Customer Reviews

Standard Guide to Building Street Rods and Custom Cars

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This book covers the various topics of building a car/hot rod from scratch.If you want to build a rod,custom or kit car then this book offers good advice that will help anyone.For a book of its size,the content and price then this book is an inexpensive guide to your next project.Its great value.

I also recommend this book:
"How to build a hot rod".By Dennis w.Parks.
(ISBN:0-7603-1304-0).

Ok, you have to expect that I would rate my own book 5 stars - who wouldn't? I'm proud of this book because it is different from other hot rod books. Most rod books are titled "Hot Rods by Me - the Legend!" and they only give you one point of view - the author's. I have been involved with old cars for years but rather than give my single point of view, I interviewed hot rod shops all over the country so you could gain the expertise of multiple professionals at once. The single reason for failed hot rod projects is the lack of planning. This book helps you plan the entire project. You will be able to set budgets, goals, inspect shops and assess your skills to see what steps you can do yourself. The book is packed with online resources for shops and part suppliers; and is a must for any new hot rodder! If you are using a classic body, my first book, "Modern Techniques for Auto Restoration" may be helpful too. Good luck!

GOOD BOOK WITH A NICE LAY OUT FOR WORKING,WITH LOT'S OF INFO ON HOW TO DO THE WORK AND WHERE TO TAKE IT TO GET THE WORK DONE(IF IT'S MORE THAN YOUR ABILITIES WILL ALOW YOU TO TRY)READ IT FRONT TO BACK FIRST NIGHT I GOT IT.

I'm building a V8 VW beetle http://www.zbcreations.com/index4.html so not all the info in this book was useful to my project, but it all was still very interesting.

This book will come in very handy for this project and probably others in the future

This is an excellent book and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in building their own street rod. Ken goes in to detail from how to choose a car to every last detail of upgrading the car. Unlike other books that may talk about one type of hot rod, this book talks about various cars and gives you options and advice on choosing parts for the car. Overall I would highly recommend this book for someone interested in building their own hot rod.

It's a good book nothing like I expectted but i't a good one, I'm looking for a book like how to do.