A Well Written Restoration Manual

[hrspwrjunkie]

I've been looking into manuals on restoration for some time now but haven't had much success finding one that I would consider good. I just finished reading this one and thought someone else might find it a valuable and worthwhile read. It's the best one on that subject I've found so far: How To Restore Your Collector Car.

Here's a link back to a review I did on it for those who want to find out more: www.classicsandperformance.com/collectorcar.html

 

[Platonic Solid]

Well Written Review of a Restoration Manual

Thanks for the well-written recommendation. I am left wondering about the quality and quantity of any illustrations, which are often the key to simplifying complex tasks. I’m also curious which other books you looked at in your search that may not have covered the topic as thoroughly.

Your whole site is astoundingly neat.

O.T.: (Reference to “Chapter 2” of your site) I don’t think you’ll find too many “fluorescent” traffic lights. Most street lights are HID or other form of incandescent. Signal lights are incandescent or LED. Fluorescents don’t operate well in cold temperatures.

 

[hrspwrjunkie]

Thanks for the compliments and the note. I wasn't actually thinking of the bulb design, but the quality of the light and the way it glowed. That said I didn't know that street lights were incandescant or HID, that's very interesting, thank you for the information.

The book isn't so much a detailed assembly manual but a very clearly written overview of the restoration process that clearifies many of the "secrets" and provides quite a few resources and insights into the process. While it doesn't provide detailed instructions and techniques on every procedure it does provide the procedures to use and when those procedures are best suited for a given task and is pretty comprehensive and uses the current technology available.

It does provide a lot of full color glossy photos to illustrate its points which are very helpful.

Over all, while it isn't going to give you every detail of the procedures and all the techniques for those procedures it does detail the whole process it does clearly show where to plug in, say, a paint or body manual into the book's process to better illustrate how to perform individual processes and techniques.

It's also got some ideas about how to perform different types or degrees of restorations from simple "repairs" of solid factory originals to complete "remanufactures" of an automobile that needs to be reworked from the ground up. It also gives examples and pointers on how to decide whether a car is fit for a specific type of restoration.

I hope that helps.

Ryan

Thanks for the well-written recommendation. I am left wondering about the quality and quantity of any illustrations, which are often the key to simplifying complex tasks. I’m also curious which other books you looked at in your search that may not have covered the topic as thoroughly.

Your whole site is astoundingly neat.

O.T.: (Reference to “Chapter 2” of your site) I don’t think you’ll find too many “fluorescent” traffic lights. Most street lights are HID or other form of incandescent. Signal lights are incandescent or LED. Fluorescents don’t operate well in cold temperatures.

 

[milner351]

where did you learn how to design and build websites?

I want to learn!

VERY impressive, nice job, VERY cool lettering.

 

[hrspwrjunkie]

I'm a commercial artist by trade, although I didn't learn web design in school, it did give me the background in the computer programs that are used to create images for web use. For web design I just started using Adobe GoLive and picked up bits and pieces of information from friends and off of the internet. I still have a lot to learn.

Thanks for the compliments

Ryan

where did you learn how to design and build websites?

I want to learn!

VERY impressive, nice job, VERY cool lettering.