$86.12
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2019
Summary
Whether you want to create custom or replacement parts or build an entire automobile body, this metalworking course for gearheads from best-selling automotive restoration author and professor Ed Barr will take you as far as your interests reach. Barr demystifies this seemingly black art with information on tools and basic skills and 14 customizable projects, fully illustrated with step-by-step color photography.
First, you’ll learn how to assemble your ideal toolkit, as well as how to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780760365748 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0760365741 |
| Author: | Ed Barr |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Motorbooks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 744g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 208mm x 269mm |
| Series: | Motorbooks Workshop |
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Critics Review
“Of all the skills required for old car projects, manipulating metal is the one most closely regarded as a black art, one not easily conveyed in print…Ed Barr appears to possess that rare combination of highly defined skills along with the acumen to present them in a manner that absolute beginners can understand and use.” * Hemmings Motor News *
Ed Barr
Ed Barr, best-selling author of Professional Sheet Metal Fabrication, teaches welding and sheet metal restoration in the Technology Department at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. Barr has been restoring cars and creating metal sculpture since he was a teenager. Barr graduated from the University of the South in 1991 and pursued a career in art museum administration after receiving an MA degree from the University of Kansas. Barr then served as director of the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Barr earned a BS degree in automotive restoration technology from McPherson College and subsequently worked at Vintage Restorations Ltd. in Union Bridge, Maryland, where he restored British cars. He resides in McPherson, Kansas.
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