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Weekend Projects for Your Modern Corvette: C4, C5, & C6 (Motorbooks Workshop)
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Product Description However perfect a Corvette may be, it can always use a little work-upgrades to the engine or body, performance improvements, modifications to make it your own. And whatever you want to do to your Corvette, this book shows you how. Covering the three modern generations of America's favorite sports car, Weekend Projects for Your Modern Corvette is the ultimate guide for maintaining, upgrading, and personalizing your Corvette. Basic maintenance, bodywork, painting, interior upgrades, audio/visual customizations, wheels, tires, shocks, lights and electrical, accessories-a total of 52 projects, one for every weekend, for a year's worth of Corvette upgrades; and the author details the needed skills, tools, and parts, as well as how much time and money you can expect to spend. As the title suggests, all of these projects can be completed in a few hours over the weekend. Whichever model (or models) you own, Weekend Projects for Your Corvette is the book that can take your Corvette that much closer to the car of your dreams. From the Back Cover Chevrolet’s Corvette is one of the most popular American cars to collect, restore, modify, and customize. From its inception in 1953 to today, the Corvette has provided its owners with endless weekends of enjoyment on the road and in the garage. In Tom Benford’s Weekend Projects for Your Modern Corvette, you’ll find 52 projects to fill a year of weekends improving and customizing your C4, C5, or C6 Corvette. Some projects will increase horsepower while others improve handling, making your Sunday drives even more exciting. Other projects add convenience or individual style, providing comfort and turning heads at the same time. Every project can be performed in the course of a weekend--some in only a couple of hours--and at any skill level. All you need is the time, a work space, and some basic tools. How-to author and Corvette expert Tom Benford begins each project by laying out the basic time, cost, and tool requirements in a convenient chart. Then, with step-by-step photography and instruction , he guides you through each project offering helpful tips and tricks along the way. By the end of this book, your modern Corvette will have undergone a complete transformation in looks, comfort, and performance. About the Author Tom Benford has been a freelance journalist for more than 30 years and contributes regularly to several national magazines. He has authored more than 15 books, including 3 on computer science and more than a dozen on the Corvette and other automotive subjects. His titles for Motorbooks include Corvette: Five Decades of Sports Car Speed, Corvette Performance Projects 1968–1982, Corvette Gallery, Garage and Workshop Gear Guide, The Street Rod, and others. Tom resides with his wife of 30 years, Liz, and their German Shepherd, Major, on more than four acres on the New Jersey Shore. The Benford automotive stable includes six Corvettes, ranging from a 1963 split-window coupe through a 1998 C5 convertible, and a 1933 Dodge five-window coupe. His website is www.tombenford.com. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction Ever since that first Corvette came off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan, back in June 1953, Corvette owners have had a love affair with their cars. The Corvette awakens something in its owner that other cars do not--no, cannot. It awakens a passion to become one with the machine, to get to know it intimately. It's a car that was designed to be driven and, in turn, it drives those who own it. A large part of this drive is the desire to work on and perhaps make some changes to the Corvette. Spending hands-on, quality time with your Corvette creates a very personal bond between you and the machine, and it's very, very rewarding. Whether it's routine maintenance or making modifications or upgrades to alter the appearance, enhance performance, or add some convenience or other creature comfort--it's all a na
