Eddie Paul's Custom Bodywork Handbook

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You've seen his work in films like The Fast and the Furious, xXx, Cobra and Grease, and on TV in Monster Garage, Monster Games and Monster House.

Now you can learn from master movie car customizer, Eddie Paul, in Eddie Paul's Custom Bodywork Handbook. Discover how this Hollywood wizard handles everything from old-school top chops on 1940s Fords, to cutting-edge bodywork on modern high-revving tuner cars.

Learn secrets to:

• Selecting and using the proper metal and tools
• Simple and complex metal fabrication, from shrinking and stretching, to challenging rust repair
• Pattern making, vacuum forming, working with wooden forms and creating your own custom parts from scratch
• Traditional bodywork projects, such as frenched headlights and taillights, fender flares, custom hoods and grilles, and bedding glass

When Hollywood needs a fabulous movie car, they turn to Eddie Paul. Now, with Eddie Paul's Custom Bodywork Handbook, so can you.

Table of Contents

Foreword | Introduction

Chapter One: Metalworking 101—Fundamentals of Fabrication
Metal, selection of gauge, size, and composition | Gauge: the thickness of steel and aluminum | Metal shrinking: how to shrink metal and why | How to harden/soften metal | Metal stretching | Tools for metal shaping and fabrication | Welding and cutting

Chapter Two: Body Repair Basics for Customizing—Getting Off to a Smooth Start
Picking the right car for your project | Minor rust repair | Metal preparation, treatments and coatings | Major rust repair | Body seams | Adjusting doors, hoods, fenders and decklids

Chapter Three: Fabrication—The Art of Shaping Metal
Mock it up | Production line fabrication | Wood before metal | Patterns | Hammerforming | Planishing hammer | English wheel

Chapter Four: Customizing Techniques—A New Look at Traditional Customizing Tricks
A sunken antenna: your first customizing project | Cutting corners: a fast and easy way to radius doors | Frenched headlights | Frenched taillights | Fender flares | Rollbar bumpers | Chopping the top | Doors and glass | Custom tube grille | Custom hood

Chapter Five: More Modifications: Customizing Tricks for Cars Both Old and New
Ground effects 3-D "speed" grille | Electric window conversion | Electric door conversion | Vacuum-forming machines | Bed your glass

Manufacturers Source Guide | Glossary

Eddie Paul's Custom Bodywork Handbook