How to Restore Your Ford Pick-Up (Motorbooks Workshop) [Paperback]

Tom Brownell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Motorbooks Workshop | Publication Date: August 12, 1993

The step-by-step guide to restoring any Ford light-duty truck, fully illustrated with all the latest restoration steps and techniques. Pickups, panels, deliveries, Rancheros - all are covered in this guide that will get you through every area. Sandblasting, welding, engines, trannies, brakes, bodywork, wiring, interior restoration, painting, and many more areas for all trucks. Disassembly & cleaning, plus all the steps right down to the final details you won't find anywhere else. Sources, parts, special tips, and more to keep your truck on the job or in like-new condition.

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About the Author

A professor of technical writing at Ferris State University in Michigan, Tom Brownell's books include How To Restore Your Chevrolet Pickup and How To Restore Your Ford Pickup.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (August 12, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879387262
• ISBN-13: 978-0879387266
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,017,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource of tips & techniques for restoring, September 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Restore Your Ford Pick-Up (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)

While titled as a manul for Ford trucks from 1947 to 1967, I found this book so filled with helpful advice, and practical tips and techniques, that it is worthy of being in any auto restorers library. I do have an old Ford truck that I will be doing, and I am sure the advice I have already received from a cursory review of this book will save me hundreds of times the cost of the book. If you are new to restoring old cars or trucks, this book will go a long way to helping you get started.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good reference for the ford truck owner, August 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Restore Your Ford Pick-Up (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)

Very complete coverage of the topic, starting with a history of ford trucks, and disscussion of rebuilding vrs. restoring, then a how-to on restoring your pick-up. Contains a lot of how-to on all aspects of restoration and rebuilding including the interior. This book includes only model years 1946-1967, but has so much great information that I kept it even though it does not cover my model year, 1972.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Every Aspect in Detail? NOT, October 8, 2005

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This review is from: How to Restore Your Ford Pick-Up (Motorbooks Workshop) (Paperback)

This books description on the rear cover and in the publishers description indicates that "every aspect of restoring a 1946-1967 Ford pickup is covered in detailed text that's full of how-to advice from expert restorers". I can only say I think NOT. This IS a good book, with lot's of good GENERAL info, and lot's of good advice, and I'm sure most of the contributors are experts in some or all stages of restoration, but this book covers every aspect of restoring not one of the model years listed, LEAST of which is the 1965 and later models. This particular period (67) is exactly what I was looking for info on. I found that this book covered many general areas of the type/style equipment found on the models of truck listed, and had picktures of many of the models listed, but had specific info about almost NONE of the models listed.