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A big thanks to Woogeroo, Laroke and the other Bolters who helped pull together the initial list of books starting
back in October 2004. When asked what books do you use, some of our favorites
were:
| "Checkbook"
~~ Fabled 48 |
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"Most got
blood on 'em from when I was workin'" ~~ Jim Profit |
| "Phonebook"
~~ Swampcat |
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"I have you
guys. I don't need no stinkin' books" ~~ Boo Radley |
If you have something we should add, please
let us know.
Books
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
Published |
Publisher |
| Auto Mechanics Fundamentals:
How and Why of the Design, Construction, and Operation of Automotive Units |
Martin W. Stockel
Martin T. Stockel |
0-870067702 |
1990 |
Goodheart-Willcox Pub |
| Automotive Electrical Handbook |
Jim Horner |
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| Automotive Paint Handbook |
John Pfanstiehl |
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| Automotive Upholstery Handbook |
Don Taylor |
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| Basic Carburetion and Fuel
Systems No 5. |
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0-8227-0101-0 |
1975 |
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| Basic Ignition and Electrical
Systems No 4. |
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0-8227-0104-9 |
1975 |
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| Brake Handbook |
Fred Puhn |
0-895862328 |
1985 |
Horsepower Books |
| California Bill's Chevrolet,
GMC & Buick Speed Manual |
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1954 |
Fisher Books |
| Catalog of Chevy Truck ID
Numbers 1946-1972 |
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1880524023 |
2001 |
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| Chevrolet Pickup Color History |
Tom Brownell and Mike Mueller |
0-87938-876-5 |
1994 |
Motorbooks International |
| Chevrolet Pickup Red Book |
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Motorbooks International |
| Chevrolet Pickups 1946-1972 |
John Gunnell |
0-87938-282-1 (soft) |
1988 |
Motorbooks International |
| Chevy Engine Overhaul |
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Haynes Series |
| Chevy Pickup Trucks Enthusiasts
Color Series |
Steve Statham |
0-7603-0103-4 |
1996 |
Motorbooks International |
| Classic Car Restorer's Handbook |
Jim Richardson |
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| Engine & Chassis Detailing |
Jim Richardson |
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| Heavyweight Book
of American Light Trucks 1939-1966 |
Tom Brownell and
Don Bunn |
0-87938-289-9 (soft) |
1988 |
Motorbooks International |
| How to Build Custom Cars |
Tex Smith |
1884089046 |
1994 |
Cartech Inc |
| How to Build Max Performance
Chevy Small Block on a Budget |
David Vizard |
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| How to Build Real Hot Rods |
Tex Smith |
1884089011 |
1989 |
Cartech Inc. |
| How to Build the
Small Block Chevrolet (Workbench Book) |
Larry Atherton, Larry
Schreib |
0-931472261 |
1993 |
Motorbooks International |
| How to Build Tri-Five Chevy
Trucks |
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Horsepower Book Series |
| How to Do Electrical Systems:
Most Everything About Auto Electrics |
Skip Readio |
1878772066 |
2001 |
Hot Rod Library |
| How to 'Hop Up' Chevrolet
& Gem 6-Cylinder Engines |
Roger Huntington |
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1951 |
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| How to Make Your Car Handle |
Fred Puhn |
0-912656468 |
1976 |
Horsepower Books |
| How to Paint Your Car |
David H. Jacobs, Jr. |
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| How to Rebuilt your Small
Block Chevy |
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Horsepower Books Series |
| How to Restore Metal Automotive
Trim |
Jeff Lilly |
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| How to Restore Your Chevrolet
Pickup |
Tom Brownell |
0-87938-500-6 |
1991 |
Motorbooks International |
| How
to Restore Your Chevrolet Pickup / New Edition (see our review) |
Tom Brownell |
0-7603-1634-1 |
2004 |
Motorbooks International |
| How to Restore Your Collector
Car |
Tom Brownell |
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| Nuts, Bolts and Fasteners,
and Plumbing Handbook |
Carroll Smith |
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| Petersen's Basic Carburetion
and Fuel Systems No. 6 |
Spence Murray |
0822750139 ??? |
1977 |
Green Hill Pub |
| Petersen's Basic Carburetion
and Fuel Systems No. 6 |
Spence Murray |
0-822750139 |
1977 |
Green Hill Pub |
| Petersen's Basic Ignition
and Electrical Systems |
David N. Wenner |
0-822750147 |
1977 |
Green Hill Pub |
| Pickup and Van Spotter’s Guide
1945-1992 |
Tad Burness |
0-87938-722-X |
1993 |
Motorbooks International |
| Rochester Carburetor Manual |
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Haynes Series |
| Second Edition Standard Catalog
of American Light-Duty Trucks |
John A. Gunnell, Editor |
0-87341-238-9 |
1993 |
Krause Publications |
| Sheet Metal Handbook |
Ron and Sue Fournier |
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| Sixty Years of Chevrolet |
George H. Dammann |
0-912612-03-7 |
1972 |
Crestline Publishing Co. |
| Small Block Chevy Performance |
John Baechtel |
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| Smokey Yunick's Power Secrets |
Smokey Yunick |
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| Truck : On Rebuilding a Worn-Out
Pickup, and Other Post-Technological Adventures |
John Jerome |
0-874517559 |
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| Ultimate Auto Detailing |
David H. Jacobs, Jr. |
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| Ultimate Truck and Van Spotters Guide 1925-1990 |
Tad Burness |
0-87341-969-3 |
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Krause Publications |
| Welder's Handbook |
Richard Finch |
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| Wired for Success
: Auto Electrical Made Easy |
Randy
Rundle (Randy is one of our moderators for our Electrical Bay) |
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Check the "Library"
at American Classic Truck Parts -- besides books, they have many manuals, brochures, booklets,
all sorted by years. Another great source
for on-line manuals is Keith Hardy's Old
On-line Chevy Manuals project. As a matter of fact, if you've got a
manual to donate to this project, it would be great for everyone. So far, Keith
has over 130 manuals with over 13,000 pages (pre-1960) ...all for free! And he's
consistently updating it.
