I just had to share this with everyone cause I'm completely stoked.I was at my dad's today doin' our usual B.S. thing and we started talking alignment specs (long story) and next thing I know, he brings out a 1968 Motor's auto repair manual. After flipping through it, he proudly says "I'll bet you don't have one of these" and hands it to me. I'm still floored. This thing has every specific detail you could ever want to know about everything domestic from 1962-68 and in the back has alignment and tune-up specs on everything from 1941-61. Did I happen to mention I was stoked?
I've got a few of them. They are a great source of info, but sometimes you need the factory manuals because the Motors Manual don't always go into enough detail. The one I had for the longest, has a lot of greasy smudged pages in sections where I was using the manual to aid in doing some work on some of the first cars I had. When you see them at swaps, you can usually find at least one greasy hands smudged clutch, brake, or trans repair chapter. Usually, by the dirty pages, you can figure out what kind of car the previous owner of the manual had.
Library book sales are an excellent source for the old Motor's and Chilton's manuals. I've picked up quite a few of them this way.
The Jalopy Journal
