Books on how to build

My girlfriend wants to start building a mudbog/trail truck(The project would be a Ford, probably a F-250 'cause it already has a stout rear end, good motor and tranny and wide availability of parts)

I believe with the right books and the little knowledge we both have and the knowledge of her father(ex mechanic and body man) than we could start building something soon and be finished in a couple of years. Hopefully our knowledge will progress with time.

We've both taught our self how to do things before through books and I think we can do this through the use of a good book and others knowledge.

Obviously the PBB has an amazing wealth of knowledge, and I have found some good websites through the search. But does anyone know of any good basically how to build a car book? I already have a haynes for my Bronco which covers f-250's.

Thanks.