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Have recently purchased a 1938 Chevrolet pickup that is a "some assembly required" project. In particular, I need some details (pictures) of the front sheet metal, front fender and rear fender assemblies. Have found a CD-ROM for sale on Amazon entitled 1929-1942 Chevrolet Illustrated Parts Book. Has anyone reviewed this item? Does it have detailed illustrated parts break downs of the entire vehicle? Please advise.

Steve,

Look at the list of catalogs included on that CD-ROM.

Consider which of the catalogs would be of interest/usefulness to you.

See if you think those that you need are provided on-line here.

It says there is body info for 1938 trucks but I do not see that specifically stated in the list of catalogs. Maybe someone else will correct/confirm.

You can find that manual online for free, at the site listed above. It won't be what you need, as most of the pictures are of other trucks or cars. I built my '37 from parts much like you are headed into, its straight forward assembly. There isn't anything to complicated and if you run into trouble, someone on this site will help. The shop manuals don't help much either, I have one, plus the parts manuals, and the engineering spec's manual for '37's. In the end, I just figured it all out by fitting stuff together.

I can send you pictures of the '37 through e-mail, I don't use the picture hosting sites, so let me know if you need something.

Joe

There is a similar original parts book on ebay right now. You could ask that seller a question and see if it has what you need for your 38.

My suggestion is to buy a hard copy of the Master Parts Catalog. I have found these to be as valuable an information source as the Shop Manual.

I have to agree that the online manuals appear to have the identical information as listed on the CD-ROM.