Metal Fabricator's Handbook

By: Ron Fournier, Sue Fournier .

Master metal craftsman Ron Fournier shares the tips, techniques and secrets necessary for fabricating metal components for race, custom or restoration use. Winner of the prestigious Moto Award for "Best Technical How-to Book" in 1984, the Metal Fabricator's Handbook offers Fournier's unique metal fabricating skills developed during years of building Indycars, drag racers, stockers, custom show cars and sports GT race cars.

Sections include:

• Basic tool selection and use.
• MIG, TIG, arc- and gas-welding.
• Fuel and oil tanks
• Exhaust headers.
• Roll bars and roll cages.
• Sheet metal interiors
• Basic metal shaping.

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. A glossary of industry terms and a complete supplier's index are also included.

Whether you're building an aluminum hood scoop or fender flares, designing a roll cage or restoring a classic from the ground up, you'll find this edition of the Metal Fabricator's Handbook an invaluable addition to your automotive library.

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