How to Restore Your Collector Car
by Tom Brownell · Tom Brownell
Motorbooks workshop manual covering a full collector-car restoration, from planning and disassembly through degreasing, metal repair, welding, electrical work and painting, illustrated with color photographs of cars through the 1970s, so readers can plan and sequence their own project.
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