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Road to Top Flight: Guide to Restoration Planning

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Road to Top Flight is well written and entertaining. It describes the restoration of an early Corvette. Although all automobile restorations share certain characteristics: the need to restore an engine, detail the passenger compartment, and so on, this book is very Corvette specific. As the title suggests the book is oriented towards show-quality restoration. It does not contain helpful advice on partial restorations. Since it is assumed the car is stripped to the bare frame and rebuilt from there, the book does not contain advice on more modest restoration geared towards improving drivability, appearance and safety. If you were looking for advice on a planning decision like whether to fix the rust in the fenders or redo the brakelines first, this book will not help you. The author did not perform the restoration himself, and consequently the book does not have "how-to" details. This does not detract from the book as pleasure-reading, but it limits the books utility for detailed planning. There are some excellent photographs. Summary: this well-written book tells the story of one Corvette's restoration in a lively way. However, it falls short as a general restoration planning guide.

An extremely useful guide to vintage car collectors and restorers. Helps you know the value of what was done or not done to the car. John Kreutzer, V.P. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc

There are plenty of "how-to" restoration manuals. This is the only complete planning guide in print today