US success
We might imagine that Haynes manuals are a distinctly British establishment, however from the mid1970s the corporate was making critical inroads into the US market. Issues actually took off when Haynes started producing manuals for US vehicles, its first primarily based on tear-downs of fashions belonging to UK-based US Air Pressure officers who had been lent an Audi for the length.
● The three best-selling Haynes manuals within the US are for Chevy, Ford and Dodge pick-ups .
● Annual gross sales of Haynes manuals within the US high 1 million.
● There are greater than 240 million autos within the US and Haynes has books or manuals protecting nearly 90% of them.
● The US operation relies in the identical workplaces that John Haynes established 40 years in the past, close to Los Angeles.
Austin Seven
In 1953, aged simply 15 and nonetheless in school, John Haynes purchased an previous Austin Seven from a scrap seller and rebuilt it, a course of he documented intimately and which might encourage his later upkeep manuals.
“It ran to 48 pages. Utilizing the college’s duplicating machine he produced 250 copies. He folded them into pamphlet kind and stapled them on the edge. Then he positioned a small advert in one among his favorite automotive magazines, providing them for 5 shillings a duplicate. Inside barely per week, he’d offered all of them.”
Sprite/MG
In 1965, whereas with the RAF in Aden, Haynes had the thought of manufacturing an in depth guide that may very well be understood by the DIY mechanic. Needing a donor automotive, he provided to assist restore an Austin-Healey Sprite belonging to a fellow officer.
