CHEVROLET GMC & BUICK SPEED MANUAL Author: Fred W. Bill Fisher Price: $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-931128-05-6 Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x.5 inches Weight: 0.50 lbs Reprint of original 1954 edition: Hotrod Chevrolet inline sixcylinder 216 and 235 cubic-inch engines, GMC 228, 248, 256, 270 and 302-CID engines and Buick straight-eight 248 and 320-CID engines. Includes construction drawings, photos, and valuable easy-to-read and understand technical data. Reprinted from the original 1954 edition which sold for $2! A classic guide for any auto buff s library. Featuring California Hot Rods, Track Jobs, Fast Road Cars, Lakes Cars, and GMC Engines in Chevrolet Cars. CLICK TO PURCHASE Rear view shows sweeping body lines provided by the Bantam roadster body. Wheel wells have been filled in neatly by contoured metal panels which carry out the body lines perfectly. This car receives favorable comment wherever it is shown. 1933 Chevrolet engine used by Mr. Meb Healey in one of the first fast Chevrolets in Southern California. Marvin Lee s GMC streamliner was wrecked on its maiden appearance at the Bonneville Speed Trials in 1950. The car was clocked at 197 mph on its warm-up run and was reputedly travelling approximately 216 mph when it flipped. Luckily, Puffy Puffer, the driver, escaped with only slight scratches.

California Bill s Automotive Handbooks PO Box 91858 Tucson, AZ 85752-1858 Phone: (888) 511-1530 Fax: (888) 511-1501 Table of Contents: Introduction Chevy Manual Dynamometer Tests How to Build Your Chevrolet Engine Equipping Your Chevy With a Racing Cam How to Select a Cam Cam Functioning Valve Components Pistons & Piston Rings Special Heads How to Rework Your Chevy Head How to Compute Compression Ratios Ignition Caution! Blasting! Read With Care No Mikes? 1950 105-H.P. Hi-Torques Powerglide Chevys Chevy Pressure Oiling Gear Ratio Flywheel Chopping How Far Shall I Go? How To Rework Your GMC Engine GMC Set Ups A Hudson-Buick How To Rebuild Your Buick For Speed Tuning Your Engine Exhaust Systems Fuel Water Injection Driving Your Hopped Up Car Trouble GMC Horsepower Outputs California Bill points out the knobby new McGurk Hi-Power Pistons. Engine shown here was built by California Bill for South American customer for installation in cross country road-racing coupe. Note fittings for full-flo filter, ported and milled head. Keith Loomis GMC- Zephyr has a 292 displacement, 9:1 compression ratio. Manifold is home made, used Rochester carbs. These have now been replaced with Zeniths. Cam is Super grind, two point, dual coil ignition is used. Car is a Zephyr 1937 Coupe. This GMC-engine-powered California Bill s 1941 Chevrolet coupe to a speed of 126 mph. Equipped with McGurk pistons, NICSON manifold, ZENITH carburetors, and SCINTILLA magneto. Special late model 270 H Cylinder head was equipped with 1-11/16 exhaust valves, late model rocker arms were actuated by HOWARD F-7 camshaft, HOWARD pushrods. Alcohol fuel was used. Bill Fisher had a speed equipment shop in Eagle Rock, California and supplied speed parts to racers competing at Bonneville, El Mirage, and Muroc Dry Lakes. This was in addition to his flourishing mail-order automotive book business. Parts as well as books were sold to hot rodding enthusiasts across the country. During this era he wrote and published several Speed Manuals that he advertised in Hot Rod, Motor Trend and Road and Track. These ads featured drawings by his friend Tom Medley. These nostalgic books became popular again forty years later when more aficionados took interest in recapturing the history, styles, and techniques of the late 1940s and early 1950s. As a result we have republished some of these early books. A long-time six-cylinder fan, his favorite engines were the Chevy and GMC sixes. His history as one of the owners and manufacturers of the famous twelve-port head are recounted in the history found at Inliners <http:// www.inliners.org/> where he was one of the initial members. For more information and historic photos please see the About Us section of our Web site.