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The Making Of A Motor Car ... Souvenir Guide Book To The Chevrolet-Fisher Manufacturing Exhibit. General Motors Building. A Century Of Progress International Exposition. Chicago, 1933 The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company

The Making Of A Motor Car ... Souvenir Guide Book To The Chevrolet-Fisher Manufacturing Exhibit. General Motors Building. A Century Of Progress International Exposition. Chicago, 1933

The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company

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Publication: The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co, 1933, NP

8 1/2" x 44 sheet, folded to 16 panels. Illustrations. Background orange throughout. Information about the exhibit at the General Motors Building where Chevrolet takes the individual behind the scenes of a modern automobile plant and explains exactly how the bodes of a car are built, and the car itself is assembled. Photographs of and information about preparing hardwood parts for assembly into body frame, assembling hardwood parts, preparing steel panels for frame, encasing hardwood framework with steel panels, installing body doors, washing, priming, glazing, painting the body of the automobile, assembling radiator, mounting body on chassis, mounting wheels, putting steering mechanism together, mounting motor on chassis, installing springs, axles, etc., baking and polishing vehicle, etc. Along bottom edge of one side shows a panoramic view of Chevrolet-Fisher body operations. Along the bottom edge of the opposite side shows a panoramic view of Chevrolet car-assembly line. Crease to bottom corner of cover panel along with light wear to folds. Very good. A very interesting and informative piece.

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