Hot Rods

The one job that even the most knowledgeable DIY guys farm out is the wiring. No more. Today you can pick the best components, the appropriate harness kit, and install everything yourself - with help from this book from Wolfgang Publications.

A good how-to-book explains not just how to install, but how to understand the technology being installed. How To Air Condition Your Hot Rod, explains first; how air conditioning works, and then how to install an air conditioning unit in your hot rod or specialty vehicle.

Hot rod veteran Gerry Burger explains how to identify, buy, or build the parts to create a faithful period correct hot rod ... a car that you will be proud of and will gain the respect from others in the hobby.

This book shows the home-builder how to chop a top. Six start-to-finish top chops, done on everything from a Model A to a 1960 Oldsmobile, demonstrate first hand how to plan and cut so the reassembly is as painless as possible.

Pat Ganahl once again opens the archives and pounds the pavement in order to bring you the stories on some of the coolest cars ever to appear in shows or grace the pages of automotive magazines. A perfect companion to the best-selling Lost Hot Rods.

Whenever hot rodders get together to bench race the question, "Whatever happened to such-and-such car", invariably comes up. This paperback edition of Lost Hot Rods answers this question by finding nearly 100 lost hot rods, custom cars, and more.

These rods rarely sport paint jobs of any kind, and their owners aren't scared to drive them. They represent an attitude, but never take anything too seriously. Rat Rods are high on style but low on budget, and that's why so many love them.