Tim, if the mat was the kind that went across the full width of
the floor then that would account for the difference between
the 3sp, Hydra-matic and four speed.
I work for Chevy dealers in the Chicago suburbs for five years
Greg, '59 thru '64, which is when I went into the service. I
worked at four different delerships in that time also and all
of the parts books that I worked out of were loose leaf. A
regular chore when things were slow was changing out the
revisions that came in on a regular basis. Sometimes once a
month sometimes once a week. Although I've seen original issue
bound soft cover parts books at swap meet book sellers, I never
saw one of those in any of the dealerships that I worked in.
The bound parts books that the vendors are selling are copies
of these. I'm sure the reason we never used them in the part
room was because they were already out dated before they were
delivered. I don't have any idea who would have used them but I
doubt any decent parts room would have them on the counter.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
