This book is written by well-known aviation guru Vic Syracuse. It is the culmination of years of inspections on thousands of amateur-built aircraft. It is designed to help you and/or your inspector perform a very thorough prepurchase examination of an amateur-built aircraft. It is divided into 12 chapters, with over 200 pictures, including a checklist and recommended tools, along with buyer and seller hints. With this book, you should be able to accomplish an examination on Vic's level. If you purchase this book you will not need his recently released book "Are Your Nuts Tight Guide to Identifying Problems on Your Amateur Built Aircraft. Most of the pictures are in both. This book has insight gleaned from Vic's many pre-buy inspections regarding selecting the right plane, dealing with the seller, inspection checklist etc. All the things you need to know to successfully perform a pre-buy for yourself or a customer.