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Old 01-18-2019, 02:30 PM
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1982 Chevrolet Pocket Order Guide

Back in 1982, my Dad was a salesman at a Chevy dealership in Connecticut. He gave me his pocket reference books a number of years back and I forgot that I had them until recently when I came across them stored with some other books.
This was long before computers were commonplace, so this would have been what a salesperson or sales manager would have used as a reference guide when ordering cars for the dealership inventory or doing a special order for a customer. This one was printed in June 1982, so it's pretty late in the production year.

I thought the Thirdgen community might find it interesting. Enjoy.








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Cool! Thanks for posting.
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Wanna sell that book?
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Sorry, not ready to part with it.
I dont blame ya. It's very cool and thanks for posting it!
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I dont blame ya. It's very cool and thanks for posting it!
No problem. I figured the group would get a kick out of it.
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Re: 1982 Chevrolet Pocket Order Guide

I've got the same book for the 91 Pontiacs.

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Nice. Post some pics of the inside.
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I have the salesman pocket books for 82-92 for both Chevrolet and Pontiac. They are interesting little tidbits of information... They kind of remind me of the Firebird redBook for information... If you have one of those.

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