The Old Car Manual Project

new manuals

New manuals for cars and trucks are posted here.
All of them are free to view or download.

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1966 GMC Truck Service Manual: Series 4000-6500

1960 Ford Truck Shop Manual

1964 GMC Truck Maintenance Manual, Models 5500-7100

1961 Ford and Mercury Truck Series 850-1100 Shop Manual

Engine and Fuel System Manual for International Harvester BD-220, BD-264, C-221, C-263, C-282, C-291 and C-301

Perfect Circle Doctor Of Motors Service Manual

1956 GM Automatic Transmission Parts Catalog

1954 Ford Service Letter Product Information & Bulletins

1940-1961 Brake Service Guide

1967 Buick Automatic Climate Control

1965 Car Care Guide: 1960-65

1975 Car Care Guide: 1966-75 Domestic and Import Cars

1964 Ford Truck Shop Manual

1964 Ford and Mercury Shop Manual

Zenith Carburetor Master Specifications List

1946-1955 Hydramatic Transmission On-the-Car Adjustment Service Manual

1971 Ford C-4 Automatic Transmission Technician Reference Manual

1924 Case Booklet - 48 pages detailing the advancements in farming due to improved machinery; the history of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company and current tractors and equipment

1955 Canadian Service Data Book - Detailed specifications, service data, wiring diagrams etc. for all 1955 automobiles sold in Canada

1960-1972 Tune Up Specifications

The 1951 Dope-Master

Automatic transmission service manual: 1945-1965
includes: Jetaway, Turboglide, Torqueflite, Dynaflow, Cruise-O-Matic, Powerglide, Dual Range Hydramatic, Tempest, Two Speed Ford-O-Matic, Corvair Powerglide, Three Speed Hydramatic, Powerflite, Turbine 300 and Turbo HydraMatic

The (nearly) complete Rochester Carburetor Manual covering 1932-1980 Rochester carburetors (almost 3000 pages) has been made available by the fine folks at www.newagemetal.com

new brochures

The Old Car Manual Project has a collection of thousands of old car brochures, numbering over 45,000 pages. New brochures are added often to www.oldcarbrochures.com. Some of the highlights are presented here.

1959 Ranchero Foldout

1935 Pierce-Arrow Brochure

1931 Oldsmobile Six Brochure

1934 Ford Foldout

1955 Packard Brochure

1956 Fargo Truck Brochure (Australia)

1958 Ford Mainline Ute (Australia)

1953 Dodge Red Ram Eight

1970 Dodge

1963 Chevrolet Suburban

1953 Dodge Medium Trucks

1954 Ford Police Car

1971 Camaro Brochure

1962 Ford Full Line Folder

1960 Chevrolet C60 Chassis and Cab

1946 Jeep Brochure

1972 Ford Mustang

1948 Jeep Full Line Brochure

1934 Plymouth Six Brochure

1933 Terraplane 8 Brochure

1962 Pontiac Laurentian, Safari and Parisienne

1933 Oldsmobile Brochure

1934 Oldsmobile Six

1978 Dodge Full Line Brochure

1946 Studebaker Coupe Express Folder

1935 Oldsmobile Six and Eight

1976 Ford Free Wheelin'

1967 Acadian Brochure

1958 Ranchero Brochure

1955 Cadillac Handout

1963 Tempest DeLuxe

1960 Buick Mailer

Newly Uploaded

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1959 DeSoto Owner's Manual

1959 Dodge Owner's Manual

From the Archives

Get the Whole Dollar - A Jam Handy filmstrip from 1933 promoting the various services that a Chevrolet dealer could add to his operation

1953 Buick Owners Guide

Henry Ford II visits Holland, 1948

Automobile Carburetors (1931)
Stromberg OO-2 Shown

Classic radio spots:

Anita Bryant sings for AC Spark Plugs

See the USA in Your Chevrolet (1955 - Dinah Shore)

Number 1 in the USA, the '57 Chevrolet

Jack Benny saves dollars with Star-Chief

Milton Berle - Salutes the Automobile

and much, much more...

Magazine Ads from 1960

1939 Chevrolet Dealer Calendar

1951 Mobilgas Economy Run Booklet

1956 Chrysler New Idea

1951 Buick Magazine

Fascist Cars - 1942 Nash in Romania

Police cars

mid-50's Lincoln Manuals

1969 AMC Family Album

1946 Ford Golden Jubilee

The Chevrolet Story 1911-1956

1958 Civil Defense Pamphlet

Vintage car ads from 1903 onward

Over 12,000 classic car advertisements, mostly from magazines
make up our collection at www.oldcaradvertising.com

"Pierce-Arrow,
America's Finest Motor Car
Mr. Adolphus Busch III, of St. Louis, is the owner of the Pierce-Arrow coupe shown in the photograph. Although more than eight years old, the car is used regularly by Mr. Busch."
1931 Pierce Arrow

"Cord Front Drive: Also Exclusive in Safety"
1931 Cord Advertisement

"When the good Doc first put his 455-powered 4-4-2 on the road he figured he had a pacesetter. Now it's official!"
1970 Oldsmobile Ads

"Molten energy poured into the mold of distinction. The 8-Cylinder Motor with 80 less parts meets the stern demands of these times easily, economically."
1919 Apperson

1937 Studebaker Truck Ad
1937 Studebaker Trucks

REO Truck ads

1968 Jeep Wagoneer

Nash Presents a Completely New Kind of Car... the Metropolitan!

1945 Willys Jeep
"Born for War - Ready for Peace"

1947 International Trucks - 40th Anniversary

1950 Hudson

1935-36 Ford


1939 Ford	1940 Ford

"It is a fine tribute to the Cadillac that many women who represent ideal American womanhood
place Type 61 unqualifiedly first among motor cars."
1921 Cadillac Advertisement

"The most imitated car on the road"
1933 Graham Advertisement

New Compilation of European, Asian and other World Car Brochures

We're working on a collection of old and new brochures and other promotional materials covering everything that isn't on the rest of the website. Stay tuned - we've got thousands of pages to add. Here are some highlights:

1954 Borgward Hansa 2400