Modern Techniques for Auto Restoration

by Ken Wickham

Book Overview

Discover the latest strategies and technologies that make auto restoration a pleasurable experience and avoid the expensive mistakes that can plague a project. Get a hands-on lesson in using chemical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087341571X
• ISBN13: 9780873415712
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Advanced auto restoration

Ok, I'll admit I'm partial because I'm the author but I feel I need to clear a few things up. This book is meant to supliment other restoration books. Most books stop w/ chemicals and equipment used in the 70's and early 80's. A lot has changed since then and this book fills in the missing pieces. I wrote the book so I know there is only 1 picture of a 57 Chevy featured and the book is not subsidized by anyone. I use a lot of refences to other companies to help you purchase materials so I guess that's where the "subsidized" remark came from. After reading this book, you will not just be able to read numbers off of obsolete paint cans from the 70's but you'll actually understand how all the chemicals in paint and body work, work with each other and why they are used. Even though paint companies change the numbers and labels from year to year, you will know how to go to a paint store and ask for what you need. You'll have insight to what judges look for in competetions, and if you haven't purchased a car yet, I'll teach you a few tricks that I use to buy a problem free car. I hope this provides some balance to the fairly inaccurate remarks made earlier. Good luck with your dream!