Garage, Galley & Hangar
A fine-press reference library

The owner's reference for your
exact make & model.

Deeply researched, beautifully made reference books for the machine you're keeping, fixing, or bringing back to life, down to your year, engine, and configuration.

Manuals for anything with an engine, on land, at sea, or in the air.

Find your title Browse the catalog
Or leave your make & model and we'll let you know when it's ready.
Buy one titleCustom to your machine Digital book & drop-shipped hardcover
Land

The Garage

Cars, trucks, motorcycles.

Sea

The Galley

Sail & power boats.

Air

The Hangar

Aircraft & experimentals.

The Books

A real reference volume, written for one machine, yours.

Not a thin PDF, not a forum thread. Each title is a full owner's bible for a specific make and model, researched deeply and made to be kept.

I

Known issues & a survey guide

The documented weak points for your model, how to inspect each, and what a fix truly costs, a checklist to carry aboard or into the garage.

II

Specs & service that cite their source

Torque values, capacities, and intervals from factory data, with honest hedges where records disagree. We never bluff a number you'd turn a wrench by.

III

Parts & sourcing for orphaned makes

Cross-references, modern equivalents, and the yards and suppliers still stocking what you need, even when the builder is long gone.

IV

Your configuration, not the generic one

Custom editions fold in your repower, electronics, and refits, so the book describes the machine in your driveway, slip, or hangar, not the one that left the factory.

On Land · The Garage

The classic you'll never sell
deserves its own book.

Explore the Garage →
Read a Volume

Two finished books you can open right now.

Complete titles from our press, full chapters, glossary, and index. Open them and judge the depth for yourself.

Garage, Galley & Hangar

Irwin Citation 34

The Complete Owner's Reference · 1978–1985
10 chapters · 68-term glossary · 174-entry index

From Ted Irwin's history to the screw-fastened hull-to-deck joint to exact Yanmar 3GMF service data, with a personalized "Your Vessel" chapter.

Garage, Galley & Hangar

C&L 37 Trawler

The Complete Owner's Reference · 1970s Taiwan-built
9 chapters · 116-term glossary · 92-entry index

An obscure trawler almost no one has documented, so we established the real builder and built a spec sheet that exists nowhere else.

Browse The Galley →
The Custom Edition

Not a machine like yours. Yours.

Every custom edition is rebuilt around one machine: your year, your engine, your electronics and refits, your serial or hull number, and your machine's name and photograph on the cover. It stops describing the one that left the factory and starts describing the one in your garage, slip, or hangar.

$260
personalized to your machine
Start with your model →
Two Wheels

Every mile, and every fix,
written down for your machine.

Browse the Motorcycles →
How it works

Name the machine. We do the rest.

i

Choose your make & model

Search the catalog. If your model isn't there yet, commission it, and add your engine, electronics, and refits for a custom edition.

ii

We research & write it

Our press runs a deep, source-cited investigation and assembles your full volume, typeset to our standard and delivered within about two weeks. Titles already in the library are ready to read instantly.

iii

Read it, or hold it

Read your digital book online in your library the moment it's ready, or order a drop-shipped hardcover printed to order.

Pricing

Buy the book for your machine.

Most people want the one book for the machine they own, so buy it outright as a digital edition, a printed hardcover, or a custom edition built around your own vehicle.

The Digital Book
$29
  • One complete digital book, yours to keep
  • Full survey guide, specs, systems, parts
  • Read online, kept current as fixes surface
  • Searchable, with glossary and index built in
Choose your title →
The Hardcover
from $129
  • The printed hardcover, shipped to your door
  • The same complete title in a 6x9 shelf edition
  • Full survey guide, specs, systems, parts
  • The digital book included, so you can read online too
Order in print →
Custom Edition
$260
  • Built around your exact machine
  • Your engine, electronics, and refits folded in
  • Your serial or hull number and name on the cover
  • Your own machine's photo, the digital book plus optional hardcover
Personalize a title →
In the Air · The Hangar

For the aircraft you maintain,
hangar, and still fly.

Explore the Hangar →
Made to be trusted

"Every volume is checked by an adversarial review before it ships, claims verified against their sources, uncertain figures flagged rather than faked, and anything safety-critical carrying its citation."

It is a reference work: always verify against your own machine and the manufacturer's documentation before you turn a wrench.

Stay in touch

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