Sportscar Profile Series books?

[aurfalien]

I'm going to start replenishing my auto books as they were lost and was curious if any one has an opinion on the book series "Sportscar Profile Series" by Kazuo Higaki under the Tankobon publisher?

They seem to have very attractive books on Porsches, Ferraris, Fords and Chaparrals to name a few.

 

 

Edited February 23, 2019 by aurfalien

[unclescott58]

I'm noticing several people, like me, have looked at this post, but not responded to it. I know nothing about the books you mentioned above. I've never heard of author or the publisher. But am curious. What do they look like? When were they put out? If I and others knew more about them, maybe we could help guide you to them. Or even give you our thoughts on them. As I noted, I know nothing about these books. Good or bad. But, I am curious. 

[oldnslow]

These ?

           

 

 

        

Edited February 24, 2019 by oldnslow

[afx]

I have a few Japanese modeling magazines.  The photos are great but I find it frustrating being unable to read the text.

[aurfalien]

1 hour ago, unclescott58 said:

I'm noticing several people, like me, have looked at this post, but not responded to it. I know nothing about the books you mentioned above. I've never heard of author or the publisher. But am curious. What do they look like? When were they put out? If I and others knew more about them, maybe we could help guide you to them. Or even give you our thoughts on them. As I noted, I know nothing about these books. Good or bad. But, I am curious. 

Thanks for the reply Scott.

You've some good points.  I'll use Amazon as reference.

Ferrari link;

https://www.amazon.com/Ferrari-dino-512s-Photo-Japan/dp/4544400171/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZY0DPPCQTNTMDQ5M35EF

Chaparral link;

https://www.amazon.com/Chaparral-Sportscar-Profile-Japan-Book/dp/4544400260

Porsche link;

https://www.amazon.com/Porsche-906-910-Sportscar-Profile/dp/4544400031/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1551010478&sr=1-1&keywords=Porsche+906%2F910%2F907%2F908%2F917+(SPORTSCAR+PROFILE+SERIES)

Edited February 24, 2019 by aurfalien

[aurfalien]

8 minutes ago, oldnslow said:

These ?

           

 

 

        

Yes, those are some of the books.

[aurfalien]

7 minutes ago, afx said:

I have a few Japanese modeling magazines.  The photos are great but I find it frustrating being unable to read the text.

I've found Google Translate on my phone to be useful in these cases. 

[aurfalien]

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Edited February 24, 2019 by aurfalien

[unclescott58]

Yea, I've definitely never run into that series of books before. The subjects of the books, look good. Are the books only in (and I'm assuming here) Japanese? Or like some books I've seen from Japan where they have both Japanese and English text? 

[aurfalien]

30 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:

Yea, I've definitely never run into that series of books before. The subjects of the books, look good. Are the books only in (and I'm assuming here) Japanese? Or like some books I've seen from Japan where they have both Japanese and English text? 

It's Japanese only but I've had great success with Google Translate on my phone.  It uses my camera and translates on the fly, so I simply hover over text.

[unclescott58]

35 minutes ago, aurfalien said:

It's Japanese only but I've had great success with Google Translate on my phone.  It uses my camera and translates on the fly, so I simply hover over text.

It's amazing what technology allows us to do now days.