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L I T E R A T U R E I N D E X Click here Editor-in-Chief Mona Nath Technical Editor Robert McLellan Photo Editor Anil Nath :: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR   LITERATURE INVESTMENTS :: Personal Insights :: Literature Life :: Looking Both Ways :: Golden Eras :: Good Investment? - Yes! :: Buying For Tomorrow :: Good Investment? :: Profitable Portfolio! :: Unanticipated Investment :: Tomorrow's Treasure :: What Is It Worth?   CONCEPTS & RUMORS :: GM Concepts :: The Future: 70 years ago :: Annual Concepts :: Concepts — 1930s :: Fisher Body Craftsman :: GM Probes The Future :: Book review: John Jacobus' Inside the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild :: Winter Reading :: Maserati: The Panini Collection :: Bridgehampton Racing: From The Streets To The Bridge :: Small Cars :: Duntov's Secret - Corvette Gulf Oil Race Car :: Sports Cars Then and Now :: Press Kits - 1997 & Newer :: They Started in MGs :: The American Automotive Assembly Line :: Peugeot in Review :: Big Rigs Rolling :: Damn Few Died In Bed :: Auto Paint History and Chips :: Bill Horton's 'Jezebelle' :: Chevrolet Trucks :: Coachbuilder's Renderings :: British Quality :: Book review: American Road Racing: 1948 - 1950, The Sport Revived :: Something Different :: Teaching Kids about the Hobby :: Restorations Literature :: Chrysler Corporation in the 1970s :: Renault 1939 - 1971 :: Book review: American Road Racing - The 1930s :: The War Years: 1940s :: The Serious Collector :: Mercury's Cool Cat :: Build It Yourself :: Tell your story :: Memorabilia by Make :: Citroen - Introducing Front Wheel Drive :: The Memorable 1950s :: Book: Caribbean Capers :: Hidden Literature :: 1965 Cadillac Sedan DeVille :: Checker Motors :: Porsche 911 Evolution :: Technical Automotive Literature :: Jaguar's Racing Heritage :: Special Cars: 1975-1995 :: GMC Trucks :: Vauxhall in England - GM Overseas - 1 :: Opel in Germany - GM Overseas - 2 :: Packard: Ask the Man Who Owns One :: 1901 Ford Sweepstakes - The Race Car That Changed Everything :: School Bus Literature :: Concept Cars :: Popular Pickups :: Family Firebird :: The Winners Book :: American Postwar Dropouts :: Japanese Literature of The 1960s :: Favorite Press Kits :: Selecting your literature :: Cars for professionals :: Collectible Automobile Literature :: From Airplanes to Super Cars :: The British Contribution :: Press Kit :: American Light Trucks in Literature :: GM in the 1950s :: Octavia and Felicia :: English Ford :: Maintaining the MGB in the 21th Century, Barrie Jones, 2009 :: Leader Card Racers - A Dynasty of Speed, Gordon Eliot White, 2009 :: Fun on Wheels :: Prestige, Status & Works of Art, Selling The Luxury Car 1888 - 1942 :: Chassis 141: The Story of the First LeMans Bentley :: German Luxury: Two Thoroughbreds & Their Lifestyle :: Top 10 Collector Cars for 2010-2020 :: An Introduction to Collecting Car Brochures :: Subcompact automobile: Ford Fiesta :: Out-of-print-book: A Century of Automotive Style :: My Auto Literature Collection :: Automotive Magazines :: Plymouth 1935-1936 :: History of the Corvette :: Preservation of literature :: Z. Taylor Vinson - An era ends :: Hendrick Motorsports Museum :: Happy 50th Birthday Corvair! :: Diamond T :: Rolls-Royce for India's royalty :: Original Paint Chips :: Pontiac Dream Cars of 1953, 1954 & 1955 :: Wallace