Mopar Part Numbers Catalog vs Crash Book

Mopar Part Numbers Catalog vs Crash Book
This is a short geparison between Factory Mopar Parts Catalogs and body shop style crash books.
Mopar parts catalogs are typically for one model year. They will cover all models for that year and have almost every part found on every car for that year. This is great if you need that much info and are using it at home or on the job. However, most of these single year parts catalogs weigh 10 lbs or more. What if you want something to carry around at a swap meet?
This is where a crash book can gee in very handy although they do not cover all parts like the catalog does. They cover exterior parts, chassis parts, steering column, windows, regulators and related, glass and weather strip. It varies, especially on the older books which do not cover as much. Some sections cover one year, and some sections cover as many as 5 years in one small section. Typically sections range from about 10 pages up to about 26 pages. The best place to find these is Mitchell Part Number Service books used in body shops. The loose leaf type that can easily be taken apart just by sliding the section you want out of it, cover from the mid 50's up to 1975. You can use the link below to see what these single sections look like.It isa custom seach in my okay store for Mopar part numbers.
Mopar Part Numbers Books
Be careful when buying Mitchell "crash books". The correct ones that will have the part numbers will say "Part Number Service" on the cover and on every page. The ones that say "Collision estimator" only have times and cost of parts. No part numbers.
Other variables to consider on this subject:
Superceeded part numbers - No matter which books you use some numbers will be superceeded to or from another. You can find actual Mopar superceeded books once in a while and that's all they have in them.
Canadian Part number books - There are Mitchell books that are Canadian and some (but not too many) part numbers will be different. They will say "Canadian Part Number Service Guide" on the top of every page, so it's easy to spot them.
I hope this guide was helpful to you, and thanks for reading. Rich
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