In 2013, Haynes acquired Clymer repair manuals from Penton Media. Haynes also publishes a range of Chilton manuals under license from Cengage. Many Haynes Manuals bear a cover illustration of a cutaway view technical drawing of the vehicle, hand-drawn by Terry Davey, and they bear his signature. Haynes was made an Officer of Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 1995 for services to publishing. Limited was founded on and the first manual actually entitled 'Haynes Owners Workshop Manual', for the Austin-Healey Sprite, was published in 1965. In 1956, when he was at school, he wrote and published a book on building a ' special' based on the Austin 7, and wrote two further books while performing national service in the Royal Air Force. The Haynes manuals are named after John Harold Haynes (1938–2019) OBE. Īdditionally, Haynes have released manuals based on popular fictional series including Star Trek and Thomas and Friends. They also now publish the Bluffer's Guides collection.

The series includes a range of 'practical lifestyle' manuals in the same style for a range of topics, including domestic appliances and personal computers, digital photography, model railways, sport, animal care, men, The series primarily focuses upon the maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles, covering a wide range of makes and models (300 models of car and 130 models of motorcycle) the manuals are aimed mainly at DIY enthusiasts rather than professional garage mechanics, as they lack the depth of coverage on particular vehicles or problems. The Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) are a series of practical manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group. ( July 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.

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