From the introduction of the Holden V8 Engine in 1969, right through until the end of production in 1999 it has always enjoyed a cult following. The Essential Holden V8 Engine Manual shows you how to identify different versions and parts for the engine and a comprehensive section illustrates how to disassemble, recondition and rebuild your own engine. Special chapters are devoted to Stroking and Modifying the Holden V8 for enhanced performance. Specifications for all models, including HSV versions are presented.Every Holden V8 owner and enthusiast needs this book!ContentsHistorySpecificationsRebuilding the Holden V8- Disassembly and Cleaning- Selection and Inspection- Reconditioning Parts- ReassemblyParts IdentificationStroker EnginesHead SwapComputer Engine ManagementIgnitionPistonsTransmissionsGetting the most from LPGThe Yella Terra ConnectionRacing the Holden V8Buyer's GuideConversion Tables

The Essential Holden V8 Engine Manual

Engineering & Transportation

O'Toole, Larry

Automotive

Graffiti Publications

Feature photographs from major rodding events in Australia and the U.S. including a '35 Ford roadster, a wild '41 Willys coupe, a '37 Ford phantom 3-window coupe, a '34 Dodge pickup with blown Chrysler Hemi engine, a '32 Plymouth coupe with Boyd wheels, and a whole lot more!

The Colorful World of Street Rods

Graffiti Pubns

Few modifications change the appearance of a vehicle as much as a well executed top chop. Learn how to prepare, mark out and accomplish a top chop on a range of vehicles from early hot rod coupes to an American Chevy, a Falcon sedan delivery from the sixties and even a fiberglass reproduction body. Chopping Tops not only shows you how to actually chop the roof of each car, it also shows you in great detail how to plan the exercise properly. Included is valuable information on how and where to measure for the chop, how to build an internal frame for the vehicle so that everything stays in alignment and how to modify windshield glass to suit the new roofline. Some early cars have wooden frames that provide the important structural strength within the body. There's a chapter that shows how to replace this wooden frame with a much stronger steel structure while chopping the top at the same time. If you have ever contemplated chopping a top yourself this book will be enormously valuable in helping you achieve that goal with minimum fuss and maximum results.

Chopping Tops: Practical Hot Rodder's Guide

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

A must-have for any Aussie ute fan or anyone with an interest in unique vehicles of any kind.Contents:What makes it a Ute?Origins of the UteUtes in my lifeWho made that Ute?FordGeneral MotorsHoldenChryslerA-Z of other UtesAmerica discovers the UtePhantoms, Utes that never wereMongrel UtesCustom and Show Utes

The Good Old Aussie Ute Book: Celebrating Australia's Unique Motoring Icon

Trends in street rodding are evolving all the time. Here's a complete guide to styling your street rod using other rodders project vehicles as a guide. Ten chapters and over 300 photographs give the reader an insight as to how other rodders have designed all aspects of their street rod. Whether your favourite style is a Nostalgia Rod, High-Tech Smoothy, Elegant Resto-Rod or a Contemporary Driver, you will find plenty to fuel your enthusiasm in Styling Street Rods. All aspects of street rod styling are covered including front end treatment, rear end treatment, engine bays, access and vision, interiors, running boards and fenders and even accessories. Particular emphasise is placed on making the styling of your street rod practical for everyday use and wherever possible good engineering practice and safety related issues are given special attention.

Styling Street Rods: Practical Hot Rodder's Guide

Hot rodding in Australia first became semi-organised from 1956 with the formation of the Southern Hot Rod Club. That quickly spawned more clubs and drag strips followed as the hot rodders formed themselves into associations and looked for somewhere to race their cars. Organised shows followed with many of the same hot rodders involved in their promotion. Many of the participants from this era of early Australian hot rodding are now retired and their memories are fading. Using their photo collections as a resource, Australia’s Hot Rod Pioneers has been produced to ensure their pioneering days are recorded for all generations of hot rodders to enjoy.

Australia's Hot Rod Pioneers

Nostalgia - the yearning for a return to times past! That's a description that applies perfectly to the latest trend in street rodding. Having endured the onslaught of high technology into the styling of street rods since the early 1980s many hot rodders are returning to their roots in the '40s, '50s or '60s for a renewal of inspiration. Life was much simpler then, and so were our street rods. A full colour title featuring the best in nostalgia street rods from all around the world. 112 pages in landscape format so you can see the cars at their best with concise, accurate information and no through the spine photos.

Nostalgia Street Rods

Trends come and go in hot rodding, but true hot rod style never goes out of vogue. It is hard to define but you know it when you see it. Larry O’Toole has been a hot rodder, magazine editor, photographer, book publisher and author on the subject of hot rodding for over 40 years and he has documented every emerging trend from the entire hot rod world. Who better to bring you the latest in that constantly evolving hobby where styling trends meet engineering ability? Traditional hot rods have been cycled and recycled for many years and each time there is a wave of interest in this style of hot rod, that emulates an earlier time, there is evolution of the breed taking place. “Classic Hot Rod Style”, O’Toole’s latest foray into the worldwide phenomenon of traditional hot rodding brings the reader a feast of photographic images that capture the mysterious, intangible ingredient that defines a stand-out hot rod. Even the most die-hard of hot rod fans will struggle to describe what it is that sets such hot rods apart from the rest, they will pause and tell you it is that certain something that is inherent in their design – it’s that “Classic Hot Rod Style”. Gathered together in this fabulous full-color production is a thoroughly researched essay on the evolution of the Classic Hot Rod Style that makes the cars featured throughout the book perfect examples of the breed. This descriptive story is followed up with in-depth features on many such examples with full details on what their owners used to assemble their dream hot rods, together with hundreds of clear photographs that let you see inside these Classic Hot Rods. Finally a pictorial gathering of dozens more examples of the breed let you see where hot rodding is headed in the future. All have been selected for their contribution to that certain something that sets them apart from the pack, it’s that Classic Hot Rod Style that every hot rodder loves.

Classic Hot Rod Style: Traditional Hot Rod with New Millennium Make-Over

Building your own Street Rod is a most rewarding experience. Nothing quite matches the sense of achievement gained from having âeoedone it yourselfâe&#157;.Not everyone has the time or ability to do all or even a major portion of the work on their own street rod. It is still important to have at least a basic understanding of the engineering principles involved in building a safe and reliable vehicle. From this book the average street rodder will gain a more complete understanding of what it takes to build his or her own street rod, secure in the knowledge that the components used in the car, and the way they are fitted, is in line with safe engineering principles. While this book wonâe(tm)t turn you into a fully qualified engineer, it will help you understand at least the basics of good street rod engineering.

Street Rod Engineering: Practical Hot Rodder's Guide: How to Build Your Own Safely Engineered Street Rod Project

The book forms the basis of a feature on the history of Australian Street Rodding which is to appear in the Rodder's Journal issue 22.The History of Australian Street Rodding is 256 pages with 48 in full color and documents the history of the hobby as shown through the pages of Street Rodding magazine over 25 years, plus a special chapter on the period of history before the magazine was published.

History of Australian Street Rodding

History

Australia & Oceania

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