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Title: How to Build Fiber Glass Hotrods, Customs & Kit Cars by Leroi Tex Smith, Tex Smith ISBN: 1-878772-09-0 Publisher: Hot Rod Library, Incorporated Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 1 (1 review)
Rating: 1
Summary: A Completely dissapointing and amateur book..sent back!
Comment: This book is was very dissapointing in multiple aspects...it begins with "this is not an engineering treatise" perhaps that should have been in the title; a paltry 200pages and in size16 font this book deals with the fiberglass industry and its construction in vague generalities without any regard to detail. The entire section entitled "the tools to use" says:"finishing tools are mostly sanders and polishers that are common to a car enthusiast anyway"...so "Tex" makes no suggestions about what would be good to use for fiberglass applications. There are no descriptions orinstructions,...truly the back of a Bisquick box has more in the way of chronologic instructions than is available in the book and because of this there are no pictures that relate to the subject matter on the page; the pictures themselves look as is they are snapshots taken in 1963 of "Tex"'s friends... The anecdotal approach to describing the process of fiberglass fabrication lends itself to major holes...one constantly asks themselves how to competele a concept or project that he introduces...but to no avail.. The book contains a huge number of advertisements that are wedged throughout the book, the entire second half of the book (from page 96 onward) is devoted to "mail-order bodies & parts" and "Ready-Made fiberglass composites".. for a how-to book I felt totally ripped off, I did not want to buy a catalouge of ready-made parts! This book that "Tex" made was a poor excuse for a manuscript and would certainly earn an "F" in school, it was embaressingly amateur in its presentation and I felt awkward carrying the book around... I hope that if anyone needs a book on how to truly build using reinforced plastics and/or composites I reccomend another book by Forbes Aird "Fiberglass & Composite Materials" I was floored by the difference...I can actually build something real with the guides in that book...
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Title: The Car Builder's Handbook: Tips and Techniques for Builders of Kit Cars and Street Rods by Doug McCleary ISBN: 1557882789 Publisher: H.P. Books Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Chassis Engineering/Chassis Design, Building & Tuning for High Performance Handling by Herb Adams ISBN: 1557880557 Publisher: H.P. Books Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Fiberglass & Composite Materials: An Enthusiast's Guide to High Performance Non-Metallic Materials for Automotive Racing and Marine Use by Forbes Aird ISBN: 1557882398 Publisher: H.P. Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Fiberglass Repair and Construction Handbook by Jack Wiley ISBN: 0830627790 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: May, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Standard Guide to Building Street Rods and Custom Cars: How to Get the Most Car for Your Money by Ken Wickham ISBN: 0873494415 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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