Basically, this is a puff piece, a literary kiss on the rump, to anyone who PAYS Curt Scott for space in his book. It is a fraud and lacks any credibility on any level. I hope the FBI and the IRS see what this guy's doing to defraud the replica car lovers out there.

I was quite disappointed in the layout and content of this "booklet." Difficult to imagine that the author has maintained an arms length relationship with the manufacturers he "reviews" since the "book" contains plenty of advertising by the same folks he's supposed to be assessing! If you know nothing about Cobra replicas you probably would get some information from Scott, but you could save yourself a lot of money and get the same information at his website, www.cobracountry.com, for free. The author does make the accurate point that reviews in kit car magazines found on newstands are absolutely worthless and encourages in depth pre-purchase shopping. Are these tidbits worth the $18.95 price? I think not. Were Mr.Scott to reorganize his work, remove the advertisements, and include more information pertainent to first time or novice buyers, than this could be a much better work. Consider it only if it goes on sale at 50%to 75% off.

I found this book to be extremely helpful in weeding through the hype and high pressure sales tchniques that abound in the replica/kit car industry. Mr. Scott's reasoned, no nonsense guide is the necessary guiding light to making your replica car buying experience a satisfying one. The "10 Golden Rules For Selecting and Purchasing Your Cobra" article is, quite literally, the definative way to find an honest, quality kit car manufacturer. After a five year search for a reputable, quality kit and reading Mr. Scott's book, I was able to make an informed choice. That decision has paid untold dividends as I drive my Superformance Cobra Replicar. A knowledgable buyer is the unscrupulus dealer's worst nighmare. Be a nightmare, read this book.

Dear mr.william lee I have all the info you need in order to build a ground pounder of a 300 ci 6 cylinder i currently have a 650 horsepower nitrous injected 300 and it is some head turner there are so many things you can do and way too much to list here please contact me on msn nickname (Zeus).thank you.i will check back to see if you are having trouble getting a hold of me and will figure a way for us to contact.im glad i found someone with the same interest in building a 6 like mine. sincerely chris

I can't find any info on Hipo parts for the 300 cid Ford Big 6, can anyone HELP! Thanx

As usual with the Haynes manuals, the information is right on! Good pictures and diagrams, excellent tricks to help get at the problem areas. I own several of his books for different vehicles and would recommend them to anyone.

there are bars with wrong addresses and bars that have been closed for months. Jazz standard clsed 4 months ago, Iridium moved 3 months ago, and Astor Lounge changed it's name a year ago....that's just a start....hope this years restaurant guide is better than their nightlife product.

Whoever did the research on this bar guide did not do their homework....there are bars with wrong addresses and bars that have been closed for months. Jazz standard clsed 4 months ago, Iridium moved 3 months ago, and Astor Lounge changed it's name a year ago....that's just a start....someone at Zagat should be fired or...tested for their inability to fact check, let alone review....hope this years restaurant guide is better than their attaempt at a nightlife product.

Simply, this amazing guide is a must for anyone young and in love with NYC.

Curt, I loved Voices of the Game and Storytellers, but you lost your way on this one. How about this sentence: "Classic parks forged a Mayberry of puppies and emerald turf and picket fences and small-town marms -- frozen in amber, but fixed and sure."
WHAT? Claptrap....pure and simple....and that was only page 3.
My real favorite was "If Bogart means Key Largo, baseball can mean year." HUH? At least match the verb syntax, Curt. Fantastic research, but you need to relearn writing for the reader. For God's sake, tell your editor(s) to find a new line of work.

I only wish I had read the reviews before buying this book. Very rarely will I put a book back on the shelf without finishing it, but this book is one of those rare exceptions. It seems to me that the author has forgotten one of the most important rules in writing, "write to express, not impress." He takes so much time being clever and amusing that the true stories of these glorious stadiums are lost in unreadable rhetoric.

When a former speech writer to President George H. W. Bush writes a baseball book, and when the
fundamental message of that book is subversively conservative (glorifying the return to traditional
ballparks), nothing would make me happier than to be able to recommend it unreservedly. Sadly, I do
have reservations. There's much useful information in the book and it is illustrated beautifully, with
prints from Bill Goff's great art gallery, but Smith's storytelling style, which one assumes was intended
to come across as casual and conversational, is so slangy and unstructured that it sometimes fails to
make sense and, worse, feels like he's condescending to the audience.

Smith does not deserve all the blame for this, a decent editor could have saved him in the spots where
his prose becomes too tangled. But just read this sentence :

The New York Times' William Safire once likened Richard Nixon to a layer cake: To know him,
you must imbibe each layer.

I couldn't find the quote, and I suppose it's possible that the word maven and fellow former
presidential speech writer put it just that way, but this is at best an unusual use of the word imbibe,
which generally refers to drinking not eating, and at worst is just plain bad English. Even if Safire
said it, Smith should not have used it. You sure as heck don't imbibe a layer cake and let's assume that
not even Safire imbibed Richard Nixon.

In the end, there's enough fresh material here about ballparks, and I like the overarching theme
enough, that I'd give the book a qualified recommendation. But be warned that some of the verbal
thickets can be tough going.

GRADE : C

The author wrote a fundamental "How-to" book for OSX, only introducing each item as a "problem", e.g." I don't know how to..." or "I want this or that to happen"...
If you are looking for solutions to real headaches, such as the Trash refusing to empty, or error messages infoming you that you lack the privileges to perform an operation, do not look for them in this collection of trivia!
I am sorry to have wasted my money on this book. I am sure even a book entitled "xxxxx for Dummies" would be on a higher level.