O L Y S L A G E R M A N U A L S
Piat Olyslager was an early producer of technical programmes for television.
Piet Olyslager was a Dutch businessman who was well-known in the Automotive sector for his designs, collections and construction. He was an avid collector of information, brochures and magazines, which are now housed at the Olyslager Archives and at the European Centre for Mobility Documentation (ECMD).
Given his close relationships with Bugatti and Talbot, plus his contacts in the Auto Industry both locally & internationally, he realised the urgent need for reliable technical information on vehicles by manufacturers, garage owners, consumers and oil companies.
After the Second World War, Olyslager started to provide garages with technical information on vehicles left by the Allied Forces, writing advice on paper as well as detailed diagrams. In 1948, he decided to adapt a universal format and started the Olyslager Organisation. Production of his popular Motor Manuals for European cars including the BMC Riley range ran through to the 1960s.
The manuals in this library have been reproduced with kind permission from the copyright holders:-
Olyslager Organisation B.V.
Amersfoortseweg 12E,
3751LK Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands.
Manual No.30
Riley One-Point-Five saloons from 1957.
Manual No.35
Riley Four-Sixty-Eight and Four-Seventy-Two saloons from 1959.
Manual No.62
BMC Mini ADO 15 & 50 from 1959 including the Riley ELF.
Manual No.74
BMC 1600 ADO 38 from 1959 including the Riley 4/72.
Manual No.84
BMC Mini MK.II from 1967 including the Riley ELF MK.III.
Manual No.91
BMC Mini 1100 from 1962 including the Riley KESTREL.
Manual No.101
British Leyland 1100 & 1300 from 1962 including Riley Kestrel MK.I to Riley 1300 MK.II.