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| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 | What is the assembly manual? I have the workshop manual, does the assembly manual offer more info?
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the assembly manual is a volume the size of the shop manual [but totally different] that has exploded engineering/assembly views of nearly every nut, bolt, and piece laid out in sections as instructions for assembly line supervisors/workers - like this, and this, and this - everyone should have one it would show you in detail those door window assemblies  Bill | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Jim Bow, you done posted to the forum 7,545 times, which means you been around longer then John and Peggy, or even Bill and ya still don't have an assembly manual???? Of course that manual isn't gonna help ya unless ya got an AD. You will have to wing it with that five-nine. I don't think they have an assembly manual for the later trucks.
Denny G
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 | I got an assembly manual for my 1964 Fleetside and I have only used it for finding out where the spot welds are on the rockers.
It seems to have a lot of useful info but if the guys assembling those things had only this book I have to look at they had a pretty good idea of how the trucks went together. I also had to study mine quite a bit because it seems as though there were no thought or organization of how the different pages went in. It looks like they just sort of threw them in. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 397 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 397 | I wonder why there weren't any assembly manuals put together for the Art Deco series trucks? 
"Lucille" ..... Proud Member of the "Southern Stovebolts" David Wolff 1946 Chevy 1/2-ton In the Gallery | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I've seen Assembly Manuals for several generations of both truck and autos on Ebay.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 784 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 784 | Lucille, I wish there was one for the Art Decos too. It would be nice to see if I put this thing back together right.  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 283 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 283 | I go back and forth on my 56. I had a question recently about tailgate cable retainers - saw nothing descriptive in the shop manual, but low and behold a good picture of the assembly in --- the assembly manual. You (I) really need both Jim Bow, and EBay lists them all the time. Dale
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | Denny - assembly manuals are available for all 4 series from 47-72 - pre 47 they were simple enough to be self explanatory, and after 72 they didn't want anyone to know how it was done there was no "1959 edition" specifically, the 55 manual covers the whole series, nobody seems to have kept the running change sheets over the series years - or they were a word of mouth affair on the line  and JimBow actually registered a few months after me - but I think that was one of the periods we all had to re-register cuz of some change in the software .... don't ask about my name change  Bill | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Say thar Willum, are you talking about an reprint Assembly Manusl or actual real live factory manuals???
If it's the later I'll bet they are getting one dandy price for one of them.
Oops, let me retract that, I just checked with Faxon Auto Literarure and sure enough, http://www.faxonautoliterature.com/product.cfm?p=2074&cs=products%2Ecfm%3Fvt%3D1008%26mk%3D6317%26yr%3D1959 there they are.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
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Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 | I go back and forth on my 56. I was going to post the very same thing (except I was going to say '58 ). | | |
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