[COMPACTBC]

PAINT FORMULAE BOOK: American Automobile Paint Code Interchange Manual 1945-1995 by Peter C. Sessler (I.S.B.N.0-87938-977-X)publisher = Motorbooks International. It has all of the PPG paint codes in it for American cars 1945-1993.

[53Nailhead]

Roberta, is it possible to down load smaller manuals on the site to share among ourselves or would this be too complicated & take up too much space? Maybe I just answered my own question. This is a great thread.
Les

[imported_HurstGN]

When it comes to 1982 Grand Nationals, I've got a collection of material that resulted from 15+ years of research. And all that time yielded very little, but I have it. If you have a need for any specifics on the 82 GN, just ask. I may have the answer.

I know, there's so few left around that prolly nobody will have any interest, but I figured I'd offer since I know an 82 was recently offered for sale on the board.

[70 Electra]

Some picks I didn't see listed yet:

1)There is an obscure book called "The Good Old Days at The Buick" or something like that. I think the author is Lynn Reuter, or something similar (don't have the book handy). This is a great book of personal recollections from Buick employees....from General Managers to foundry workers. Many interesting stories from all eras.

2)How about Don Bent's new book on the history of the Buick site in Flint? It's available from the Sloan Museum.

3)Larry Gustin's book on Billy Durant. Has good info on the early days of Buick and its part in the formation of GM.

[Dave@Moon]

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1)There is an obscure book called "The Good Old Days at The Buick" or something like that. I think the author is Lynn Reuter, or something similar (don't have the book handy). This is a great book of personal recollections from Buick employees....from General Managers to foundry workers. Many interesting stories from all eras.

That is the exact title and author. I picked up a copy at one of the Nationals but I haven't read it yet.

[Dave@Moon]

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Their are also Buick Gran Sports A Source Book & Riviera A Classic Source Book published in the series, but I've yet to see one in 20 years of collecting the series.

I just took delivery of Buick Gran Sports A Source Book, which I snagged off of eBay for a relatively low price because it was poorly described and in a bad category. It's much better than the Big Buicks book, and should be sought after by any GS or Skylark fan, as it covers the "normal" Skylark as well from '61 on (with seriously diminished detail after 1965, naturally, with coverage missing entirely from '67 through '71). Wildcat and Riviera GS's have some small coverage as well, the Wildcat GS more thoroughly covered here than in the Big Buicks book.

Santa brought me this neat little book of photographs, advertising and sales brochures from 1903 to 1973. Copyright by Highland Enterprises 1974

[Barney Eaton]

I don't know when they started but Buick had several "instruction" manuals for sales people. These were three ring binders, they contain lots of information, some of which is wrong, but at least it keeps us on our toes.

What I have for the 1988-1991 years is..........
* Product Manual
* Selling Manual
* Press Information
* Ad Planner

On ebay now, thought someone else may be able to afford these
Buick Performance Engines

[The Old Guy]

Steve Dove ,the author of these books died in an accident while returning from a GSCA meet. I have all these books, and they are a VERY GOOD reference for anyone that builds Buick engines.