Building a Special with Ant Anstead Master Mechanic: Following the Build of Ant's Own Classic F1 Single-Seater Special

Ant Anstead's Building a Special brings the Haynes story full circle, coming 61 years after the original Building a 750 Special was written by John Haynes. To celebrate, a free reprint of Building a 750 Special is included with every copy purchased at Haynes.com. The book follows Ant's personal build of his own-design special car, inspired by the Alfa 158, the first World Championship-winning F1 car. It is heavily illustrated with photos, technical drawings, and sketches and is written in Ant's own words.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 27 October 2021
Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group

Ant Anstead's Building a Special brings the Haynes story full circle, coming 61 years after the original Building a 750 Special was written by John Haynes, Haynes Publishing's founder, when he was still a schoolboy. To celebrate this, we are including a free reprint of Building a 750 Special with every copy of Building a Special purchased at Haynes.com.

This book is a TV tie-in, following the 12-part TV series Ant Anstead Master Mechanic, aired on Motor Trend, part of the Discover Network in the US and UK, following Ant Anstead's build of his own-design special car, taking inspiration from the Alfa 158 – the first World Championship-winning F1 car, which raced from the 1930s until the 1950s. The 12-part TV series followed Ant's build of the car, from the first design ideas, through the construction, culminating in the debut of the car during the 2019 US Grand Prix weekend in Austin, Texas.

The book follows Ant's personal build of the car, as documented in the TV series, from the selection of the donor MG TD for the chassis, and Alfa Romeo Spider for the engine and gearbox, through modifying the chassis, building the suspension, steering, brakes, bodywork and interior, and putting all the components together to produce a finished one-off special.

Heavily illustrated throughout with photos, technical drawings and sketches, and written in Ant's own words, this book expands on the TV series, providing more detail of the components (including dimensions), engineering and techniques used to build the car.

Content includes:

Introduction: The history of specials, planning, donor car, chassis, suspension, steering, rear axle, engine, fuel system, cooling system, ancillaries, exhaust, gearbox, bodywork, braking system, cockpit, wiring, preparation and painting, testing, setting up and making road legal.

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Weight: 836g
Dimension: 217 x 276 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785217050