1943 United Motors War-Time Service Handbook
- Year
- 1943
- Make
- General Motors
- Type
- Service Manual
- Models
- All makes of cars in wartime service (not model-specific)
- Pages
- 70
A 1943 handbook from United Motors Service, Inc., the General Motors parts and service organization, written for mechanics keeping civilian cars running under wartime rationing, material shortages and the 35 mph speed limit. It covers no single make or model. Each chapter opens with a note on why the part should be repaired rather than replaced, then gives short numbered checks and repairs. The chapters follow the book's contents page: starting system, ignition, charging circuit, fuel, cooling, lighting, gauges, bearings, shock absorbers, brakes and radio.
Pages 1–5 (5 pages)
Title Page, Foreword and Contents
Cover and title page, a dedication to the mechanics maintaining the nation's largest transportation system, a foreword on wartime driving conditions and repairing instead of replacing, and the alphabetical contents list.
