Sheet Metal Handbook: How to Form and Shape Sheet Metal for Competition, Custom and Restoration Use

Imagine transforming a flat sheet of aluminum alloy into an attractive hood scoop. Or designing and making your own aluminum wheel tubs, floorpan and dashboard for your street machine. How about learning to design and build your own body panels, manifolds, brackets and fuel tanks? These are just a few of the many tips and techniques shared by master metal craftsman Ron Fournier.
Author of HP's award-winning Metal Fabricator's Handbook, Fournier packs decades of experience designing and shaping sheet metal components for Indy cars, drag race cars, road racers, street rods and street machines into 144 pages. You'll find tips on:

Setting up your own shop
Selecting and using basic hand tools
Proper use of English wheels, beaders, rollers, brakes and power hammers
Pattern design and proper sheet metal selection
Basic metal shaping techniques
The art of hammer forming
Proper riveting techniques
And finally, tips on restoring original sheet metal

Whether you're restoring a '32 Ford, constructing a race car, building a show-winning street rod or street machine, or perhaps developing your skills for work in the metal industry, you'll find the information in this book invaluable, and a perfect addition to any home automotive library.