A few blogs ago we mentioned our new Official Factory Parts Manual and Official Factory Service Manual, and the introductory sale we have on these documents. When we announced the release of our new books on the blog, our good buddy Jim Cavanaugh sent an email to me asking if he could get copies. The answer, of course, was an immediate yes.
Jim is very special to all of us at CSC Motorcycles. He’s an advisor to our company, he’s a good friend, and he was the Production Superintendent at the original Mustang Motor Products Corporation a cool half-century ago. Jim’s been a cornerstone of our success, and Steve sent one of our very first California Scooters to Jim when we started production a year and a half ago. In fact, when Jim took delivery of his California Scooter we hadn’t even published the CSC Owner’s Manual yet, so Jim didn’t have any of our documention. We fixed that oversight this week.
Jim "Jimbo" Cavanaugh as the Mustang Production Superintendent 56 years ago, and a more recent shot on his California Scooter!
We were quite pleased to send all three books to Jimbo, and here’s the nice note he sent to us today…
56 years ago we really struggled to produce a decent manual. Back then we could only use photographs, which were limited and had to processed (usually by others) and actual artist’s work for exploded view drawings (which was time consuming). Invariably text mistakes and index mistakes would elude all those charged with accuracy. Poor explanations and instructions haunted us!
I’m curious how and who did these tasks so well!
I salute all who contributed!
That’s high praise indeed, and it’s even more meaningful coming from you, Jimbo!
Jim, like everything we do here at CSC, the documentation you received has been a team effort. Steve led the charge. He made sure everything reflected his vision of these bikes being easy to maintain. We didn’t want manuals that were tough to follow, and we didn’t want them to be ridiculously expensive (as is usually the case for other motorcycles’ shop manuals). We use an absolutely outstanding tech pubs guy (Gary Lick at Midnight Impressions), and he played a key role in all of this, too.
Thanks very much, Jimbo, and enjoy your new books!
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