A comprehensive guide to designing and building street rods, customs, and lead sleds. Includes hundreds of photographs and practical tips, plus safe working and design factors. It covers all areas of the car, including chassis, suspension, frame, engine, bodywork, paint, and drivetrain. This guide also details how to choose a car and make critical planning decisions. It shows how to properly equip a workshop and lists tool and parts suppliers.
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Street rods are high-performance, custom-designed adaptions of pre-W.W.II American automobiles. Whether the rods are based on original bodies and frames or modern reproductions, this guide will help street rodders tackle their projects. The book discusses how and where to find potential street rods. The process of building a rod, from chassis to upholstery, is described in detail with hundreds of photographs. Practical tips on matching engines to frames and choosing the best suspensions, brakes, and cooling systems are included. Safe working and design factors are stressed. Information on equipping a workshop and lists of speciality tool and parts suppliers round out the book. A useful purchase for any library serving street rodders. Peter C. Leonard, Carnegie Lib. of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Covers virtually anything a builder would need to know,
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This review is from: Street Rodder's Handbook (Revised) HP1409 (Mass Market Paperback)
Build your own custom street rod from start to finish with the aid of advice from master rodder Frank Oddo, who has revised and updated his best-selling The Street Rodder's Handbook to include the latest information on outfitting a street rod. From making the choice between vintage or repro to chassis and engine options and different installation possibilities, The Street Rodder's Handbook covers virtually anything a builder would need to know. Highly recommended.
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It is widely held that motorsports began in France with the first organized racefrom Paris to Rouenin 1894. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
radius rod assembly, street rod building, average street rodder, compound planetary gear set, street rod body, typical street rod, street rod builder, street rod project, street rod applications, street rodders, boxing plates, motor swaps, street rod chassis, street rod industry, most street rods, vintage tin, planetary pinions, most rodders, residual pressure valve, rod builders, rod bosses, original axle, rear deck panel, inch arch, wheelbase frame Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southern California, World War, Los Angeles, Hot Rod Magazine, Racing News, Chassis Works, Ford Model, Sedan Delivery, Total Performance, West Coast, Anaheim Gear, Performance Parts, American Streetrod, California Custom Roadsters, E-type Jag, Heidt's Hot Rod Shop, Progressive Automotive, The Turbo Hydra-Matic, Collectible Autos, Cornhusker Rod, Deuce Customs of Australia, Henry Ford, Hot Rod Components, Hot Rod Products, Lincoln Versailles New!
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It is widely held that motorsports began in France with the first organized racefrom Paris to Rouenin 1894. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
radius rod assembly, street rod building, average street rodder, compound planetary gear set, street rod body, typical street rod, street rod builder, street rod project, street rod applications, street rodders, boxing plates, motor swaps, street rod chassis, street rod industry, most street rods, vintage tin, planetary pinions, most rodders, residual pressure valve, rod builders, rod bosses, original axle, rear deck panel, inch arch, wheelbase frame Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southern California, World War, Los Angeles, Hot Rod Magazine, Racing News, Chassis Works, Ford Model, Sedan Delivery, Total Performance, West Coast, Anaheim Gear, Performance Parts, American Streetrod, California Custom Roadsters, E-type Jag, Heidt's Hot Rod Shop, Progressive Automotive, The Turbo Hydra-Matic, Collectible Autos, Cornhusker Rod, Deuce Customs of Australia, Henry Ford, Hot Rod Components, Hot Rod Products, Lincoln Versailles New!
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