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[Mudbone]

We went to Jalopy Fest in Yorkville IL.  A vendor has some shop manuals laying on his table. I asked if he had a 55 Buick shop amnual. After a litte digging he pulled this near mint 55 manual out that had a vintage envolope it it. My manual was nice when I first bought it but I use it and it is full of notes. 

 

 

[avgwarhawk]

I have two.  One is left in the garage and gets a bit greasy as I reference it during a repair.  The other is a good clean manual that stay inside for reading as I prepare to work on a repair. Call me crazy. 

[NailheadBob]

Good score on manual, I especially like when I find goodies inside manual afterwards, (parts lists, notes, to-do-list on car,) I like your envelope , many years ago the Chicagoland chapter of the BCA had it's monthly meetings at the General Motors training center, was pretty cool to be in that facility.

 

I purchased a service manual for my car that covers were in pretty bad shape, but pages were in great shape, I took book apart and put pages in clear plastic sheet protectors, and then installed pages in a large blue GM parts catalog binder, works well for me when working on car in the garage, no more dirty pages that can not be cleaned.

 

Bob

[Mudbone]

Second score of the day. These are all NOS with the original boxes. (7 of them) I believe they fit 54 - 56. I will keep the best one for Project 66R and the poorest one for

One Bid. The boxes are poor. If anybody wants one, PM me.

 

 

 

[avgwarhawk]

23 minutes ago, Mudbone said:

Second score of the day. These are all NOS with the original boxes. (7 of them) I believe they fit 54 - 56. I will keep the best one for Project 66R and the poorest one for

One Bid. The boxes are poor. If anybody wants one, PM me.

 

 

 

This is a nice score. Definitely 54-56.  Going to look great on your restoration. 

[NailheadBob]

I like your 2nd score, AND the Mac tool folding mat, you could fold it in half and not even know they are there😂, what are the part numbers, and do you have the Buick Chassis and Body PARTS manuals for your cars?

 

Bob

 

EDIT: I think One Bid is going to be jealous😂😂

Edited September 11, 2022 by NailheadBob (see edit history)

[Mudbone]

On 9/11/2022 at 4:28 PM, NailheadBob said:

I like your 2nd score, AND the Mac tool folding mat, you could fold it in half and not even know they are there😂, what are the part numbers, and do you have the Buick Chassis and Body PARTS manuals for your cars?

 

Bob

 

EDIT: I think One Bid is going to be jealous😂😂

 

Here are the part numbers and the manual I have.

Edited September 12, 2022 by Mudbone (see edit history)

[Mudbone]

What I meant was the best trim piece is a 10 and the poorest one is a 9. One Bid will not be upset at all! Five of them with the boxes will be for sale.....

[NailheadBob]

21 hours ago, Mudbone said:

 

Here are the part numbers and the manual I have.

Is that a reprint parts manual, does it cover chassis and body parts? I have not seen a parts manual that looks like that, and that size for 1956, up until 1960 they were 10" wide X 11 3/4"high

 

Bob

[Mudbone]

2 hours ago, NailheadBob said:

Is that a reprint parts manual, does it cover chassis and body parts? I have not seen a parts manual that looks like that, and that size for 1956, up until 1960 they were 10" wide X 11 3/4"high

 

Bob

 

Sorry, I just realized that this is a Canadian manual. Maybe they are different?

 

 

 

Edited September 12, 2022 by Mudbone (see edit history)