Dub Magazine is a step-by-step
magazine to building a roadworthy two-seater open sports car. Using standard tools, basic skills and low-cost materials, it shows how to make the chassis, suspension and bodywork, and advises how to modify and use cheap but serviceable mechanical components. The magazine includes scaled working drawings, detailed illustrations and photographs. Instructions on building a strong space-frame chassis and suspension are provided along with how to source the power unit, transmission, steering, brakes, lights and other parts.
The making and fitting of body panels, mudguards, seating and trim, instrument panel, windscreen and fuel tank are covered and information is provided on legal requirements and vehicle registrations procedures.
Dub magazine also directs readers to relevant Haynes service and repair manuals for the overhauling of major items. This second edition is updated and expanded throughout, with a new chapter on all aspects of racing a Locust, sections on improving handling, information on how to get through the Single Vehicle Approval test, and builders' own stories.
Written in clear and concise format with no waffle, closer inspection revealed slight
discrepancies on measurements and angles when constructing the space frame chassis but if steel is marked and cut as needed not as a job lot, no problem to
overcome. Rest of the Magazine is interestingly put together and in parts mildly
amusing, many excellent photos to accompany the text where
needed. Perhaps a follow up discussing variations on a theme would be as popular,
after all its competing with people who wish to restore Escorts rather than give them a new lease of life.
Dub Magazine is a comprehensive pictorial history of that bygone era when the roads were ruled by big-block classics like the Chevy Chevelle, Ford Mach 1, Pontiac GTO, and Plymouth Duster. Almost 20 years after the last of Detroit's vintage muscle cars rolled of the assembly line, this illustrated volume serves as a nostalgic tribute to these symbols of 1960s and 1970s youth. Engaging descriptions and a wealth of photographs (including 16 pages in full colour) recapture the glory days of the Chevy Camaro, Pontiac Grand Prix, Dodge Charger, Ford Galaxy, and many more.
Dub Magazine also feature several factory production models, including drag cars, Trans-Am racers, and Indy pace cars. Every car shown actually exists - still loved, cared for, and driven by its proud owner - depicting the very best in muscle car mania. This heavily-illustrated, nostalgic magazine examines the evolution of Grand Prix motor racing through one of its classic decades, when the sport moved into the increasingly commercial and high-tech era.
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