Truck Beds: How to Install, Restore & Modify

Truck Beds: How to Install, Restore & Modify

Install and modify your truck bed floor with guidance from certified auto-body repairman and television personality Kevin Tetz.

A simple internet search of the words “truck bed floor” provides almost a hundred million results. The possibilities are limitless for personalizing your hauler for work or play. The bed floor shows the heart and soul of a vintage truck, and with several new generations of pickups being deemed “classic,” it’s no surprise that the bed is a popular subject.

The functionality of a truck bed can be traced back to the days of horse-drawn vehicles. As the purpose of some truck beds has changed from their utility to being an accessory, personalizing and customizing them is now an industry standard.

Even with the most basic skills, you can be confident that you can pull off an excellent restoration or replacement of a bed floor with the simplest of hand tools. Taking ownership of a do-it-yourself project provides an immense sense of pride in the accomplishment, so whether your truck is brand new or 100 years old, this book walks you through how to restore, decorate, replace, customize, patina, or upgrade your bed floor.

Truck Beds: How to Install, Restore & Modify was written to provide professional results while catering towards your skill set, budget, and experience.

Vern Tardel Hot Rod Your Model A

Vern Tardel Hot Rod Your Model A

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Vern Tardel, America’s premier traditional hot rod builder, introduces his wonderful new 340-page Hot Rod Your Model A book This comprehensive how-to guide to the conversion of a stock Model A into a traditional, flathead V8-powered hot rod is must for any traditional hot rod builder.

The book is unlike any other in the marketplace. It’s engineered with a lay-flat spine allowing it to sit flat on the counter to make the step-by-step instructions easier to follow. Included is a note pad, an essential tool in the process of building a traditional rod.

Highly-detailed in every respect, this all-color book is published with the goal of helping hot rodders simply and correctly build a traditional hot rod, using mostly Ford parts. Surprisingly, only a handful of aftermarket parts are required, thus reducing the cost.

This book steps out where none has ever ventured, with each step illustrated in color in its 27 chapters. Clear illustrations provide basic wiring harness schematics and installation templates for the steering column drop, floor, and firewall, along with instructions for tools you can make yourself.

It’s already been called The Best A-to-Z Guide for Building a Model A Flathead Hot Rod.