Ford Green Book?

UPDATE 8-3-11 - NEW LINK
http://norgv8club.org/norg/index.php/headliner-newsletters-and-tech-tips
Look in the "Parts Diagrams" section. They have added scans from some of the old service bulletins as well.


I was looking around for axle housing info and came across this site with lots of old Ford info.

In with all the other PDF files are 9 files which appear to be scans of the 802 page "green book" Chassis Parts and Accessories Catalogue for passenger cars '28 to '48 and trucks '28 to '47.

(I hope I'm not breaking any rules posting this here. I have no involvement with that site, and know nothing about it other than it comes up in Google's results when you enter Ford part numbers.)

 

It's the whole damn book! I have a $75.00 paper copy, but I am pleased to now have an electronic copy to back it up.

 

What a great find...

 

EXCELLENT find, and thanks to the folks who posted it too. some great tech data here.

Now, if only someone would post the old Ford OSI catalogs. . . (Obsolete, Supercede, Interchange) Ford used to publish them every so often, had a lot of cross reference info in them. Ford also used to publish a catalog with engineering # crossreference to part #s.

Maybe someone has already posted them on the web but I've yet to locate them. Anybody else find them?

 

You do not really need OSI if you study the prfixes in the '28-48 catalog! If dealing only with passenger cars, you can learn them in half an hour.
A...Model A, obviously, but in 1932 all A parts still used on later vehicles were renumbered with B prefix...otherwise, all numbers remain the same for all eternity.
1932...B for most, 18 for V8 use parts
40...'33-4, A and B stuff attached to distinguish differeing parts
48...1935
68...1936
78...1937
81A...'38
91'''39 (99for 239 stuff)
01 (09) '40
11A...1941
21A '42
59A '46
Confusing welter of new systems confuse all issues for new stuff '47-8


Commercials and trucks get either dif model prefix or dif letter C or T instead of A, 81C etc.

Lots of truck models and designations, different prefixes for Merc and Lincoln...but most need only the ones above. Memorize 'em. You will rule the fleamarket.

Each year has a prefix that goes on parts that are ether unique to the year (hubcaps, grill) or parts newly introduced. With the '28-48 catalog:

Let's say you have a 1936...those parts carry "68" prefix.
If you look up your wheel bearing, it is "B", a 1932 designation (also covers all A parts still used in production vehicles after 1931). The part design is older than your car, so for sure it is the original piece used in production AND the catalog shows you that it fits 1928-48, so for sure it is the only one, with neither a newer nor older version.
Now look up your shifter casting...the book tells you to use an 81A part...1938! This tells you that this part, used originally from 1938 into the '50's, FITS your car but is obviously not the exact original.
There are multiple versions of the Ford parts catalogs from 1928--1948, and many are readily available as reprints. If you have onr that covered your year when it was new and the '28-48, you have all the OSI you need.
I'm a fanatic...I have every 1932-48 catalog that I am aware of, along with '39-48 Merc and '36-48 Lincoln, and a large array of foreign ones too...

 

48fordor Thanks for the link.

Bruce thanks for the cross reference lesson. All the info will come in handy someday.

 

A great lesson in how to look up Ford part #s. Know it, been there, done it. Was a ford Parts Mgr for years & have a fair knowledge of their numbering system well past '48. Reason why I like the OSI catalogs is because it tells what PART NUMBERs are replaced, superceded or interchangeable. Don't need to know application if you got a Part # and can OSI it. I looked up a tranny kit for my 4speed, came up with a C4AZ-B. Called the local ford dealer and the "kid" said "NOPE, can't get it anymore". so I order it online, it comes with E2ZZ-A or whatever - easily available at the Ford garage but the "kid" didn't OSI it to find out he could get it for me. OSI books are nice when you're dealing with part #s and not just application.

 

But those bastards at Ford went and discontinued EVERTHING in my catalogs! NO respect for the past with those little hoodlums...

 

http://norgv8club.org/norg/index.php...d=24&Itemid=42

It seems their website has gone belly-up. Any chance someone can post pdf files to a website we can access???

Thanks

 

lucked out and went to a body shop that was having a going out business sale in the early 80s and left with a couple of hand shears, and the Ford green book. Couldn't believe it was priced at $5-, didn't bicker or dicker on that price. Has served me well several times over the years.

 

i have the green bible, you should look into buying MoToR's auto repair manual, they have a lot more information then the green bible. the green bible is good, but for me the motor book was better for me! look on ebay, i payed like 30 bucks for one.

 

Edited OP with new link!

 

Does anyone still have this? I sure could use a copy. Thanks.

 

Bumpski.

 

The Green Book PDF...............anyone still have it???

 

You can buy a reprint of the "Green Bible".....try Mac's Auto.....and agree with Big Creep -the Motor's flat rate manuals have the part #'s as well.....

 

Try this: http://norgv8club.org/all-dcouments-indexed/category/16-parts-diagrams

 

Thank you Fritz! I owe you one!

 

Awesome, thank you for sharing!!

 

Bruce - (sadly) gladly I think I have some big Ford discontinued/crossover binders - maybe 10" thick....maybe two continued ones....do you want them shipped to you - think they're over in the dusty shelve area.....
lawrence