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  Up In Flames. The Art of Flame...

  Flame painting first lit up the hot rod world more than 50 years ago. At the heart of the art are a handful of innovators who have pushed the tradition to ever-greater heights over the past half-century. These are the artists who best represent the talent and inspiration that give this particular art form its power, and whose stories best illustrate...

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  Ultimate Sheet Metal Fabrications

  Design and layout; Tools and materials; Welding Sheet Metal; and Fabrication. Over 350 photos. Fabricate, weld, shrink; Pick the right tool; Use hand and power tools; Use shrinkers and stretchers; English Wheel; Make and use simple tooling. From simple hand work with a hammer and dolly to sophisticated shaping with large power tools, this book...

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  Sheet Metal Handbook

  Imagine transforming a flat sheet of aluminium alloy into an attractive hood scoop, or designing and making your own aluminium wheel tubs, floorpan and dashboard. How about learning to design and build body panels, manifolds, brackets and fuel tanks? Includes restoration of original body panels, hammerforming, tools, terms and equipment, riveting...

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  Sheet Metal Fabrication:...

  Eddie Paul's engagingly written book talks about the necessary tools and how to use them; how to choose, prepare and work with the most suitable material; how to make bucks, plugs and mock-ups; and how to cut, bend, form and join sheet metal. Whether you want to shape a fender for a custom car, re-create damaged panels, or just learn about this...

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  Sheet Metal Bible

  Sheet metal fabrication projects, everything from simple shaping operations to multi-piece creations like fenders & motorcycle gas tanks. Photographed in detail helps understand what’s really happening as a flat sheet of steel morphs into the convex side of a gas tank. If your project needs parts made from aluminium or steel, is simple or complex,...

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  Professional Airbrush Techniques

  Vince Goodeve, one of the best known airbrush artists, uses over 500 color images to explain a lifetime's worth of airbrushing experience. Early chapters explain Shop Setup and how to correctly prepare the metal canvas. Fourteen start-to-finish sequences walk you through Vince's airbrush work on both motorcycles and cars.  Projects include simple...

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  Pro Pinstripe Techniques

  With Pro Pinstripe Techniques East Coast Artie shares everything he's learned during his long career. From basic strokes to choosing the best color combination, to deciding which paint to use for a job that will be clear coated later, there isn't much...

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  Paint & Body Handbook

  450 illustrations and easy to read text explain how to repair dents and rust, replace panels, repair aluminium and fibreglass, perform sectioning, use lead and plastic filler, weld patches and panels, shape sheet metal, perform spot repairs and color matching, prepare the surface for final paint, choose paint supplies and equipment and apply top coats,...

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  Monster Garage: How To Customize...

  If you want a taste of what it's like to create your own monster, How to Customize Damn Near Anything is your ticket to the world of custom vehicles.You'll learn the ins and outs of custom painting, engine building, chassis construction, welding and more. An in-depth introduction for the wannabe mechanical DIY guy (or gal), this book can help you...

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  Metal Fabricator’s Handbook

  Whether your building an aluminium hood scoop or fender flares, designing a roll cage or restoring a classic from the ground up. Step-by-step photo sequences illustrate how to fabricate hood scoops, fenders, roll cages, dry sump oil tanks, fuel tanks, exhaust headers and much more.  

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  Kustom Painting Secrets

  In this fourth edition learn how to set up your shop, how to apply primer, and how to put on the final topcoat.  In the Shop sequences provide a hands-on look at a variety of projects from simple paint application to complex art work (documented with both color and black and white photography).

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  How to Restore Automotive Trim...

   Whether you're looking to replace it, repair it, polish it or re-chrome it, this book covers all your options. Author John Gunnell details the repair of stainless steel and aluminium trim, decorative strips, fenders, bumpers, hub caps, wheel covers, door and trunk handles and more.

