staying alive when the present Mrs. G finds out about this purchase! All comments appreciated.
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From: gkp107 Sent: 13/11/2007 12:00
Good luck Alec. I have got copies of the 1982 Safari range , well my daughter who has recently taken over the van has, if any body needs copies
Regards
Geoff Price
From: AlecGatherer
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:42 AM
To: Classic Safari Caravan Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: Safari Literature
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From: AlecGatherer
Keep 'em coming lads - I could end up with £4360 for this lot!
I've had a good offer for the 1952 brochure so that's out of the equation, but fortunately it is identical to the 1954 one.
How's this for a plan - I stop selling them; set a price for the whole collection of £100; at the end of this week I divide £100 by the number of members willing to chip in (me being one); then once the cheques have arrived I send the whole collection off to Brian who has offered a copying service I notice.
I shall scan the sold ones and send them as jpegs on CD with the rest.
Why the end of this week? Should be enough time for all willing to participate to put their hands up; should give me enough time to recoup something before my credit card bill arrives!
And before anyone starts sulking by saying "why should the willing few have to bear the cost of this?", - name me a club where that wouldn't happen.
Just a suggestion - as I keep trying in my awkward way to point out, I'm attempting a balance between not wanting to make money out of the forum and staying alive when the present Mrs. G finds out about this purchase! All comments appreciated.
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From: Sylvesteruk1 Sent: 13/11/2007 16:39
Alec,
Just looked through my file and I bought from that guy at the Malvern Autojumble in 2005 three coloured brouchers, one has no stamp in it but covers the whole 1978 range. The other has been stamped by the AA dated August 1970 complete with a letter from J P Rees SAFARI director, they are both A4 size. Lastly I have an A5 size brochure stamped by the AA dated Feb 1967.
I can bring them to the next SAFARI rally in the spring of 2008 for viewing.
Regards
Mike
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From: OliverShaw1 Sent: 22/11/2007 20:18
I get the impression that this proposed fund may have run out of steam - pity if it has.
Are we going ahead, or are we dropping the idea?
Specifically, do you want my £20 now, or should I sit tight to see whether the idea takes off?
Oliver
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 23/11/2007 11:29
I have started trickling them through on eBay, so far with spectacular lack of success. A total of 4 members (including myself) willing to cough up £20 each didn't seem fair, but if you three are happy to do so then so will I.
Questions arise as to who would own them (presumably a consortium of those who had paid), who would hold them (Brian?), have I valued them correctly? It may be better for me to auction them off after all. That'll teach me to make rash purchases!
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From: Brian Sent: 24/11/2007 07:36
Alec and Oliver
Regarding the readability of Scans, if Alec puts them all on a cd or dvd disc at maximum resolution and size, and sends it to me I can use a bit of software at work to convert them to pdf's files that can be read using Adobe Acrobat readers.
These can also be printed out at A4 size, and even displayed on your pc as a fake book.
Brian
At the NEC International Classic Car Show I purchased a considerable amount of Safari literature (brochures, price lists, road tests, letters signed by D.Pearman etc etc) as a job lot; due to the uncharacteristically large amount I paid, I will have to put all the items non-relevant to my particular 'van on eBay.
Before doing so, I wondered-
Would any of our members like to barter with me?
Are there any technical questions anyone would like resolving before I part with the relevant brochures?
The years involved are 1952,54,56,57,61,65,66,67,70 and 1971.
I would gladly swap for a brochure or literature relating to my 1981 (?) 12/2.
PM me with any interest or for more details.
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 17:25
I need to offset a total outlay of £175. Whilst we pause for you all to gasp with astonishment, I should point out that period literature of any sort has been at a premium for some years now.
So you can see why I can't offer to give it away.
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From: OliverShaw1 Sent: 12/11/2007 18:03
> So you can see why I can't offer to give it away.
Indeed; that is entirely reasonable.
Assuming that your judgement of its value is sound, the next question for the Group is can we enthuse a dozen and a half members to contribute a tenner each to keep it in house.
Or perhaps nine members contributing £20 each.
Perhaps Brian might like to co-ordinate the response.
If there is enthusiasm it might be helpful to have a slightly fuller list of what the material contains.
Oliver
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 18:10
Most if not all this hoard came from the Automobile Association Technical Library as proven by a large red stamp on most of the items!
In fact I can list them:
1952- tri-fold 7x5" leaflet featuring the Safari Four; letter from Pearman Briggs to AA dated 16/7/1952
1954- similar to above
undated but suspected of being 1956- duofold (i.e. 4-page) 7x4" leaflet featuring the Safari Four. Interestingly, this is the first illustration showing vent lights in the clerestory roof; the earlier roofs are bare of any openings.
undated but containing an insert titled "1957 Prices"- 8x5" 8 page brochure titled "3 Safari Caravans" containing details of the Senior, the Four, and the Minor.
