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Chevrolet PDF manuals

May 12, 2015  OLD ONLINE CHEVY MANUALS. Information for the Pre & Post-War Chevrolet Passenger Cars & Trucks. Main INDEX PAGE. Chevrolet Service News & Technical Service Bulletins. 1959 Chevrolet Truck Shop Manual - Supplement. 1959, 1960 Chevrolet Passenger Car. Jul 18, 2015  1957 CHEVROLET PASSENGER CAR REPAIR SHOP & SERVICE MANUAL - INCLUDING; 150, 210, Bel Air, Nomad, and Station Wagons. This repair shop manual offers a page-for-page reproduction of the bound manual that Chevrolet mechanics used to service cars.

Chevrolet

General information

Chevrolet Motor Division, the leading branch of the concern “General Motors”, specializing in the production of passenger cars, pick-up trucks and SUVs.

The headquarters is in Warren, a northern suburb of Detroit, Michigan.

History of the Corporation

Chevrolet Motor Car was founded in 1911 by the founder of General Motors, William Durant. Having ceased to manage “General Motors”, he vigorously created new companies. Being basically a businessman rather than an engineer, before leaving General Motors, Durant took with him a promising and interesting development of the car, on improvement of which he invited to work the popular racer Louis Chevrolet, who gave the new company his famous sonorous name.

The first model, the Classic Six, is a spacious five-seat sedan with a six-cylinder engine with a capacity of 30 horsepower, with electric lighting, four doors, a convertible top, a windshield, and in addition, a personal set of tools, was introduced in 1912. Then came the Little Four (“Little Four”) with a 4-cylinder engine. But the first models of success did not have, since the price was very high. For example, the then popular Ford-T cost five times cheaper.

William Durant realized that the key to success lies not in the luxury of the car, but in its simplicity and cheapness. He moved away from the production of chic models and began the production of inexpensive 4-cylinder machines – an open passenger car Baby Grand and a sports Royal Mail. It was on these models that in 1914 the first time the famous Chevrolet logo appeared – a bow tie.

In 1916 Chevrolet-490 was created on their base (this was its original price), which brought the company a great reputation. These cheap, but reliable cars have become as popular as the Ford. The car was so successful that it was produced before 1922, and gave life to the no less famous model of “Superior”, which existed until 1927. It was with the 490th model that the specialization of Chevrolet began on the cheapest and simple cars that brought it worldwide fame.

In 1917, the company has its own engine, a V-shaped 8-cylinder, but at that time it did not find enough demand. Dynamic, diverse and well-sold Chevrolet models brought financial success to Durant who managed to regain control over General Motors and in 1918 joined the company Chevrolet, whose products for many years became an ornament of the production range of the corporation.

Engineers and designers of Chevrolet have done a lot for the development of the world automotive industry. In this department in 1923 the first car equipped with an air-cooled engine was produced.

Since 1950, the company has begun to apply automatic transmissions on its models.

In 1953, Chevrolet produces the first Corvette (Corvette) car with a fiberglass body, which is regarded as the first attempt to create a purely American sports car equipped with a modernized Chevrolet engine with a working volume of 3.8 liters and an automatic transmission, “Corvette”, but did not find demand, but the model saved its equipment with a new V-shaped 8-cylinder engine and the modernization of the frame in 1955. In addition, the old automatic transmission was replaced by a mechanical one.

Since 1956, the “Corvette” becomes a real sports car, whose power reaches 290 hp to 1961 “283 Corvette” with fuel injection has reached 315 hp and was dispersed from a place to 100 km / h for 5,5 seconds.

Since 1963, when the “Corvette” model is presented at automobile showrooms, it becomes a subject of general admiration, to some extent embodying the American style in the automotive industry as a whole.

Chevrolet Camaro

Since 1984, the “Corvette” of the new generation in coupe versions and a cabriolet with V-shaped 8-cylinder engines has been produced.

In 1992, there were new all-wheel drive off-road vehicles Blazer and Suburban, and in 1995, Blazer released a new design. Now the famous branch of GM – Chevrolet produces dozens of models of cars of any class and type in many countries.

Since 2002, under the brand Chevrolet, the production of Daewoo cars (within the framework of the corporation GM-Daewoo Auto & Technology) begins. The light appears models Aveo, Spark, Lacetti, Rezzo.

