Early V8 reference books

[J Witt]

Just bought a '36 and I'm looking for some recommendations for a good shop manual and any other must haves for tuning, repairing and maintaining the car.

Thanks,

John

 

[JSeery]

Best place to start would be the service bulletins.

 

[mrtexas]

A good manual doesn't exist. The web and this forum is your friend on fixing. Our old Fords are very easy to fix. Get the 36 book put out by the Early v8 club and the service bulletins. The SB are way less detailed than what you can get for Model A however. A tuneup consists of changing plugs/points. With pertronics ignition you don't worry about points. Timing is set on a machine with the distributor off the engine. I have a 36 woodie.

 

[DavidG]

The Club's book is directed toward the details of the cars when they were produced and if your interest is in originality, there's no better source. Your question, however, suggests your interest is more shop manual oriented and that is not the orientation of the Club book.

As stated above, the reprinted service bulletins should be useful and an original chassis parts catalogue published in 1936 or very close to it should also be of some help.

 

[JM 35 Sedan]

MAC's Antique Auto Parts carries a good selection of books, repair manuals, etc.
There is a green paper back book in size 8-1/2 x 11, #VB-13 at MAC's or just V-13 elsewhere. This is a good book to own when working on the engine and some of its components, transmission, rear, etc.
There is also a book originally written by Page that's good, and quite a few more that you may want to think about....

Here's a direct link to the VB-13, MAC's # or V-13, actual book #......

http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_mercury_early/engine-and-chassis-repair-manual-48-pages-ford.html

Here's the link to many more books that MAC's carries covering the early Ford V-8's from 32 to 48......

http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_mercury_early/books-manuals-and-dvd.html

 

[ford38v8]

Motors Auto Repair Manual. This edition is 1935-46, $16 on Epay
Ford V8 Service Bulletins 1938-40 including all 1932-37 Revisions from C&G
Ford V8 Service Bulletins 1941-48 Complete. From Amazon

The Motors Manual of later years edits out the early information, so it's best to get the earliest edition you can find.
The Service Bulletins are available on CD, but a hardbound book beats the hell out of looking at a computer screen.

 

[4dFord/SC]

Victor W. Page, The Ford V8 Cars and Trucks: Construction–Operation–Repair. Copies can usually be found on Amazon.com or AbeBooks.

 

[J Witt]

Thanks, folks, you guys are great. I'll look into those books. I'm a reasonably good mechanic and the car I'm getting is in excellent condition. My model A had sufficient peculiarities (like all cars) that a good reference can save much time and money. You'll no doubt be seeing some questions from me in the near future.

I did find a beat-up copy of the Page book at AbeBooks for $15, so ordered that.

John

 

[Fred A]

Favorite books for old Fords is an evolution, depending on the stage of your specific knowledge of your car. I have been playing with pre-war Fords for some time and now use the Chassis parts "Green Book" often, followed by Bob Drake, 27 to 30. Parts vendor cagalogues are also very useful, at a good price. Ford makes them use the parts' number system for a small price to the vendor, with good pictures. Good Luck: Fred A

 

[51504bat]

Try Faxon Auto Literature
https://www.faxonautoliterature.com/

 

[TJ]

Thanks, folks, you guys are great. I'll look into those books. I'm a reasonably good mechanic and the car I'm getting is in excellent condition. My model A had sufficient peculiarities (like all cars) that a good reference can save much time and money. You'll no doubt be seeing some questions from me in the near future.

I did find a beat-up copy of the Page book at AbeBooks for $15, so ordered that.

John

You might want to buy the Early Ford V-8 Club's '35-36 book along with the other books. You can purchase it on the V-8 Club's website; www.earlyfordv8.org

 

[TonyM]

These books, and the proper owner's manual, would be a good start.


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[FortyNiner]

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