Description
Author: Matt Joseph, ISBN: 9781932494976, 160 pages, paperback, colour illustrations
- Full Step-by-Step Coverage
- Welding Tips & Techniques
- Tools for the Trade
- Shaping & Forming Metal
- Planning & Executing a Successful Repair
- Filling, Forming & Sanding
- Final Prep & Finishing
There comes a time when just about every car on the road needs some form of rust or body repair. Quite often, if the car is a daily driver for running errands, repairs are never made, and the car eventually ends up in junkyard heaven. For our beloved collector cars, hot rods, and muscle cars, dents, dings, and rust are not an option, and neither is the scrap heap. And for just about any restoration project, the bodywork is by far the most expensive part of the process.
In Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair, veteran restorer Matt Joseph shows you the ins and outs of tackling both simple and difficult rust and metalwork projects. This book teaches you how to select the proper tools for the job, common-sense approaches to the task ahead of you, preparing and cleaning sheetmetal, section fabrications and repair patches, welding options such as gas and electric, forming, fitting and smoothing, cutting metal, final metal finishing including filling and sanding, the secrets of lead filling, making panels fit properly, and more. Also included is a comprehensive resource guide. Whether you decide you want to tackle a full restoration project, or just want to save money by doing minor repairs yourself, Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair is the book to get you through it.
About the Author
Matt Joseph has published more than 1,800 feature articles on a wide variety of automotive topics, in many automotive trade, consumer, travel, financial, and general periodicals and newspapers. He has hosted two automotivethemed radio talk programs, and presently works in TV. His previous books include The Standard Guide to Automotive Restoration and Collector Car Restoration Bible. He continues to work as an industry consultant, providing services to corporate, financial, and government clients on various aspects of automotive design, marketing, advertising, publications, and policy.