Chevrolet model lineup

• 150
• 210
• Apache
• Astro
• Aveo
• Bel Air (1950-1976)
• Beretta (1987-1996)
• Biscayne (1958-1972)
• Blazer
• Brookwood
• C / K (1960-1999)
• Camaro (1967- present time)
• Caprice (1965-1996)
• Captiva
• Cavalier (1982-2004)
• Celebrity
• Chevelle (1964-1977)
• Chevette (1976-1987)
• Citation
• Cobalt
• Colorado (2004 – present)
• Corsica (1987-2000)
• Corvair (1960-1969)
• Corvette (1953 – present)
• Cruze (2009 – present time)
• Deluxe (1941-1952)
• Del Ray (1958)
• El camino
• Epica
• Equinox
• Evanda
• Express
• Fleetline
• Fleetmaster
• Forester (2004-2005)
• HHR (2005 – 2011)
• Impala (1958-1985, 1994-2000, 2000 – present time)
• Laguna
• Lacetti
• Lanos (Lanos)
• Lumina
• Mako Shark (1961)
• Malibu
• Monte Carlo
• Monza (1975-1980)
• Niva (2002 – present time)
• Nomad
• Nova
• Optra
• Orlando
• Prisma
• Rezzo
• Silverado
• Spark
• Sprint
• SSR (2004-2006)
• Styleline
• Suburban (1936 – present)
• S-10
• Tahoe
• TrailBlazer
• Tracker
• Uplander
• Vega (1971-1977)
• Volt
• Viva (2004-2008)
• Venture (1997-2005)

ads, print and radio

1909 Rambler advertisements
Pontiac Grand Prix SSJ
1931 Time Magazine Ads
1940's newspaper ads
1960 miscellaneous ads for autos and related items
1963 Magazine Ads
1965 Olds 4-4-2 Newspaper Ad
November 1966 Magazine Ads
November, 1966 print ads
December, 1974 Ads
Old radio ads
vintage print ads and other pictures
1964 Plymouth radio ad
1897 - up car ads, oil company ads etc.
Early 60's GM ad Proof Photos - Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Pontiac
1971 Riviera press photo releases
1954 GM Motorama

assembly manuals

axles

1946 - 1947 'Servicing the New 3/4 & One-ton Chevy Truck Rear Axles' Booklet
1948 Service and Maintenance Procedure on Eaton 2-Speed Axles Booklet
1955 Servicing Rear Axle - Differential Carrier Overhaul Axle Shaft Repair Booklet
1955 Chevrolet Truck Two-Speed Rear Axle Booklet
1956 Eaton 2-Speed Rear Axle Overhaul Booklet
1956 Rear Axle Overhaul (Passenger Car) Booklet
Servicing the 1956 Passenger Car Rear Axle
1957 Servicing the Chevrolet Positraction Rear-Axle Unit Booklet

books and general manuals

Automobiles of 1904
Model T Manual
International Automobile Handbook (1927)
1931 Carburetor Manual
The Chevrolet Story (1911-1951)
The Chevrolet Story (1911-1956)
1952 Brief Passenger Car Information1952 Carburetor Manual
Beginner's Guide to Building a Street Rod or Resto Project
TIPS index
Corvette History
Rotary engine theory
1968 ESSO Car Care Guide
1952 Passenger cars
1956 Chevy Story
1957 Chevrolet Stock Car Competition Guide
1968 ESSO Car Care Guide Wis mercedes w210 download.

brakes

carburetors

catalogs

chassis/body service

Chevrolet
1946-1954 Chevy Paint Codes and Chips
1949 Delco Brake Service Manual
1951 Chevrolet Accessories Manual
1947-1954 Chevrolet Restopaks
1952 Chevrolet Restopak

1964 Corvair Engine Tuning

T.I.P.s for Chevy trucks (pdf format):index
1936-46 Pick Up Bed Mounts
1936-46 Cab Mounts
1947-53 Pick Up Beds
Plans for a Cab Doll

Lincoln
1953 Lincoln Air Conditioning
1953 Lincoln Seats and Power Windows
1954-1961 Lincoln Labor and Parts Guide
1952-1955 Lincoln Chassis Parts Catalog

1960 Chevy Bel Air Convertible

distributors

1960 Chevy Bel Air Parts

engines

filmstrips

miscellaneous

1941 Nash Press Kit
1942 Nash Press Kit

1960 Chevy Bel Air Pictures

Ford's Golden Anniversary (1946)
What's New Since '42 (Plymouth)
Henry Ford's 1948 visit to Holland
Good Housekeeping For Your Car, by Fisher
1951 Buick magazine

1960 Chevy Bel Air For Sale

1957 Chevrolet Stock Car Competition Guide
Breaking in your new car