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  How To Repair & Restore Bodywork

  Complete guide to repairing metal, fibreglass, and plastic bodywork on your car. From bumper to bumper and from roof to undercarriage this book shows you how to repair every part of your car's bodywork - including vinyl bumpers and fibreglass and plastic ground effects - in step-by-step detail. Over 200 photos and easy-to-follow text to help the...

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  How to Plate, Polish & Chrome

  Includes what is required, what it will cost, when to use different processes and whether to have a pro. do it or tackle the project at home. Dennis Parks answers every question completely and clearly, and offers step-by-step instructions for DIY home mechanics.

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  How To Pinstripe

  Even before the heyday of Von Dutch, Tommy the Greek, and Big Daddy Roth, the ultimate (and often most economical) way to personalise your car or motorcycle was to lay some wicked lines on top of sour paintwork. Done with a steady hand and an eye for style, pinstripes are the enamel cherry atop a steel sundae.

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  How to Paint Your Show Car

  One of the challenges of collecting, restoring, and showing classic cars is keeping the paint blue ribbon condition. If your restoration involves stripping and repainting the entire car, you’ll want to precisely match the original color. If the goal is to preserve the factory paint, you may be touching-up certain areas with the goal of matching those...

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  How To Paint Your Car On A Budget

  Paint your own car at home in your garage. Bodywork and prep techniques, no-nonsense paint product advise, must-have tools and equipement, simple one-day paint jobs, colour sanding and paint car.

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  How To Paint Your Car

  Reveals the techniques and technology behind auto painting through 250 color photos, detailed captions and comprehensive text. The book covers, in step-by-step detail, how to properly prepare your car for paint, including bodywork, surface preparation and masking.  You'll also learn how to add custom touches and how to care for your paint job after...

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  How to Paint Flames 2nd Edition

  Second Edition- Flame paint jobs have been around for decades, adorning everything from hot rods, motorcycles and pickups, to tool boxes and refrigerators. Flames are a great way to make a beautiful, personalised statement with an air gun and paintbrush. Painting tools and techniques are covered in depth along with dozens of tips and tricks that will...

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  How To Master Airbrush Paint...

  Whether you want to custom paint graphics on the hood of your hot rod, the tank of your motorcyle, a fine art canvas, or a t-shirt, mastering the art of airbrushing is the key to bringing your vision to life. Here is the information and here are some of the sample projects that can start you down the path to becoming a master airbrush artist with...

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  How to Custom Paint Your Car

  Step-by-step learn how to set up your workshop, choose your tools and prep your car. Then, from the simple to the extraordinary, start working with custom colors, flames, metallics, marbles, custom graphics and pinstriping. 300 colour photos,  this book will walk you through every step of the process.

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  How To Custom Paint & Graphics

  Pinstripe, airbrush, hand brush, set up a shop, layout a design, use modern paints, tapeout techniques. Over 250 photos explain how to: Apply gold leaf; Layout a set of flames; Use specialized pinstripe brushes; Hand letter; Use an airbrush; Do complex layouts; Do multi-color fades; Use kandy, pearl and marblizer.

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  How to Chop Tops

  Timothy Remus. Nothing defines a hot rod like a chopped top. How To Chop Tops takes a photo-intensive look at the best way to lower the roof on the project car in your garage. Over 300 images document the start to finish chopping of six cars, from a Model T to a 1960 Oldsmobile. Also included is a convertible top chop, one roof-filling sequence and...

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  How Airbrushes Work

  A comprehensive book on airbrush use, maintenance and repair. Disassembling & cleaning, common repairs, adjustments, compressor types, types of paint, trigger control are all explained in detail. Designed for the novice & experienced artists.

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  Herb Martinez's Guide to...

  Herb Martinez is recognised as one of the world's top pinstripers. In this book he shares the fundamentals, techniques, tips and tricks that took him to the top. From it you will learn how to: select the proper paint, brushes, tapes and supplies; go 'straight' like a pro; lay out flames, scallops and other graphic designs; apply gold leaf; do sponging,...

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