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I expected the content to include more specifications as the title of this book implies - and there is much more that he could have covered that currently is only available from alternative sources. For example, the "Without Guesswork" series is out of print (which includes nearly all the specs you would find useful) and he fails to include color swatches (which was a major disappointment for me).
The pictures in this book are on the small side. And there are details in the photographs that are not pointed out or discussed. For example on some models, you see original equipment features that make you wonder what they are - and no reference to them in the text. Many of the pictures are too small and muddy, detail is lost that would be very nice in larger view. As a coffee table book, this book would have benefited from a larger format for better reproduction of pictures.
There are no model-specific production figures. Nor is the information about pricing of options complete. I inferred from the text and illustrations that you could not purchase a deluxe from the Brazilian factory - but I should not have to guess, this is a specification guide.
I did find the information about optional equipment interesting - but have no idea what these items might look like, there are no illustrations to accompany some of his references. He assumes that the reader has been attending European VW shows - and is familiar with some of the busses, people and groups he references. Not everyone knows the Bulli Kartei.
Further, Mr. Eccles refers to documentation - and it would have been nice for him to include a portion of that documentation if he found it interesting enough to note. For example, when speaking about unique models like the Binz, he refers to optional equipment brochures. I would have liked to have seen a page as an example.
I think on a book like this you should not worry that your English audience doesn't know German. I think it is interesting what the models were called in German, like Sondermodell - and I would also include a translation to add interest.
I found some of his stories generalized - as he misses some unique features of the vehicle that are shown in the pictures. This is almost as if he is writing a review of a picture someone sent him, rather than him having seen the bus in person and spoken with the owner.
On the plus side, he does have some nice stories about unique models. But again, this is more appropriate for a historical book than a specification guide. I did find a reference to the destination code that I have not found elsewhere - my bus was exported to Central America (ZA).
Overall, I was a bit disappointed in this title - but found it an interesting read after I got over the initial disappointment.
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