Wyss - Artist Profile :: America's Packard Museum :: Ford's Road Leads To Mustang :: My Super Beetle :: Citroen SM (1970) :: Unanticipated Investment :: Quality Control :: How To Decide Which Car You Should Restore :: The End of the Affair :: Printed brochures soon to be a memory? :: Don't Forget Dealer Literature :: Automotive Books :: The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild — An Illustrated History :: GM Concepts :: Change Creates Nostalgia :: Racing (Part 1) :: Collecting Automotive Literature :: Investing in Literature :: Pre-World War II Brochures :: Showroom Postcards — 1930s through 1950s :: Ferrari SP1. More Than Unique :: Fiat :: The Making of Shelby Cars in Detail :: Unusual Postcards :: German Press Kits :: Everything Cadillac :: Plymouth Nostalgia :: Loving Mercedes-Benz Quality :: Dealer Posters :: Mercury's Glory Years :: Racing & Show Programs :: Buyer's Guide To Brochures :: 356 Porsche Literature FAKES! :: Ford Trucks :: Books And Magazines :: The Best Increase in Value the Most :: The Making of a Ford Collection :: Austins :: Cars and Literature of the 1970s :: First Impressions :: Electric Vehicles :: Goodbye Viper :: Land Rover :: Collectibles vs. Recession :: See a Classic Car Show, Take a Nostalgia Trip :: Times Are Changing... :: Lamborghini's :: Collectible Tractors :: From Boxy to Fins :: How I Met John Conlon :: One Historian Mourns the Passing of the Black and White Glossy :: Thanks Dad! :: My Story :: Review: Two Press booklets on the Rolls Phantom Drophead coupe :: Collecting for Fun and Relaxation :: Rolls-Royce and Bentley :: Packing for Shipping :: Dodge Trucks :: The Family Station Wagon :: Collecting 'Down Under' :: Owner's Manuals :: Press Kit Review :: "Buy Me a Ferrari" :: Your Literature :: MG in America :: Dealer Stamps :: Commercial Vehicles :: Ask the Man Who Owns One :: Enhance Your Collection :: The Early Books :: Triumph :: Coachbuilder's Literature :: Wolseley :: International Opportunities :: The Innovative Hudson :: Chevrolet Literature :: Buses/Engines/Fire Trucks/Tractors/Trains... :: The Schödel Collection :: Beyond the Mustang II :: Kaiser-Frazer :: Sunbeam & Sunbeam-Talbot :: The Dawn of the Auto :: Taxi Cabs, Police Cars & Emergency Vehicles :: U.S. Postwar Econocars :: Jaguar in the 1950s :: Inquiring Minds :: Exotic Dropouts :: Rare Maserati Find :: The Beautiful Brute :: Dune Buggy/ATV Escapes :: Remembering Oldsmobile :: Original Paint Chips :: Vintage Bentleys :: Trucks of the 1930s and 1940s :: BMW :: Collecting Memories :: Auto Books - 50 Years :: Imperial is Back :: Mitchel DeFrancis: Automobilia Enthusiast :: Lincoln As Art :: The Golden Age of Press Kits :: Iron Curtain Literature :: Toyota Sports :: Planning an Advertising Campaign :: Happy Halloween :: Styled — For — Tomorrow :: Automotive Archeology :: Paint, Upholstery, Data & More :: 14 Steps: From Our Shop To Your Maildrop :: Cadillac Memories :: British Luxury :: My IHC Fever :: A Collector's Story - Fifty Years and Counting :: 1907 "Washington Times" Race :: Postwar Studebaker :: The Popularity of AMC / Nash / Rambler :: Mazda Miata Memories :: 2020 'Think Tank' Results :: Letteratura Di Automobile :: Magazines Are Literature :: Camaro Fever :: Grandad's Cars :: Star Cars — Year 2020 :: Australian Auto Literature :: Jeep History :: Porsche on Parade :: David Greeney: Automobilia Collector :: Building Dreams :: Flathead V-8 Fords :: The Japanese Invasion :: Touring India :: Auto Shows :: The Buick Flashback :: Meeting Tarun Thakral :: The Mysterious Dale :: Ford Overseas :: Swedish Brothers :: Pre-War Orphans :: Pinto or Corvette? :: Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild :: Rick Lenz - 10 Years Later :: Best of Buick :: Comments on Packing :: Diamond T :: 1959+ :: AC In The News — AAA :: Getting Home Alive! :: Motorizing The Army :: Posters & Transparencies as Automotive Art :: Contemporary Automotive Photographs :: Convertible Fever :: French Auto Literature :: MoPaR :: Automobile Quarterly Collections :: History of the Ambulance :: Oddities :: The Traveling Salesman :: Ultra Luxury :: Finnish Brochures :: Postcard Paradise :: Limited Editions :: German Thoroughbreds :: Auto Galleria LUCE :: Fisher Guild Reunion :: Them VS. Us :: The Corvair Legend :: RR - World's Best Car :: Recreational Vehicles :: Datsun Z Literature :: Ford Flower Power :: News You Can Use :: Connoisseurs' Choice :: Automotive Books :: Pate's Hidden Treasure :: Every Boy's Dream :: Jeep Literature As Art :: My Beloved Hillman :: Adios Cuba :: Reprint News :: British Sports Cars :: International Customers :: Corvette: A Legend :: Automotology :: Literature In Norway :: Salvage Literature :: Volkswagen As Art :: Brass Era Literature :: Society: Auto Historians :: Pontiac Art: Insights :: Truck Literature? :: Quality Control :: Bentley :: The Exotics :: Kit Cars & Replica Cars :: Pontiacs as Art :: High Speed Pursuits :: Robert's Tips :: Honest Reprint Lit :: Literature on Lincoln :: Dealer Stamps :: Original or Fake? :: The Rolls-Royce :: Counterfeit Literature :: World of Auto Literature :: Z. Taylor Vinson :: Junichiro Hiramatsu :: Ed Whitt       February 2011 Issue   ARTICLE Technical Automotive Literature By Robert McLellan   Looking for a brochure on your car? How about a manual, owners manual (handbook), histories, magazines, dealer albums, programs, memorabilia and even parts? www.mclellansautomotive.com has them all. Most of the times you will find yourself directed to a brochure. But do not overlook the opportunity to review other items. If you are restoring a car, our Out-Of-Print Book section would be of particular interest. Of the THOUSANDS available, here is a brief look at a few:   Click on thumbnail for description Out-of-Print Books - Individual Makes THE AUSTIN 'A40': EXCITING TO DRIVE - HOW TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR DEVON SEDAN Austin 1950 COMPLETE BOOK OF CORVETTE Chevrolet 1987 QUAI DE JAVEL: QUAI ANDRE CITROEN Citroen 1973       CORD: WITHOUT TRIBUTE TO TRADITION - THE L-29 FRONT-DRIVE LEGEND Cord 1974 THE Z BOOK Datsun 1982 DUESENBERG: THE MIGHTIEST AMERICAN MOTOR CAR Duesenberg 1954       CLASSY FORD V8 Ford 1982 HEALEY: THE HANDSOME BRUTE Healey 1978 ILLUSTRATED JAGUAR BUYER'S GUIDE Jaguar 1984       KAISER-FRAZER CARS Kaiser-Frazer 1947 MORGAN: FIRST AND LAST OF THE REAL SPORTS CARS Morgan 1972 PACKARD STORY: THE CAR AND THE COMPANY Packard 1979       Click on thumbnail for description Out-of-Print Books - Multiple Makes PERFORMANCE: AMERICAN STYLE - A GUIDE FOR MODIFYING AMC AND JEEP VEHICLES FOR OFF HIGHWAY American Motors / Jeep 1973 CHRYSLER & IMPERIAL: THE POSTWAR YEARS Chrysler Corporation 1976 CAR & TRUCK BUYING MADE EASIER - 1986 Ford Motor Company 1985       THE FORDS: AN AMERICAN EPIC Ford Motor Company 