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The Master Restoration Checklist — free

The whole restoration in order, teardown to final inspection: 12 phases, 101 hands-on checkpoints with sign-off boxes. Print it, put it in a binder, and check each box only when the work is actually done. Yours free by email.

What’s inside

  • 12 phases in the order a real restoration runs — assess, plan, tear down, body, paint, chassis, drivetrain, electrical, interior, reassembly, first start, final inspection.
  • 101 checkpoints with sign-off boxes — check it off only when the work is done and verified, not when it is “close enough.”
  • Built for 1953–1973 American muscle & classic cars — the same bumper-to-bumper order behind every guide in our catalog.

When the car is done, the checked-off checklist goes in the binder with your receipts and photos — it is part of the car’s provenance.

Get it free

Tell us where to send it and we will email you a private download link for the checklist — it arrives within a few minutes, and the link is tied to your email address. No card, no charge, ever.

Know the car you are restoring? Add it below. If a guide for your exact year, make, and model is already in the catalog, we will send you that guide free instead — the same deal our beta readers get. All we ever ask in return is honest feedback once you have used it. Unsubscribe anytime.

Prefer the hosted signup page? It lives here — same list, same free file. If the email does not arrive, check your spam folder, then write us at bill@aitoolsfortoday.com and we will fix the delivery.

Why free?

A checklist this useful should earn its keep before you spend a dollar. Work a phase or two; if it saves you from one out-of-order mistake — painting before the metalwork is proven is the classic — you will see exactly why our full guides are built the same way. When you are ready for the step-by-step book for your exact car, the guide library is here.