Stamped 1956 (so presumably for the 1957 season)- 8x5" 8 page brochure featuring the Senior, the Sixteen, and the Four.
stamped March 1961- 8x5" 8 page brochure featuring the Super Senior, Super Sixteen, Sixteen, and Four. Same body style as the preceding brochures.
stamped October 1961- 10 x 8" 4 page brochure featuring the 12/2 and the 12/4. The illustrations show the "breaking wave" roof style, precursor of the more modern ogee shape we all know and love.
1965 - 10x8" 4 page brochure featuring the 17/4. Same roof line as the Senior/Four etc of the 1950's.
also a 8x6" 4½ page (honestly!) leaflet featuring the 15/2 and 15/4 (roof as per 17/4)
1966- beautiful 8x6" colour leaflet that folds out to a single 17x14" sheet featuring 13/2, 13/4, 15/2, 15/4, 17/4. and containing slip of paper bearing a price list. First appearance of the roof shape now recognised as the definitive Safari roof.
1967- as above but no price list, but including a single side leaflet announcing two new models - the 13/3 and the 15/3.
also trifold (i.e. 6 page) 11x6" monochrome "Provisional Technical Information leaflet on Safari caravans" featuring the 13/2, 13/4, 15/2, 15/4, and 17/4.
1970 single page price list (some prices altered in Biro) 10x5" featuring 11/2, 13/2, 13/4, 15/2, 15/4, 17/4.
1971- 2-page road test of Safari 12/2 that I feel is a reproduction. It is from "The Caravan", October 1971
1972- Splendid 11x8" brochure that folds out to 33x12" (!) featuring 11/2, 12/2, 12/4, 14/2, 14/4, 17/4, and 17/S. Contains a single sheet price list.
All items in great condition apart from aforementioned AA stamps!
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From: Sylvesteruk1 Sent: 12/11/2007 19:19
Alec,
This autojumble stall holder must be the same guy I made contact with a few years ago when I had a Cheltenham Caravan. I bought quite a few brochures all in mint condition except for the AA stamp. It was the norm in those days that all vehicle manufacturers including caravan builders sent annually to the AA library their new product range. I can only imagine this was the AA data base for breakdowns or patrol men training.
I offered my collection to Cheltenham Owners Club who declined so I sold them all on eBay and just covered my outlay.
As there is only a Safari web site and no club (there was an opportunity last year to use the old SAFARI CARAVAN CLUB name but it was not taken up) then its difficult to know how they can be archived---I will watch out for them on eBay!
Did you meet up with my old chum Gwyn Morris at the NEC?
Regards
Mike
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 19:21
I feel slightly embarrassed. I don't want the Forum members to club together to pay for my rash purchase - I just want to try to claw some of the purchase price back. I have already accepted what I thought was a generous offer of £20 for the 1967 colour brochure, a slightly lesser amount for the 1956 brochure, so the situation may well resolve itself well before the wife finds out!
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From: Brian Sent: 12/11/2007 20:01
Alec
I am pretty certain this was the collection that ArtCo Ltd have been hawking round autojumbles and major classic car shows for at least 5 years to my knowledge and probably for considerably longer.
At Alexandra Palace last year I went through the stock and bought the colour brochures for 1975 and 1979.
The owner announced he was emigrating in August 07 and was looking for offers for all his stock. I approached him via email in June and offered £50 for all his Safari stock but was told he wanted £200. I believe he then sold the whole business.
The problem I see is that out of over 200 Safaris I have identified so far, there are only nine of them that are pre 1967 - so demand for the brochures you have bought is probably very small, except to someone interested in the history of the make.
Oliver's suggestion of a fund to offset your expenditure has a lot of merit, and if enough members are interested I would be pleased to co-ordinate it, and I could offer a further incentive. I could get all the brochures photo-copied and for a donation plus £2.00 for postage could send a black and white copy of each brochure. I could probably get colour copies for an additional £2.00. I could take payment by cheque or paypal.
Please don't send anything but indicate in this thread if you are prepared to contribute.
If we don't get enough interest I would appreciate the opportunity to copy them anyway for my Safari archive, and would send the brochures back to you with a cheque for £20.00 plus your postage.
This also indicates that I would be prepared to contribute £20 to the fund to get it started.
Brian
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 12/11/2007 20:13
Yes, Brian and Sylvester, both right. Artco (or similar) from Wallington. He's been announcing his imminent departure to the sun for some time now.
Your suggestion about copying them gives me the idea that the fairest way out of this for me is probably to scan the important ones and post them as jpegs in the Pictures folder, then sell them on eBay for what I fear would be a considerable loss. I have of course kept some that I want for myself; I'm not totally stupid.
But my space allocation of 3mb would be grossly exceeded; anyone know a way round this?
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From: OliverShaw1 Sent: 13/11/2007 00:26
If we do have enough interest from others to set up a fund to buy these I would also contribute £20 to it.
Scanning the most important documents is a partial answer, and very welcome, but others have found with the chassis manual and other documents that I have scanned and uploaded that once they appear on the site there is a considerable loss of quality, which can sometimes make smaller text and fine lines on diagrams very difficult to read.
