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Chevrolet by the Numbers 1955-59: The Essential Cheverolet Parts Reference

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This book has turned out to be a great reference guide for me, most importantly with the extensive part number/cast number information covering all major powertrain components. It's the perfect mate to a vintage parts book and factory assembly manual.

There are some inaccuracies here and there, nothing that a double check against other references and more reviewers would cure in a 2nd ed.

Many of the chapters include some "filler" material not directly applicable to parts of the fifties, mostly sixties material probably from the authors other earlier books, but it is accurate and informational none the less.

If there's ever a 2nd edition, I'd like to see more "meat" in the crankshaft and piston chapters, rewrite of the wheels chapter, addition of fuel injection intake adapters to the intake manifold chapter for completeness, more Turboglide information, deletion of some non-applicable filler info, and more photos of actual parts throughout. You can never have too many photos.

This is a must have if you are restoring a classic Chevrolet. For people who want the correct numbers to identify what year a particular part or engine came from you want this book. It spells out where to look as well as verification of the number you have found.I highly recomend it.

Just what I needed to find part numbers for my '56.

There are four books out now with more to come. Hang on! The Author: Alan L. Colvi