Jack,
I just downloaded the Picasa program that Allan recommended, and it's pretty
good. --I like the thumbnail interface much better than with the Photoshop
organizer I have been using.
Another recommendation, I have been using the John P. New's CD version of the
Austin Healey service parts list (with exploded diagrams of the entire car).
(Mine is for the BT7, but the BJ8 version has been out for a while). First,
The parts list is absolutely necessary, in a restoration, if you don't have
one, and I would think even more useful in a case such as yours. It is often
more useful than photographs, and supplies the proper nomenclature for
identifying (and ordering) parts. I used the paper version of the service
parts list for years, and found it ---tedious to use. --The CD, however,
allows searches, prints, and makes finding the desired assy easy to do. I have
also found it very easy to e-mail pages from the document when answering or
asking questions about various assemblies.
In thinking about your situation, I would also think it would be a small
matter for you to extract the appropriate diagrams from the CD and store each
with the appropriate sets of related photos if you wanted to.
No financial interest or compensation from the sale of these CDs, just a
satisfied user, blah, blah blah..
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Ph.J.Aeckerlin
To: Healey webforum
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:00 AM
Subject: Photographs
Friends,
I've been collecting pictures of BJ8's in all stages of demolition and
(re)construction in order to have guidelines when I start assembling the
car. (I didn't take it apart myself, bought it in approx. 10,000
pieces). I installed an old stand-alone PC in my garage with the idea of
calling up a picture of a detail as soon as I hesitate. I'm afraid I
have some 300 to 400 pictures now and I try to organize them one way or
another so that I don't spend valuable hours trying to find that
specific picture of which I'm sure I've seen it before somewhere but where?
Hence this request: I hope I'm not the only one who tries/tried to
streamline his picture collection but how have you done it? At present
I've started grouping the pictures in accordance with their location:
Engine room, Wheels/suspension, Underside, Dashboard, Boot , Chassis,
Interior and their names now start with the capital E, or W, or U etc.
But sometimes this still creates too large groups. Any better ideas out
there?
TIA
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
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