Customer Reviews

Mustang Restoration Handbook

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This is a great book for the beginner. A must have for anyone restoring this classic automobile. From beginning to end, this book is filled with detailed instructions on disassembly to a concours quality show car. Noteable book topics: History of each year (64 1/2 to 70). Information on how to choose and buy a Mustang. Exploded diagrams. Tons of helpful photographs. Data plate decoder. Highly detailed interior restoration. Body work (rust repair and paint). Step by step instructions make it nearly impossible to get it wrong.

Although not an in depth review of the restoration process, this book does a good job of getting the novice restorer started in the right direction. For those not getting their hands dirty, the book is helpful in informing the car owner of what will lie ahead in having a professional do the work. The section on buying a mustang is interesting and informative.

I am currently restoring a 66 FB, and found your book very helpful by providing an outstanding summary of items to be considered during restoration. Great value for the price. It covers many of the components and how to work them. However, additional information needs to be found from other sources for more specific detail. Examples are specifications, bolt torques, etc.

In summary, it's great, but not a standalone book.

We liked the way the author describes the restoration process. Very easy to understand. Good photos and drawings.

The book is what I was looking for. There are a lot of helpful tips and instructions for buying and starting Mustang's restoration. It gives very good overall prospect of what awaits you when getting into the subject. Very good thing to start with, the next ones to follow are some shop manuals, parts listings etc.

I purchased this book along with two others; Chiltons service manual for early Mustangs and the parts interchange book. As a package they are three volumes one must have if doing a restoration project.

It contains many good tips and recommendations for making restoration more efficient and enjoyable.

This manual is useless for a 6 cyl mustang as far as any engine restoration. It is nearly useless for frame restoration especially and floor work.

This is a great book.Its not about restoring ANY car it IS about how to restore Mustangs.Plenty of photos(all black & white photos)of various Mustangs in varying degress of disassemble.There's enough information throughout each chapter to get the general idea on how to restore a Mustang.For the do it yourself mechanics,etc this book is a suitable guide.

I would suggest a decent workshop manual to go with this book.There are plenty of other Mustang reference books that show restored Mustangs and detailed photos that would help whilst restoring your Mustang.

Overall not too bad of a book. I'll just use it as a reference though. It has exploded views and some stuff on dissassembly and different things to look for, like common damage. BUT, and it's a big but, this book could use some updating. The pictures are really old and some of the tools and methods are outdated. Seeing them use an oxyacetylene torch to make cuts or weld a quarter panel on makes me just cringe....

This manual is best described as a very basic introduction to restoring cars in general, and vintage Mustangs in specific. If you are purchasing it as a primer on what to expect during a rebuild/restoration then it is both entertaining and informative. If you are buying it as a shop reference, then it isn't really going to be worth your while. Probably the most informative parts are right in the beginning where the author describes common problems found on unrestored cars and what to look for when shopping.

Also, being written 24 years ago, the techniques presented are somewhat outdated (there are easier ways to do some of the things described in this book). There are also no more piles of Mustangs to be picked over in local scrap yards, they were either snatched up, destroyed, or rusted away long ago. An updated version of this same book that talked about dealing with internet vendors and new made replacement panels would be much more useful.