One of the most well-known automotive writers on the Hot Rod Scene...Tex Smith has been involved in the hot rod hobby since the very beginning.

From editor of Hot Rod Magazine, helping start the National Hot Rod Association as a member of the first Safety Safari, to helping start the National Street Rod Association, to building the Worlds Most Beautiful Roadster, and still writing today for many hot rod sport publications, Tex has paid his dues.

 Now, Tex shares his expertise with you in a series of books that will literally save you precious money and time in the construction of your dream car or truck.

Tex Smith's name has appeared on more magazine mastheads then probably any other automotive writer. Now living in the hills of Idaho, Tex offers some of the most informative and colorful books on the hot rod hobby today. Whatever your automotive interest, Tex has a book for you.


How to Build Real Hot Rods ~

How to Build Real Hot Rods is the number 1 book in this series, with an emphasis on low cost how-to's aimed at the home builder. Every page is crammed with information that beginners need and advanced rodders use as reference. Everything is included, from frames to suspension to bodywork and upholstery. This is a "must have" book for any enthusiast's library, the foundation for advanced building.


Hot Rods History part 1 ~

The legends of hot rodding are raving abaout this new book! With over 200 pages crammed with photos cover to cover. Tex Smith's Hot Rod History traces the hobby from Ed Winfield in the Twenties through activity in the early Fifties. First of an on-going series, this volume by Tom Medley, will become the most read book in any rodder's library. Photos and facts to delight the most astute historian, but most of all, this is a book that is just plain fun to read.



How to Build Custom Cars ~

The number 1 book in a special series for car enthusiasts, How To Build Custom Cars has quickly become the modern "bible" for the hobby, appealing to the builder and professional alike. It covers everything from chassis swaps and frame clips to fender flares and sectioning, grille swaps, upholstery... over 200 pages jammed packed with nothing but custom car building information. The only total custom book on the market.


How To Chop Tops ~

This is the only book on the subject available, and it is a runaway best seller. Over 200 pages, with step- by - step guidelines for hammering the lid on rods and customs, as well as pickups. Tops fall into 3 basic categories, so what applies to one marque applies to most other makes with the same style top. Covers cars from the Twenties/Thirties through today. How To Chop Tops has become the "bible" of rodders and customizers around the world.


How to Draw Cars ~

Every male, from 13 to 85, loves to draw cars, but there hasn't been a real book on automotive art for nearly 40 years. How To Draw Cars cures this problem. Over 200 pages of magic, showing everything anyone needs to know to go from simple doodle to professional drawing. This is the book that dreams are made of, and it is the perfect gift, even for the non-artist!


How to Build Fat Fords ~

The 1935-48 Ford and Mercury is firmly established as the current hot rod of choice. But there is precious little building information available on these popular members of the Ford family. Included in this book are hundreds of photos and drawings with measurements. Nothing but Fat Ford products in the 200 plus page manual. Also a special section about using Ford OHV engines, so the end product can be a Ford front to rear. This is the most complete Fat Ford builders guide ever published.


Camaro Untold Secrets ~

This is the book every serious Camaro enthusiast must have. The inside story on performance Camaro development during the prime years of 1967-69, from the people who lived it. At the factory and with the Penske team. Information about mysterious parts and activities never made public. Engine, transmission, rearend, handling packages, private company memos.


How to build Mopar Hot Rods ~

If you're into Chrysler Corporation hot rods and customs, then How to Build Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge Hot Rods is for you. There is no other book like this one, with a concentration on nothing but Mopar products. It is the first of a series, and guaranteed to give you more information than any other source.


How to build Chevy Hot Rods ~

There has never been a building manual devoted exclusively to Chevy hot rods, particularly anything that deals with 1954 and older cars. This book does all that, with over 200 pages crammed with how-to's and examples of both backyard and pro shop projects. Everything form bodywork to chassis to suspension and powertrain. Even material on wooden framework for the body.


How to build Shoebox Fords ~

The hotteest subject withhot rod and custom builders today, Fords and Mercs of 1949-'54. This is the only book devoted specifically to these premiere cars, with information that any serious builder will use again and again. Chassis, cooling, frame specs, power rebuilds, custom modifications.... it's all here in one 200-plus page volume, jam-packed with illustrations. Shoebox Fords/Mercurys 1949-'54 is a runaway best seller.


How To Build Hot Rod Trucks
by Jim Clark
This book is directed at all those really great American big pickups. Ford, Dodge, GMC, Chevy, even Studebaker and International. This 200-plus page manual will be the standard referance for light truck rodders for years to come.