1987 CADILLAC-LASALLE SELF-STARTER ANNUAL - 1979 Cadillac / Lasalle 1980 AUBURN-CORD-DUESENBERG CLUB DIRECTORY Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg 1991/92       Click on thumbnail for description Out-of-Print Books - Annuals AUTOCAR ROAD TESTS (U.S.) 1954 AUTOMOBIL REVUE 1987 AUTOMOTIVE BUYERS GUIDE 1977       CAR CLASSICS' AUTO COLLECTORS YEARBOOK 1973 CARS 1957 1980 HANDBOOK OF GASOLINE AUTOMOBILES: 1904-1905-1906 1969       HIGH PERFORMANCE CARS 1957/58 HISTORICAL CATALOG OF 1927 CARS 1955 INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK OF AUTO DESIGN AND PRODUCTION 1956 1955       MOTOR ROAD TESTS (England) 1954 REVIEW/PREVIEW 85/86 1985 SPORTS CAR CLASSICS, NO. 2 1982       Click on thumbnail for description Out-of-Print Books - General Interest AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE 1975 ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CARS 1960 BOOK OF SPORTS CARS 1959       CAMPING ON WHEELS 1971 CATALOG OF 1954 AUTOMOBILES 1954 CARS OF THE '40S 1981       CLASSIC CARS IN PROFILE: VOL. 1 - PROFILE NOS. 1-24 1969 CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF AUTOMOBILES 1912 CUSTOM BODY ERA 1970       ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CARS: 1940 TO 1970 1980 GREAT AMERICAN CONVERTIBLE 1988 SPORTS AND CLASSIC CARS 1955       Click on thumbnail for description Out-of-Print Books - Owner's Manuals/Manuals OWNER'S MANUAL FOR THE RAMBLER AMERICAN AMC 1967 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CARE AND OPERATION OF AUBURN 6-80 MODELS Auburn 1929 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CARE AND OPERATION OF AUBURN 4-44 MODELS Auburn 1926       OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE AUDI 100, 100S AND 100 LS Audi 1971 BUICK REFERENCE BOOK (OWNER'S MANUAL) Buick 1931 BUICK CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL Buick 1964       OPERATING HINTS FOR THE CADILLAC (V-8) Cadillac 1942 CADILLAC SHOP MANUAL Cadillac 1949 CHEVROLET PRICE LIST OF PARTS: LITTLE SIX . LIGHT SIX Chevrolet 1912       CHEVROLET OWNER'S MANUAL Chevrolet 1951 CHEVROLET VEGA & MONZA SHOP MANUAL Chevrolet 1977 AIRFLOW CHRYSLER INSTRUCTION BOOK (CODE C-17) Chrysler 1937       CHRYSLER OPERATOR'S MANUAL Chrysler 1974 MAINTAINING DODGE DEPENDABILITY (OWNER'S MANUAL) Dodge 1937 DODGE PASSENGER CAR SERVICE MANUAL Dodge 1960       FORD: THE UNIVERSAL CAR - PRICE LIST OF BODY PARTS: MODEL T Ford 1927 FORD REFERENCE BOOK (OWNER'S MANUAL) Ford 1939 FORD PASSENGER CAR OWNER'S MANUAL Ford 1950       FORD OWNER'S MANUAL Ford 1968 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE GLAS ISAR T600 / T700 Glas 1964 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE GRAHAM MODEL 68 Graham 1934-35       HONDA CIVIC OWNER'S MANUAL Honda 1975 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE HUDSON HORNET Hudson 1956 HUDSON TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL: SUPPLEMENT Hudson 1957       CARE AND OPERATION OF THE HARVESTER Holt 1912 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE KAISER Kaiser 1950 LAGONDA THREE LITRE INSTRUCTION BOOK Lagonda 1956       LASALLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL (Model 328) LaSalle 1929 BOOK OF INSTRUCTION: LINCOLN MOTOR CARS (Model L V-8) Lincoln 1927 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE MERCURY 8 Mercury 1942       OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE