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Your Kit Car Assembly Manual Review

Your Kit Car Assembly Manual
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This is the most complete text on the subject of building and modifying 7-type cars I have ever found. There are hundreds of detailed, zoomable pictures that make the descriptions even more understandable than what is explained in the text. This book has information on things I had never even thought of. Gary Brizendine clearly has a complete, if not absolute, knowledge of how to build a winner for the track, street, and show. This book should be the #1 resource in your library if you are considering, in the process of, or have a finished 7-type car. You will be impressed.

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"THINK OUTSIDE THE BOOK"Have you thought about building a Locost sports car or maybe getting a build-it-yourself Birkin or a Factory Five kit?Your Kit Car Assembly Manual is written for anyone that owns or is building a Lotus 7 inspired sports car or that is interested in building any type of hot-rod or kit car.If you bought the "Book", but you do not have access to Escort or a Sierra parts, what do you do to go about redesigning and building your own sportscar with locally available parts?You should get yourself a copy of the Manual.Your Kit Car Assembly Manual shows you the steps to thoughtfully assemble your own sports car, details a number of ways that you can improve your existing car beyond its original design and improve its reliability.TO SEARCH INSIDE THE MANUAL - SIMPLY CLICK ON ANY OF THE CUSTOMER IMAGE BOXES IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE CD - COVER PHOTOYour Kit Car Assembly Manual is formatted like a book, but it is vastly better.You can take Your Kit Car Assembly Manual anywhere.Just drop the Manual into the CD-drive of any Windows©-based computer.Now you are ready to go!Print out any page that you want.Want to take a closer look at a photo?Enlarge the photo to get a more detailed look. You can easily zoom in on any of the over 400 photos with a few of mouse-clicks.Bookmark tabs located in the left-hand margin facilitate instant access to the entire Manual.All of the 438 pages are instantly accessible at the touch of a button. You simply can't do that with a book using a printed format!Where most kit car books detail a build centered about using one particular donor, Your Kit Car Assembly Manual expands your automotive design knowledge, showing you the design solutions used by several manufacturers.With the Manual, you can "think outside the Book" and see how others approach their build.You determine the design solution that best suits your own situation.Learn from the professional experience of author Gary Brizendine who's been involved with designing, building, improving, and successfully campaigning numerous championship-winning British road racing sports cars since 1967.While the Manual is produced from the building of a Lotus 7 inspired kit car, the details and suggestions can be used in the build of any type of kit.Builders of Factory Five Roadsters as well as traditional American-style T-bucket hotrods are getting this Manual too.Every page contains a gold mine of useful information.Your Kit Car Assembly Manual shows the reader how to complete the chassis, assemble the front & rear suspension, install steering, brakes and chassis ancillaries, covers wiring, lights, gearbox details, and carries through a well thought-out engine installation plus numerous tips on completing your sports car in a professional fashion.With this informative Manual, you will find out just about anything and everything that you need to know about your car in a Manual that is written in clear concise language.If you enjoy building sports cars, don't miss Your Kit Car Assembly Manual."Think outside the Book – get a copy of The Manual"

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How To Build a Cheap Hot Rod (Motorbooks Workshop) Review

How To Build a Cheap Hot Rod (Motorbooks Workshop)
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When I read the title of this book I thought it meant How to build Hot Rods cheaply. I was wrong, the title is correct How to Build a Cheap Hot Rod. The author buys the cheapest fiberglass T body and chassis, uses a V-6 Ford engine and spends over $16,000 to build just what he started with - the cheapest hot rod kit available. I thought it interesting that he spent $300 on an engine and tranny, but $1100 on a 9 inch rear end. I think he'd have been happier in the long run spending a touch more on the engine and using a less expensive differential. He had to have someone else do his welding (if you want to build a hot rod, spend the time to learn to weld).
There are no money saving tips here, he buys all his parts off the shelf for real money.
When all is said and done, he has spent $16,000 on an unpainted (even though he bought the paint), fiberglass T, with an ugly $300 engine/tranny. He'd be lucky to sell it for $8000. You can do better without his help.

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The ever-escalating cost of building or buying a hot rod is leaving more and more would-be hot rodders behind. This book will get those hopefuls off the sidelines by showing how a hot rod can be built for less than the cost of, say, a new Hyundai.

Author Dennis Parks documents his own project--building a quintessentially cool Model T roadster from a "Track-T" kit--showing in step-by-step detail how to turn a pile of parts into a rockin hot rod. He provides a detailed, easy-to-follow guide for building a car of your own.

The advice and instructions cover every aspect of an affordable hot rod build, from establishing the target vehicle and budget, to finding parts, building the car, and fine tuning the finished vehicle on the road.

With Parks' money-saving tips and photo-supported how-to sequences, virtually anyone with minimal mechanical skills and the will to use them can be sure of building their hot rod right, and for the right price. The book also includes a full resource guide and recommendations for further reading.


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Baja Bugs and Buggies: How to prepare VW-based cars for off-road fun and racing Review

Baja Bugs and Buggies: How to prepare VW-based cars for off-road fun and racing
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I was very glad to find this book. It is straight forward and full of photographs look at how to beef-up a VW based bug or buggy. There are tons of tricks ad tips in here that aren't HIGH DOLLAR jobs. Simple and easy things to do during your build up that will save you hours trying to go back and fix things later. It should be called How to do it right the First time! It is one of few auto books with real knowledge in it that skips the technical jargon and flashy billet parts and suggests things that will work!
You will be pleased with it wether you are building a Baja, Street Bug, Rail Buggy or Dune Buggy. The air cooled VW motor still rules an always will!

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