Classic car restoration data

Minature Workshop Manuals. A series of Service Data Supplements published by the trade magazine Motor Trader, was started in November 1936 and rapidly became a recognised, authoratitive reference for professional mechanics. The series set a new standard for precise, detailed information on maintenance and overhaul. They were compiled from material supplied by the vehicle manufacturer and, to ensure accuracy, each was checked and vetted by the service manager of the vehicle maker concerned. After covering nearly 600 cars, commercial vehicles, agricultural tractors and components, the series was discontinued in the 1980s and has been out of print for years.
Now they are available again as authorised copies from Wallage Reprints.

Each supplement consists of from four to eight closely printed and well illustrated A4 pages giving all the essential information needed to service the vehicle including, in most cases, a wiring diagram together with detailed information on the complete overhaul of mechanical components, often with 'exploded' diagrams. They have, with justification, been called 'Miniature Workshop Manuals'.

These Data Supplements were published for professional mechanics and were not intended to teach basic DIY maintenance to novices. Professional restorers today are finding them just as valuable in the repair and restoration of classic cars as did mechanics when those cars were current. They are full of fact-packed invaluable data to restore the majority of classic cars and keep them in top-line condition.

Please note that as these are booklets rather than books, and to keep the price inexpensive, they are not bound in soft covers with a full colour cover as are our normal reprint books. They are staple-bound with a plain single-colour cover and back sheet. The price for all of them is the same, £5.49 POST FREE TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. We do not charge extra for Paypal, and no other charges will be aded on checkout. £5.49 is all you pay.

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Acknowledgements:
Our thanks are due to Motor Trader for permission to reproduce this material.

 

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Cars in each section are in alphabetical order by maker

                             Classic Cars 1930s - 1945               

PRICE £5.49 EACH POST FREE TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

54

72

42

26

59

2

56

66

16

46

71

33

6

61

65

55

9

79

91

10

36

24

73

52

12

39

70

3

75

57

21

85

80

47

43

20

8

17

23

31

60

18

30

11

68

4

64

14

48

37

49

78

38

1

44

7

The booklets in Part 1, Classic Cars 1946 to 1972, have much the same format as the pre-war booklets. and are the same price, £5.49 post free to anywhere in the world.

However, starting in 1973 Motor Trader changed the format, page size and style of its supplements several times. These later booklets are listed in Part 2 Classic Cars 1973 onwards. .

More of the information in these later supplements was in tabular form. There were fewer illustrations, in most cases the lubrication diagram was dropped (presumably because of the wider introduction of lubrication-free components), and in a few of the later supplements there was no wiring diagram. However, they still contain much invaluable information for the present-day owner and restorer. The series was finally discontinued in 1987.

We have remastered these later supplements to A4 size, but the number of pages is often fewer. This and the reduced number of illustrations is reflected in the reduced price of £4.49 post free. If the post-war car from the 1970s and 1980s you are looking for isn't in Part 1, try Part 2.