Is this something that would be of interest to people? May have been done before my time, not sure?

My thoughts were to gather some quality member photos, interior & exterior, hopefully covering the colour range, mix it with some text - facts, figures, spec etc and have it put together in a properly bound book.

Not talking home made job, i mean soft or hardback books, with or without one of those nice sleeves as an option.

I'm having a similar thing printed up as a portfolio booklet and thought it would be great to do a coupe book. I'd be more than happy to put it together & organise printing & distribution

Could be useful as a book for newcomers, but also a keepsake for those already in the fold. I reckon £8-10 for a small book (i think up to/around 240 photos of various sizes) with text as required.

What do people think?

i'd be interested in having one of these! nice glossy hardback would be superb!

Great idea and I'd certainly buy one. Don't want to be a wet blanket, but would it actually be feasible? The market has to be pretty small and the repro costs in color with nice binding could be high. Say you sold 100 at £10 that would only bring in a grand. But as I say, I don't want to put you off and you may well have a solution to these problems. Certainly I'll help if i can (which being pretty talentless doesn't amount to a great offer)

Shouldnt be an issue - looked at the options before posting just in case.

Photo in you sig looks smart - a very 'Coupe Book pose'

count me in...

Ta Mark Followed me own advice in my How To Guide to car photography

there was a guy at stanford hall last year who is writing a book about the coupe and barchetta

I would be in certainly.

Would supply some pictures of a recently resprayed Vinci Grey as well if your interested.

Ooooooh, sounds great! Maybe even some photos of it being done???

Yes I am sure I could sort them out,shoudl be able to get quite a few from the forum users

Mark,

i will be giving my Plus a serious touch up over the next 3-6 months and am happy to offer my services...oh and the 99 vis na..both red might be getting the treatment to...

I would be happy to put my Bishops regalia on for the shoot..

Yeah great, there should be plenty of photo space so the more the merrier really, even if there is bishops regalia involved!!

All kind of pics will be good - engine, interior, exterior, jaunty angles.......

this sounds very good! Id be very interested in this!

£10 for a hardback is cheap! I'm deffinately in! I'm sure other coupe owner's around the world would be as well

The small book (£8-10) would be a bound softback - hardback would be more but i would give you guys an option

I'd get it if there was such a thing. Not sure how you'd go about getting one made though.

Also I think it'd be nice if everyone had a spot on a web site for a picture of their coupé and a little info about it.

Getting them made wont be a problem, dont worry!

Where are you thinking of gettint it from as the quality of some cheaper ones can be a bit pants
You can get nice spiral bound ones now too which keeps the cost down a bit.

I'll be getting a portfolio book through soon so i'll check the quality out of that, take some photos etc so y'all can see.

I'll have a butchers at spiral bound ones as well, see whats what

i should pm jap and circolo for pics of mint cars - in circolo's case he's done something a little different with stunning results....

duely noted! we've got the opportunity to show what can be done so we might as well make the most of it!

I would love one of these count me in 'i think if you get this going you will get over 100 members interested..

If you do a good job of it maybe you can run the calendar for next year too?

Why not indeed!

Excellent Mark! Well volunteered!

Lol! That was a bit too easy! Did anything happen this year with a calendar?

No, but Ross did a get lot of high quality photos from members. I'm sure he'd give you them if you wanted some for the book?

Count me in for a copy of the book please

Excellent! Will see what ross says with regards to pics for the book.

Yes, I remember him too

I'd like a Coupe book as well please Mark

Thanks Theresa.

Jap is more than willing to supply some pics

Circolo will be supplying some professional photos of his car which is great.

He's also offered to write an article/piece for the book so if anyone else would like to do the same then do let me know.

Marko, what we writing about, dude? What's going in the book? Is it a history of the marque with nice piccies, or are you going for How To guides, technical data as well? I would find most useful our own Haynes-type manual (based on How To guides) but with nice repro and lots of pics of owners cars to illustrate different models and styling and tuning tweaks. Plus, obviously, a history of the marque. A sort of Mrs Beeton's Coop Cook Book.

Without a structure there might be a danger we end up with a long list of owners cars with articles along the lines of "My car is great. It is the best colour. I bought it from Fred, who's looked after it real well... and so on"

My initial thoughts were to make it a mix of several things - some history for those who dont know about it, mixed with owners pics rather than stock pics (modded & un-modded) along with some articles written by owners.

It then appeals to us owners, those that are considering ownership, and the general car fan!

How to guides would probably warrant its own book and could be quick lengthy!

These are my thoughts, but the idea is for all of us to be able to chuck ideas in so although i'm organising it and putting it together, it will be a book put together by enthusiasts!

Hmm perhaps keep modded ones i.e non Zender and LE style kit to a seperate section?

I think you're absolutely correct Mark, the how-to guides and associated photos would fill at least one book.

Plus, we haven't quite finished them yet!

Thats what i was planning - a modded section

I think that there will be a interest in this book in Sweden as well, I just organized a group-buy for 14 custom made Fiat Coupe T-shirts... I think there will be a similar amount of nutters willing to spend some money on a book, I certainly am!

Sounds good to me. You actually in Sweden? Spread the word!

definatley count me in,a must have for all coop lovers!

I'll have one too ! I'm sure some more Irish owners would be on for a copy too

Excellent. I make it about 17 so far. Keep it coming!

If you are wanting to gauge interest then perhaps a post in the Group Buy section might help as well?

Just a thought..............probably wrong, I usually am!

Done!

Group Buy

Have copied across names from this post but please check.

Just a tip, http://www.fiatcoupehistory.de contains a lot of information about the Coupes and their history. There's an english flag that turns it into english version as well...

Interesting stuff, also fun to have a look at the accessory folders...

Nice one!

If I'm in it!

I want one

Rask will you start a swedish group buy?

If Chris B is happy to answer one of the questions I supplied to you I'm more than willing to take one off you

I'm sure he will - you supplied many! If so you need to pop your name in the group buy.

What happened to the Chris interview? Did you get any response from him?

Will there be some Coupe history and info about the car in the book as well?

Some content would be very nice, after all, I bet there's a lot of guys here that are willing to proof read or even write sections for you.

Kind of boring to only have a picture book...

Actually thought about doing this last year but never had the time. Got some pics you could use though :-)
http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k138/philworsley/

yes this one would make a great cover

I've got the 4 page piece that Chris has written for me ready to go, interview was a 'maybe' but is looking tricky according to his PA due to his schedule.

Wont just be a picture book, dont worry. I've got the written piece from Chris, an article from a forum member, and will have the facts, figures and details in, mixed with the pics i have. Ive also been in touch with Pininfarina and G Studio about contributing as well

Phil - thanks for the pics.

Mark , Check this site for pic's of how dead coupes look. http://www.fiatcoupe-freunde.de/ some really nasty tales to tell here I would think and a sober reminder for us all. Hard back for me please .

@Mark: You did know Chris met the Italian Coupé Club back in 2006 at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at lake Como and actually signed a few members' Coops? I wasn't there myself but do have a picture of Chris putting down his autograph on the dash of a yellow coop.
Interested?

Sounds like a fantastic idea but can it be realistically done, i really hope so If so, id probably cherish this til the day i die lol (hopefully a wrinkly old man with no bladder control, ha!)

@Mark: ask Chris if he has any information about the three 300 bhp cars that where made by pininfarina back in 2000 (apparently as a study for the successor to be which failed due to EU emmision targets).