This is because the file size is reduced as you upload the image. It would therefore be helpful to also retain the files at original size on CD or whatever, for reference.
In theory there are two ways round the problem of storage allocation, although I have only found one of them to work in practice. MSN state that you can rent a substantially increased storage allocation for a nominal sum, but when I tried to do so I got a message saying that the facility "is not available in your area." I wasn't aware that the system even knew one's geographical location, but there you are; I was perfectly willing to pay them some money for one of their advertised services, but if they don't want the business then so be it.
The other (slightly more tedious) solution is to use multiple sign-in IDs, each with a different email address. Like many people, I have a couple of old (free) email addresses, which I no longer use but which I have never cancelled, and my original sign-in ID was on one of those. When I moved to BT Internet I retained that ID, and since I got not one but two email addresses with the new provider (and the option of several more) I set up two further IDs, one on each of those. (That is why you sometimes see me as ClassicSafariman and sometimes as A_Capella1.)
This does go some way to getting round the problem, although as well as contributing here I also manage a couple of sailing sites, and am an active contributor to them, so I am once again running out of space and shall shortly have to set up yet more IDs ...
Oliver
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From: DIGBYCENRHOS Sent: 13/11/2007 10:03
I would be happy to contribute up to £20 to the fund.
Bryan Digby
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 13/11/2007 11:42
Keep 'em coming lads - I could end up with £4360 for this lot!
I've had a good offer for the 1952 brochure so that's out of the equation, but fortunately it is identical to the 1954 one.
How's this for a plan - I stop selling them; set a price for the whole collection of £100; at the end of this week I divide £100 by the number of members willing to chip in (me being one); then once the cheques have arrived I send the whole collection off to Brian who has offered a copying service I notice.
I shall scan the sold ones and send them as jpegs on CD with the rest.
Why the end of this week? Should be enough time for all willing to participate to put their hands up; should give me enough time to recoup something before my credit card bill arrives!
And before anyone starts sulking by saying "why should the willing few have to bear the cost of this?", - name me a club where that wouldn't happen.
Just a suggestion - as I keep trying in my awkward way to point out, I'm attempting a balance between not wanting to make money out of the forum and staying alive when the present Mrs. G finds out about this purchase! All comments appreciated.
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From: gkp107 Sent: 13/11/2007 12:00
Good luck Alec. I have got copies of the 1982 Safari range , well my daughter who has recently taken over the van has, if any body needs copies
Regards
Geoff Price
From: AlecGatherer
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:42 AM
To: Classic Safari Caravan Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: Safari Literature
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From: AlecGatherer
Keep 'em coming lads - I could end up with £4360 for this lot!
I've had a good offer for the 1952 brochure so that's out of the equation, but fortunately it is identical to the 1954 one.
How's this for a plan - I stop selling them; set a price for the whole collection of £100; at the end of this week I divide £100 by the number of members willing to chip in (me being one); then once the cheques have arrived I send the whole collection off to Brian who has offered a copying service I notice.
I shall scan the sold ones and send them as jpegs on CD with the rest.
Why the end of this week? Should be enough time for all willing to participate to put their hands up; should give me enough time to recoup something before my credit card bill arrives!
And before anyone starts sulking by saying "why should the willing few have to bear the cost of this?", - name me a club where that wouldn't happen.
Just a suggestion - as I keep trying in my awkward way to point out, I'm attempting a balance between not wanting to make money out of the forum and staying alive when the present Mrs. G finds out about this purchase! All comments appreciated.
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From: Sylvesteruk1 Sent: 13/11/2007 16:39
Alec,
Just looked through my file and I bought from that guy at the Malvern Autojumble in 2005 three coloured brouchers, one has no stamp in it but covers the whole 1978 range. The other has been stamped by the AA dated August 1970 complete with a letter from J P Rees SAFARI director, they are both A4 size. Lastly I have an A5 size brochure stamped by the AA dated Feb 1967.
I can bring them to the next SAFARI rally in the spring of 2008 for viewing.
Regards
Mike
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From: OliverShaw1 Sent: 22/11/2007 20:18
I get the impression that this proposed fund may have run out of steam - pity if it has.
Are we going ahead, or are we dropping the idea?
Specifically, do you want my £20 now, or should I sit tight to see whether the idea takes off?
Oliver
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From: AlecGatherer Sent: 23/11/2007 11:29
I have started trickling them through on eBay, so far with spectacular lack of success. A total of 4 members (including myself) willing to cough up £20 each didn't seem fair, but if you three are happy to do so then so will I.
Questions arise as to who would own them (presumably a consortium of those who had paid), who would hold them (Brian?), have I valued them correctly? It may be better for me to auction them off after all. That'll teach me to make rash purchases!
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From: Brian Sent: 24/11/2007 07:36
Alec and Oliver
Regarding the readability of Scans, if Alec puts them all on a cd or dvd disc at maximum resolution and size, and sends it to me I can use a bit of software at work to convert them to pdf's files that can be read using Adobe Acrobat readers.
These can also be printed out at A4 size, and even displayed on your pc as a fake book.
Brian