Build your own flathead roadster just as it would have been built in the 1950s! Using a 1929 Ford Model A, this guide follows its construction from start to fantastic finish. Bishop begins with a wealth of expert advice on planning your project, finding traditional parts, and acquiring the tools, time, space, and services needed. From frame, front suspension and steering, to brakes, engine and transmission, Bishop's expert approach is fully illustrated with specially commissioned photos and line drawings.

A fond celebration of family values and a courageous mother's love set among the working class back streets of post WW II Manchester, Mike Bishop pens a highly readable, variously poignant and humorous, account of childhood friendships, scrapes and adventures. Memories of bygone Manchester --- a childhood in the North-West of England (with glimpses of the Home Counties) in the 1940's and 1950's