Chrysler Workshop Manuals
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Steve Chapman
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Chrysler Workshop Manuals
A mate of mine works for a local auctioneer and does a lot of house clearance work. He rang me yesterday to say he had got an original Chrysler Manual for a 65 Coronet and was i interested. I take it the mechanicals and drivetrain will be the same as a 66, the body being the only difference. Would it be worth getting and how much as he doesnt have a clue. He also has one for a Charger but didnt say what year,again whats it worth.
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Steve Chapman
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easy to spot a factory manual
copyright Chrysler Enginerring dept.
big blue or green book bound in that cloth n Card type hardback reserved for books called "Biggles shoots at the Natives" and Huckleberry Finn that ya dad had and had lost the paper jacket for in 1952. although it won't have "To Alan on your 11 birthday, many happy returns, Uncle peter" unless there has been some weird coincidence never before seen
it will be about 3 inches thick
shorter than A4 paper but a bit wider
the side of the book will have black marks a la yellow pages or die cut thumb sections to aid turning to the correct section
each section will be numbered but the numbers will not be a consecutive series
i.e it will go schedule 1 schedule 2 schedule 5 schedule 12 (i.e a book made up from sections of a complete master for all cars for that year) with notes pages after each section so you could clip in the updates and service bulletins.
and it will have lists of Chrysler workshop tool numbers with comments like YOU MUST USE TOOL CF1236482302 for this job or you will be castrated by the Chrysler engineering department.
stuff about the minimum width of the peining on the links of the timing chain.....i.e obscurely irrelevant in today's throw away age
it will also have detail on stuff like heater and aircon which is always lacking in Haynes/scientific publications type after-market manuals where they dismantled a car and built it gain with a ring spanner and the contents of a bike toolkit.
you will now know within minutes if its proper or a Haynes style rip off
i'd get both and flog the charger one on ebay
Dave
copyright Chrysler Enginerring dept.
big blue or green book bound in that cloth n Card type hardback reserved for books called "Biggles shoots at the Natives" and Huckleberry Finn that ya dad had and had lost the paper jacket for in 1952. although it won't have "To Alan on your 11 birthday, many happy returns, Uncle peter" unless there has been some weird coincidence never before seen
it will be about 3 inches thick
shorter than A4 paper but a bit wider
the side of the book will have black marks a la yellow pages or die cut thumb sections to aid turning to the correct section
each section will be numbered but the numbers will not be a consecutive series
i.e it will go schedule 1 schedule 2 schedule 5 schedule 12 (i.e a book made up from sections of a complete master for all cars for that year) with notes pages after each section so you could clip in the updates and service bulletins.
and it will have lists of Chrysler workshop tool numbers with comments like YOU MUST USE TOOL CF1236482302 for this job or you will be castrated by the Chrysler engineering department.
stuff about the minimum width of the peining on the links of the timing chain.....i.e obscurely irrelevant in today's throw away age
it will also have detail on stuff like heater and aircon which is always lacking in Haynes/scientific publications type after-market manuals where they dismantled a car and built it gain with a ring spanner and the contents of a bike toolkit.
you will now know within minutes if its proper or a Haynes style rip off
i'd get both and flog the charger one on ebay
Dave
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Steve Chapman
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