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Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks (May 3, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760317542
ISBN-13: 978-0760317549
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
This book is an introduction to maintaining the 1968-1982 Corvette for the home mechanic. Offering a wide range of projects, from oil changes, to brake and suspension work, to interior and body repairs and upgrades, and much more, this book provides the most direct, Corvette-specific how-to instruction offered anywhere. Each project includes helpful color photography and estimates of the time commitment, necessary skill level, and cost of each project—so you know what you're getting into before you start. With its extensive listing of Corvette resources and a comprehensive tool guide, Corvette Performance Projects 1968-1982 is a necessary addition to the library of any serious Shark enthusiast!
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Technical Writer for Internet & Print Media
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Hib Halverson
Technical Writer for Internet & Print Media
Registered: January 2001
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2058
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Review Date: Thu May 17, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
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If you're an automotive DIY and you're just getting into the Corvette hobby with a C3, next to a factory service manual, Corvette Performance Products 1968-1982 should be the most important reference in your garage.
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Some automotive technical books are devoted to complex, expensive procedures modifications that sometimes require intermediate or advanced mechanical skills. It's refreshing to run across a book on basics and Corvette Performance Products 1968-1982 is exactly that.
This book covers a variety of service and maintenance tasks a DIY would perform on a 68-82 Corvette (aka "C3" or "Shark") from the very basic, such as how to jack and support your car and changing your oil and filter to more intermediate tasks such as simple body repairs, brake service and electrical troubleshooting.
Each project, and there are 31 of them, is covered by a separate chapter which explains the task in detail and illustrates it with color photos. This "modular" approach means you can either read the book cover-to-cover or use it in the shop as a supplemental service manual, looking-up information on a specific task and just reading that part.
Author, Tom Benford's easy-to-read style and his extensive, hands-on experience working on his own C3 project car make this book an excellent resource for the DIY service technician who is just starting out working on his or her own Corvette.
About the only weakness of this book is the use of the word "Performance" in its title. In 31 DIY projects suggested in this book only two have anything to do with increasing a Corvette's performance. What the publisher needs to do is simply take the word "Performance" out of the title, but leave the rest of this useful book alone.
If you're an automotive DIY and you're just getting into the Corvette hobby with a C3, next to a factory service manual, Corvette Performance Products 1968-1982 should be the most important reference in your garage. It's emphasis on basics is well worth the cover price.
For more information, contact Motorbooks International, Galtier Plaza, Suite 200, 380 Jackson St.,
St. Paul, MN 55101-3885 USA, Ph: 800 826 6600, web: www.motorbooks.com
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Hib Halverson
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Registered: January 2001
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