Library
How the library runs
A library is being created by the club.
Books, Manuals and Videos will be purchased and made available to
members.
If you want to:
- borrow an item,
- lend out any items upon request, or
- suggest an item we should buy
please contact me using one of these:
A/H (03) 5968 6195
B/H 0417 144 965
Email
gavin_dot_eakins_at_shinetech_dot_com (replace the dot and at, put
“VCBG” in subject)
Cheers - Gavin Eakins.
I’ll bring your item to a club meeting, and you can return it at the next.
Items you can borrow
Workshop manuals
| Make | Car | Model/Year |
| Ford | Escort | MK II 1977 |
| Ford | Cortina | TC |
| Toyota | 3SGE (Gen 2) | |
| Toyota | 3SGE (Gen 3) | |
| Toyota | Corolla | 1978 to 1984 |
| Volvo | 260 series | |
| VW | Beetle | 54–71 |
| Mazda | MX5 | NA6 |
| Toyota | Corolla/Nova | 1985–1993 |
| Toyota | 4A-F, 4AGE engine | |
| Toyota | 1S, 1SE, 2S, 2S-C, 2S-E, 3E-FE, 3S-GE | |
| Toyota | Body Electrical System Electrical Wiring Diagram Supplement | AE92 Series, June 1990 |
| Toyota | Electrical Wiring Diagrams | Sprinter AE86 1983 |
| Toyota | Computer Controlled System Corolla + Celica 4AGE engines Diagnosis Manual |
Other books
| Title | Author |
| Build your own sportscar for as little as 250 pounds | Ron Champion |
| How to Build a Cheaps Sports Car | Keith Tanner |
| Tune to Win | Carrol Smith |
| Competition Car Suspension | Alan Staniforth |
| Competition Car Composites | Alan Staniforth |
| Panel Beating and Body Repair | Donald Wait |
| Advanced Sheet Metal Fabrication | Timothy Remus |
| Modifying Vehicles | Andrew George |
| How to Engineer Street Machines | Andrew George |
| How to Build + Modify Sportscar Suspension | Des Hammill |
| Australian Design Rules | |
| The Racer’s Guide to Fabricating Shop Equipment | John Block |
Videos
| Title | Author |
| A Racecar is Born | Timothy Remus |
DVDs
| Title | Author |
| Differential Rebuilding |
Items in the State Library
We can also have photocopy-only access to many workshop manuals up to
the early 1990s.
These include (but are not limited to):
Make Model Year
- Ford Cortina Mk1 early
- Ford Cortina TC/TD/TE/TF all
- Ford Escort Mk1 71–75
- Ford Escort Mk2 75–82
- Ford Capri 69–74
- Ford Falcon all up to 98
- Holden Commodore all up to 99
- Holden Gemini TX/TC/TD/TF/TG 75–84
- Nissan Bluebird 85
- Nissan Skyline R31 86–88
- Toyota Celica 71–82
- Toyota Supra 79–81
- Volvo 260 75–80
- Volvo 740/760 82–86
Please contact me if your donor isn’t in this list.




