Police cars Steve Markley, who is a retired Police Sgt. from Wisconsin sent us a great collection of Police car lit, including brochures for 1973 and 1975 Ford, 1977 Pontiac and 1978 Chevy Police cars, ads for 68 and 72 Plymouth Police cars, and a bunch more. Click here to view the collection.
Jam Handy Filmstrips Henk Schaatsbergen has a collection of Chevrolet
filmstrips produced by the Jam Handy organization in the 1930's. These promotional films offer a unique historical perspective on the operation of a garage business at the time. Henk has scanned the filmstrips, and we've organized them into a slideshow that shows them much as they would have been viewed at the time. Here is "Sell What They Buy" from 1932...
New Look Well, here it is - our new layout! Not everything is quite ready yet, so please bear with us.
To the left is the index section, where you can find information by component type or by automobile make. Newly added manuals appear below this.
To the right is a list of recently added brochures, and below this is the "New Old Stuff" - NOS - feature in which we highlight bits of old car stuff that may not fit in anywhere else.
Coming soon: an online forum where you can post your queries on old car related matters.
Help! At the risk of sounding like a broken record (remember those?) I have to emphasize that it costs money to keep this project running. So, if you use the information we provide, please consider making a donation to the Old Car Manual Project. More info...
Old cars on DVD Another way to help keep this site afloat and to keep yourself amused for an hour or so would be to pick up one of our DVDs. More info...
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1960 Pontiac Another brochure from Henk Smit...
1946 Cadillac From Jeff George, another great original scan...
1958 GM The full-line brochure for '58...
1946 Ford There's a Ford in your future...
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1972 Dodge Coronet Rejoice, four-door lovers...
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1957 Buick "Newness For the Sake of Greatness "...
Charles Hurst sent us a few scans, gingerly obtained, of this fragile relic. The full size images are here: A B C D E