Murcielago Book -- Thank you Pistonheaders
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I would like to thank all those Pistonheaders , who very generously contributed photographs and text material for the first stand-alone book on the Murcielago .(ISBN 9781845849221 )
PH has a long and wide reach , and was one very rich seam , through which material was obtained for the book from around the world .
I am just starting to collect material for a book on the Countach , so please get in touch if you would like your car featured or have any other material that you think might be useful . I will start a new thread for this shortly.
The Murcielago book was a collaborative work , and the Countach book will be too , and I believe it will be all the richer for contributions from fellow enthusiasts , owners , engineers , and dealers .
Thank you once again contributors , for all your help
PH has a long and wide reach , and was one very rich seam , through which material was obtained for the book from around the world .
I am just starting to collect material for a book on the Countach , so please get in touch if you would like your car featured or have any other material that you think might be useful . I will start a new thread for this shortly.
The Murcielago book was a collaborative work , and the Countach book will be too , and I believe it will be all the richer for contributions from fellow enthusiasts , owners , engineers , and dealers .
Thank you once again contributors , for all your help
Reeso -- Thank you for the encouraging words . It's my first book , and its been hard work , so I'm grateful for your cautious backing
Markiii -- I'm not quite sure what to say .
I'm an Eye Surgeon , with no experience in publishing , and Veloce who are an experienced and well recognised and respected publisher made all the decisions about pricing and marketing....something that i'm totally happy with.
All I can say is that Tonino Lamborghini wrote the foreword , but only after the full draft (57,000 words , 17 chapters , 193 photographs and a full index ) was sent to him for his prior inspection and approval .
Mike Pullen , Roberto Grimaldi , Ed Bolian and Simon George have contributed expert opinions , and respected Lamborghini dealers like Roy Cats , Bob Forstner , Amari , Supervettura and Kaaimans have provided photographs , as have many private individuals from around the world.
Its been great fun , and I've met many like minded individuals courtesy of the book , and travelled to places that I would not have been to otherwise .
Its been a case of minimising losses rather than maximising profits , but it will be well worth any losses incurred.
Ferruccio -- really looking forward to getting you on board for the Countach book.
RM Sothebys have been kind enough to agree to help , and some of the cars that have been through their hands are genuinely spectacular.
Markiii -- I'm not quite sure what to say .
I'm an Eye Surgeon , with no experience in publishing , and Veloce who are an experienced and well recognised and respected publisher made all the decisions about pricing and marketing....something that i'm totally happy with.
All I can say is that Tonino Lamborghini wrote the foreword , but only after the full draft (57,000 words , 17 chapters , 193 photographs and a full index ) was sent to him for his prior inspection and approval .
Mike Pullen , Roberto Grimaldi , Ed Bolian and Simon George have contributed expert opinions , and respected Lamborghini dealers like Roy Cats , Bob Forstner , Amari , Supervettura and Kaaimans have provided photographs , as have many private individuals from around the world.
Its been great fun , and I've met many like minded individuals courtesy of the book , and travelled to places that I would not have been to otherwise .
Its been a case of minimising losses rather than maximising profits , but it will be well worth any losses incurred.
Ferruccio -- really looking forward to getting you on board for the Countach book.
RM Sothebys have been kind enough to agree to help , and some of the cars that have been through their hands are genuinely spectacular.
Fair play to you for putting the time and effort in to producing something like this, especially as it's a passion not your bread and butter.
Can't comment on the price but any accessories for anything already expensive is expensive. Par for the course IMHO.
Look forward to reading it!
Can't comment on the price but any accessories for anything already expensive is expensive. Par for the course IMHO.
Look forward to reading it!
Just finished reading it cover to cover. I could be biased but a superbly well written book with lots of background.
Interesting that all the people experienced with running one said exactly the same when it came to weaknesses :
Misting up rear lights
Troublesome throttle bodies causing ‘hunting’ on tickover
Rear spoiler staying up
Door locks cycling through lock and unlock continuously
Crankshaft letting go when getting to 100,000 mile plus
Had every one of these on mine.
Oddly once you get to 150k it seems to settle down thereafter
Interesting that all the people experienced with running one said exactly the same when it came to weaknesses :
Misting up rear lights
Troublesome throttle bodies causing ‘hunting’ on tickover
Rear spoiler staying up
Door locks cycling through lock and unlock continuously
Crankshaft letting go when getting to 100,000 mile plus
Had every one of these on mine.