MERCURY Mercury 1949 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE METROPOLITAN Metropolitan 1954 NASH RAMBLER AIRFLYTE OWNER'S MANUAL Nash 1950       OLDSMOBILE OWNERS MANUAL: 98 . DELTA 88 . DELMONT 88 Oldsmobile 1968 OLDSMOBILE CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL Oldsmobile 1971 OPEL KADETT OWNER'S MANUAL Opel 1970       PACKARD ONE TWENTY: EIGHT . SUPER EIGHT . TWELVE: SHOP MANUAL Packard 1936 PACKARD ONE TWENTY TECHNICAL DATA Packard 1935 PACKARD MASTER PARTS LIST Packard 1940       TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH YOUR NEW PACKARD Packard 1952 PEERLESS MASTER EIGHT INFORMATION BOOK (OWNERS MANUAL) Peerless 1930/31 GOOD GOING IN YOUR NEW PLYMOUTH (OWNER'S MANUAL) Plymouth 1950       PLYMOUTH SERVICE MANUAL: PLAZA . SAVOY . BELVEDERE Plymouth 1957/58 YOU'RE AHEAD FOR KEEPS IN YOUR NEW PLYMOUTH (OWNER'S MANUAL) Plymouth 1958 PONTIAC SHOP MANUAL Pontiac 1958       TO HELP YOU GET THE MOST ENJOYMENT FROM YOUR NEW PONTIAC (OWNER'S MANUAL) Pontiac 1949 PONTIAC OR TEMPEST OWNER'S GUIDE Pontiac 1966 RENAULT 48/10: INTEREUROPE WORKSHOP MANUAL [143] Renault 1962       OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE SAAB STATION WAGON Saab 1965 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE SIMCA 1500 Simca 1966 MAINTENANCE INFORMATION FOR THE DELIVERY TRUCK OPERATOR Studebaker 1945       STUDEBAKER AND PACKARD BODY PARTS CATALOG Studebaker 1953-58 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE SUNBEAM ALPINE MARK III Sunbeam 1954/55 OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE SUNBEAM-TALBOT 90 MARK IIA Sunbeam-Talbot 1953/54       TOYOTA CORONA OWNERS MANUAL Toyota 1967 VOLKSWAGEN OFFICIAL SERVICE MANUAL: FASTBACK AND SQUAREBACK Volkswagen 1968-73 WOLSELEY SIX EIGHTY INSTRUCTION MANUAL Wolseley 1949       Click on thumbnail for description Out-of-Print Books - Owner's Manuals/Manuals - Technical Books AUTO-LITE SERVICE PARTS CATALOG - PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS 1940-55 AUTOMOBILE AERODYNAMICS: WAKES, WIND EFFECT, VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT 1984 BATTERY SIDE OF VOLTAGE REGULATION 1952       BETTER IGNITION: DELCO-REMY 1951 DELCO CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS OF THE AUTOMOBILE SYSTEM 1918 EMCO MALLEABLES: CATALOGUE 9 - SUPPLEMENT 1925/26       LUCAS QUALITY EQUIPMENT & SPARE PARTS 1955 MILLER BLUE BOOK: AUTOMOTIVE NECESSITIES 1937 MOTOR VEHICLE FACTS & FIGURES - 1997 1997       MOTOR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION: PASSENGER CARS . MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES . LIGHT TRUCKS- 1984 1984 NATIONAL SERVICE DATA 1937-51 PHILCO TRAINING MANUAL ON ELECTRICAL POWER EQUIPMENT: GENERATORS AND MOTORS 1951       SEALED POWER SALES AND SERVICE MANUAL: OIL AND GASOLINE ECONOMY 1940 SERVICE PROCEDURE: BB DOWNDRAFT CARBURETOR 1935-38 THE ALL CANADIAN BEST SELLERS CATALOGUE 1958       TREAD DESIGN GUIDE, Vol. 26 1991 VICTORY: ZENITH AND THE LIBERTY ENGINE 1919 WORLD MOTOR VEHICLE DATA - 1994 1995           The Automotive Chronicles, February 2011               THE AUTOMOTIVE CHRONICLES 9111 Longstaff Drive, Houston, TX 77031-2711 Phone: (713) 772-3285 :: E-mail: Editor@McLellansAutomotive.com The Automotive Chronicles — since 2003   Your car horoscope Automotive astrology for your zodiac sign. www.astrokismet.com Literature for OVER 600 MAKES