KIT CAR MANUAL: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO CHOOSING, BUYING AND BUILDING BRITISH AND AMERICAN KIT CARS (2ND EDITION). A hardcover book written by Iain Ayre, published by J H Haynes & Co Ltd

Essential Stats

• Pages: 176
• Published: Thursday 18th September 2008
• Edition: 2nd Revised edition
• Dimensions: 28cm tall, 21cm wide, 2cm thick
• Weight: 822 grams
• Dewey Decimal Number: 629
• ISBN: 1844255212
• RRP: £19.99
• Availability at Amazon UK:
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• Haynes Manual
• General AAS
• General AAS
• General AAS
• General AAS
• English
• Hardcover
• Regular Size

Reviews

First impressions are this is not as good as I thought it was going to be. Being a Haynes product I expected a good fact-based book with diagrams and advise, but instead it is mainly long waffley blocks of text full of the author's personal opinions. Although some useful experiences are shared, I find his constant moaning about the production car industry, associated depreciation and running costs very irritating. Just because all his vehicles are kit-cars doesn't mean every reader is going to abandon their normal vehicles. For him to moan about production sports cars is bizarre and totally irrelevant. I, like many, still aspire to own a Porsche one day and am not going to give that dream up just because in the meantime I am thinking about building my own kit sports car for under £10k. The sections of text about getting 'the wife' on board by doing DIY for her is as uninteresting as it is insulting to mine and my partner's intelligence. In summary buy this book if you want to learn about the author's experiences and how amazing his wife is, but you'll find much better advise and build information on the internet.

I bought this for my dad for Christmas and he was well impressed with it as he is currently building his own kit car in his spare time...it hasn't left the bathroom since!!...Good sized book packed with information.

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