Oddly once you get to 150k it seems to settle down thereafter
Firstly my apologies for the tardiness in responding .
845ste... I,m sorry , but the book is only in English.
We did in fact briefly consider a book with the text in 3 different languages , English , Italian and French , as Rod Grainger the CEO of Veloce Publishers was taken up with this idea . We had to give up on this idea when we found that it would be too complex to coordinate , and that the resultant book would be too expensive for the general market . Even so , I had to leave out some text and some photos to fit in with the agreed format.......I hadn’t realised how much more expensive it is to add additional pages and photos ...... Veloce were kind in allowing 193 photos , rather than the original 150-160 images in the contract.
Simonspider...... thank you for your very kind words. It was a labour of love , which I did not find easy , as it involved learning a completely new set of skills . It was also a totally collaborative effort , as I couldn’t have even dreamt of producing such a book without the input from all the other contributors. To have the input from the individual who has put the most miles on a Murcie in the real world , really gave credibility to the project . Thank you .
845ste... I,m sorry , but the book is only in English.
We did in fact briefly consider a book with the text in 3 different languages , English , Italian and French , as Rod Grainger the CEO of Veloce Publishers was taken up with this idea . We had to give up on this idea when we found that it would be too complex to coordinate , and that the resultant book would be too expensive for the general market . Even so , I had to leave out some text and some photos to fit in with the agreed format.......I hadn’t realised how much more expensive it is to add additional pages and photos ...... Veloce were kind in allowing 193 photos , rather than the original 150-160 images in the contract.
Simonspider...... thank you for your very kind words. It was a labour of love , which I did not find easy , as it involved learning a completely new set of skills . It was also a totally collaborative effort , as I couldn’t have even dreamt of producing such a book without the input from all the other contributors. To have the input from the individual who has put the most miles on a Murcie in the real world , really gave credibility to the project . Thank you .
Firstly my apologies for the tardiness in responding .
845ste... I,m sorry , but the book is only in English.
We did in fact briefly consider a book with the text in 3 different languages , English , Italian and French , as Rod Grainger the CEO of Veloce Publishers was taken up with this idea . We had to give up on this idea when we found that it would be too complex to coordinate , and that the resultant book would be too expensive for the general market . Even so , I had to leave out some text and some photos to fit in with the agreed format.......I hadn’t realised how much more expensive it is to add additional pages and photos ...... Veloce were kind in allowing 193 photos , rather than the original 150-160 images in the contract.
Simonspider...... thank you for your very kind words. It was a labour of love , which I did not find easy , as it involved learning a completely new set of skills . It was also a totally collaborative effort , as I couldn’t have even dreamt of producing such a book without the input from all the other contributors. To have the input from the individual who has put the most miles on a Murcie in the real world , really gave credibility to the project . Thank you .
845ste... I,m sorry , but the book is only in English.
We did in fact briefly consider a book with the text in 3 different languages , English , Italian and French , as Rod Grainger the CEO of Veloce Publishers was taken up with this idea . We had to give up on this idea when we found that it would be too complex to coordinate , and that the resultant book would be too expensive for the general market . Even so , I had to leave out some text and some photos to fit in with the agreed format.......I hadn’t realised how much more expensive it is to add additional pages and photos ...... Veloce were kind in allowing 193 photos , rather than the original 150-160 images in the contract.
Simonspider...... thank you for your very kind words. It was a labour of love , which I did not find easy , as it involved learning a completely new set of skills . It was also a totally collaborative effort , as I couldn’t have even dreamt of producing such a book without the input from all the other contributors. To have the input from the individual who has put the most miles on a Murcie in the real world , really gave credibility to the project . Thank you .
To all of you looking forward to opening the Christmas stocking on Tuesday morning , I truly hope that you will not be disappointed .
The current edition of Classic Cars magazine has an overly generous review of the book , which is very kind of them , so I am hoping that things might be OK on Christmas morning .
I,m hoping to finish the last 3 chapters of the KTM X-BOW book over the holiday period , and will then start on the Countach book sometime in the spring .
Have a lovely X,mas and New Year .
The current edition of Classic Cars magazine has an overly generous review of the book , which is very kind of them , so I am hoping that things might be OK on Christmas morning .
I,m hoping to finish the last 3 chapters of the KTM X-BOW book over the holiday period , and will then start on the Countach book sometime in the spring .
Have a lovely X,mas and New Year .
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