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How to Restore Your Military Harley-Davidson, 1932-1952 (Authentic Restoration Guide) Paperback – September, 1998

by Bruce Palmer III (Author)

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This Authentic Restoration Guide examines the most popular Harley-Davidsons built for military use between 1932 and 1952. Exhaustively researched references detail what authentic colours, finishes, parts, accessories, and markings are necessary restore these bikes to their original condition. An authoritative history includes more than 200 exclusive photos.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks International (September 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760304297
ISBN-13: 978-0760304297
Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4 customer reviews
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ByKLEIN Marcon June 1, 2015

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Excellent manual

ByCraig Hoaglundon December 19, 2012

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Excellent manual. Just what I needed for shopping for a bike and then restoring it later. The best one out here.

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Great companion to "How to restore you Harley-Davidson"

ByA customeron December 16, 1998

Format: Paperback

Bruce Palmer is already well known for his book: "How to restore your Harley-Davidson", that is considered world-wide as the bible on restoring older HD's. His new book is presented as a companion to that book. So it does not cover the restoration process itself but concentrates on describing the correct parts and finish. It gives detailed descriptions of the relation between engine-numbers, war department registration numbers and U.S.Army contract specifications. All military HD's built between 1932 and 1952 are presented. In total 38 types, including of course WLA (For the 42WLA alone 7 flavors are distinguished) and WLC, but also XA, the big twins and others. Very valuable for WLA restorers is the matrix describing all parts that differentiate the 17 types of WLA (40WLA - 52WLA).
Using both books it is possible to restore your military HD to factory-fresh specification. An exception is the rare experimental XA (the BMW R-71 clone) that is described to great detail in this book, but lacks support from the first book.
Restoring to `motor pool' specification (bikes as seen in the field) is not treated in the book beyond the pointing to common pitfalls. For unit markings the reader is deferred to U.S.Army publication AR 850-5. There are about 250 pictures in the book. In general I would have liked more photo's of bikes in actual use to support the restoration to `motor pool' instead of `factory fresh'.
This is really a most wonderful book, that is bound to get again the label 'bible' attached to it. And rightly so! In my classic HD club there's always a lot of discussion on what is right and what is wrong for a certain WLA or WLC, and until now nobody was really convincing because the supporting material was lacking. From now on if anyone disagrees with this book, he (she) better provide proof! In short: recommended!

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please add this to my initial review...

ByA customeron August 17, 1999

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The pictures are in general too small. I would like them at least twice as large.

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