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i've yet to find a useful Haynes manual, famous Haynes quote "installation is the reverse of removal".

I am rebuilding a 1966 Mustang with no prior experience. This book did not even get me to the point that I was able to identify the parts of my carburetor and determine what steps I need to take to replace it. This book is for someone with great mechanical knowledge...to the point that they would not need this manual anyway.

This is an overhaul manual? I could have sworn it read like the Sunday comics with its pictures and captions. There is hardly enough beef in this book to help anyone rebuild an engine. Maybe if you had a NASCAR crew chief with 30 years of experience on your side you'd be able to rebuild an engine with this guide, but otherwise it's useless. At least I borrowed the book from a library and didn't waste my money. There's not enough detail, not enough clarity, and the instructions are vague. It spends like the first 5 chapters discussing how to use a micrometer and know how to build your own workbench. If I wanted to build a garage - I'll get my dad to help or a Bob Vila book, thank you very much.

I suppose this book is fine for those people who aren't going to attempt to do more than change the oil or maybe replace the brake shoes. I've found that anything more than that is either skipped over or mentioned only in passing. For example, the section on installing the intake manifold consists only of a picture of the manifold. The fault diagnosis sections aren't terribly helpful either. A few possibilities per symptom are listed, but they are very vague, for example, "mechanical damage." Occasionally you will find a helpful bit of information, but for the most part this book is a waste of money.

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Not very good. Poor facts and mostly talks about Shelby's and the high end Mustangs. Lots of hype and that's about it. Only good things are the photos which are pretty much stock stuff seen else where. Book is just a belly drop.

If you are obsessed with the mustang, your book collection is not complete until you have this book.

Title: Mustang 1964 ½ - 1973 Publication Information: MBI Publishing Company, 2003, 127 pages. Genre: Automotive Introduction: When the Mustang started to take the initiative in muscle cars, the horsepower wars got started. From 1964 ½ - 1973 was the Mustang's debut as a muscle car. This book will show all of the information about the Mustang from 1964 ½ - 1973. In the sixties horsepower was high and gas prices were low. The Mustang was one of the first cars that started the horsepower wars. As muscle cars started coming out with increased compression ratios and heavier iron the Mustang didn't get left behind. This author captures how the Mustang was designed and how it varied from its competitors. It discusses how the Mustang was a true muscle car with both pros and cons. It also shows how the designers of the vehicle thought out and plotted making and designing the Mustang. This book focuses on Mustangs from 1964 ½ to 1973. The author did a great job capturing the Mustang from 1964 ½ to 1973. He left nothing out when discussing how the Mustang was designed and built. He captures every aspect of the Mustang including the building and design of the engine, suspension, drive train, and body. Everything that was done to the Mustang between 1964 ½ to 1973 is in this book. The author achieved his goal of writing about a book that described every aspect of the Mustang from 1964 ½ to 1973. The writing is very effective and has much strength. The information provided in the book explains every aspect of the engineers design when building the car. The only weakness that the book had was that it didn't mention the Shelby Super Snake which was a car that Carroll Shelby built in the 60s. I would definitely recommend this book to others and encourage anyone that loves Mustangs, especially older Mustangs to read it. The book taught me some things that I didn't know, and I read a lot about these cars. I give the book a thumbs up and I am very pleased with the book.

Excellent book covering 60's mustangs overall. Discusses options and changes for each year, and goes into detail of the GT350's and the R version. Great color pictures, provides good detail.

If you love Mustangs,especially the factory muscle Mustangs then this book is ideal.Full of beautiful colour photos and interesting text throughout. Printed on glossy paper this book is great value.An idea gift for the Mustang lover in your family.Good value.