How
To/Tech Tip / Manuals
Did you know that Google now has "Google Print" -- just search on Google as you normally would.
For example, do a search on a subject such as "books about old trucks." Whenever
a book contains content that matches your search terms, Google will show links
to that book in your search results. Click on the book title and you'll see
the page that contains your search terms, as well as other information about
the book. You can also search for other topics within the book. Google's mission
is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and
useful. Since a lot of the world's information isn't yet online, they're helping
to get it there. Google Print puts the content of books where you can find it
most easily; right in Google search results. Right now (January 2005) they're
still testing this program, so you may not see books in your results for every
search. But you can expect to see more and more books popping up in your search
results in the coming months.
And our local public library now
is on-line with a pretty cool data base for searching for information. You might
want to see if that is available in your area, too. I can hunt down a book and
reserve it on-line. Then just drop by to pick it up. Quite nifty, I'd say.
Free stuff ... isn't
it GREAT!
Misc.
- Amazon -- Big selection of books, tools, hardware
- American Trucker -- Classifieds for heavy trucks, trailers, parts, etc
- Autotrend Graphics -- Automotive Posters and related graphics
- Car Art On-line -- "Automotive prints available from today's top artists"
- Car Talk --
Click and Clack,The Tappet Brothers, and their radio talk show on NPR.
- Chevrolet Resources -- Chevrolet-related news, books and web resources
- Classic
Motorbooks -- Truck Books, Calendars and Videos -- plus tractors,
trains, boats, autos, military
- Dictionary of Automotive Terms -- Woogeroo found this nifty site
- European Road Transport
E-Magazine -- A bi-monthly e-magazine dedicated to trucking all over
Europe.
- EveryTruckJob.com -- A free national classified directory for the trucking and transportation
industry.
- GM Photo Store -- 1000's of images from Official GM photo archive
- Garage
Logic -- The official Garage Logic web site and explains all this Cylinder
Index stuff in the discussion forums
- Hemmings Motor News -- The "bible" of the old car (and truck) hobby
- Hollander
Interchange reference manuals -- The last word on interchangeable
auto parts for more than 65 years.
- James Tracy - Professional
quality paintings of old trucks, can work from photos. Bloomington, Indiana
- John's Pickup Truck Pictures -- A variety of pictures of old trucks from 1910 to 1972
- MSA-1 Identification Books on-line -- Mark Allen's site on identifying engines (books available)
- Motorbooks
International -- "World's Largest Selection of Automotive Books, Calendars
and Videos."
- National Truck Equipment
Assoc. -- Serving the commercial truck equipment industry since 1964
- Old Cars Weekly -- Well, an on-line weekly old car E-magazine
- SEMA, the Specialty Equipment
Market Association -- Keeping the automotive aftermarket informed.
Good info, plus legislative updates.
- Serious Wheels -- "The Internet source for high-quality classic car images."
- Skinned Knuckles-- A monthly pub written by and for auto and light truck restorers
- Stovebolt .com -- You're already here, silly. The 'Net's
oldest and most complete e-zine for old GM trucks!
- Toy Trucker -- Another fun one. We got a few mags at the ATHS 2006 Convention. Too fun!
- Walter Miller Automobile
Literature -- "World's largest selection of Original US and Foreign
automobile and truck sales brochures, repair manuals, owner's manuals, parts
books, and showroom items."
We decided not to include
manuals in the book list since there are soooo many of them. Between American
Classic Truck Parts and the Manuals Project ... you ought to find what you need. If not, try Amazon and Motorbooks
International and at least The Stovebolt Page can get some credit for the
sale (thanks!). |