California Bill's Automotive Handbooks

A professional upholsterer explains how to make and install complete interiors in cars, trucks, and vans, while avoiding costly mistakes....

However you plan your modification, from mild to wild, you will find thought provoking insider information that will help you achieve your horsepower goals. ...

Reprint of original 1954 edition. How to hotrod Chevrolet inline six-cylinder 216 and 235 cid engines, plus GMC 228, 248, 256, 270 and 302 cid engines, and the Buick straight-eight 248 and...

Learn to overcome challenges and employ techniques you can use for your next custom interior project, taking inspiration from these hotrod interiors presented in beautiful full-color photography....

Expert trimmers Don Taylor and Ron Mangus share two lifetimes of auto upholstery experience and secrets in this fantastic, advanced-level book. Precise step-by-step instructions show you how to turn out completely professional...

Relive the memories, the cars and the lifestyle of those early, more innocent years. Or, experience for the first time the custom-car craze, when Detroit built terrific cars and America was the...

From stock rebuilds to high-horsepower modified engines, this book delivers instructions on every facet of rebuilding your flathead V-8.y...

Reprint of the original 1952 edition. How to hotrod Ford and Mercury flathead V-8 and six-cylinder engines, plus Model A and B engines and the Lincoln V-12 engine. Pure nostalgia....

Bolstered by a postwar economic boom, the American auto industry in the 1950s parlayed robust sales into groundbreaking designs and technologies. This exciting new photohistory examines Dearborn's contribution to American automotive innovation...

This original 1951 classic explains the V-8 family tree, planning the job, block mods and assembly, cylinder heads, intake manifolds, and carbs, ignitions, superchargers, estimating horsepower, and how to get the most...

Speed tuning theory and practice, costs, horsepower and torque for all 1932 and later Ford & Mercury Flathead V8s. The performance fundamentals-power, cam, carburetion, compression exhaust and ignition-are all covered in this...

Coax more power from your engine! This guide tells you how to choose L-series engine parts, and prepare and assemble them for optimum power and durability. Filled with L-series mods for road,...

A concise text and photo sequences guide home-shop enthusiasts through each step of a typical engine rebuild. Provides comprehensive information on how to diagnose, remove, tear down, inspect, recondition, assemble, and install...

This thorough, step-by-step guide to restoring Datsun 240Z, 260Z and 280Z sports cars describes how to restore every part of each system to original condition. Care is taken in explaining what to...

Full and complete revision to the original How to Hotrod Covair Engines by Bill Fisher. Everything the engine builder needs to know to rebuild the Corvair for a variety of applications from...

Reprint of the 1950 classic, this true hotrodders' guidebook provides effective methods for tuning all types of stock engines from the conservative road car to full-race capability....

Don Taylor y Ron Mangus, especialistas en la creaci¢n de interiores, comparten con el lector toda una vida de experiencia y secretos en tapicer!a de autom¢viles. ...