Portrayal

Portrayal We publish books and videos about restoring & honoring automotive & mechanical history. Link below.

Since 1980, Portrayal Press has been providing auto enthusiasts, historians and modelers with books and videos to restore, study, operate and enjoy historic vehicles and equipment. We produce weekly videos on www.portrayal.tv where we restore historic vehicles, fi****ms and more. We also do "how to" videos on topics like restoring a WW2 jeep transmission. Visit us on the web at www.portrayal.com, www.portrayal.tv, at our Youtube channel, here on Facebook or follow us on Twitter:

12/05/2025

Rotary Table - Milling Machine - you can make anything

12/04/2025

Here’s what we found inside the 1944 Smokin’ Weasel Engine with a Big Ugly Piston

11/24/2025

Cleaning our 1940’s Delta Unisaw - more woodworking content coming in addition to our military vehicle content

11/21/2025

Come along and learn how to be a machinist with us!

11/20/2025

What to do when your Jeep is not idling correctly? We figured it out over at

11/19/2025

We are makers, creators, builders - be it engines, machines, vehicles, fi****ms or woodworking - we do it all! Join us weekly as we add new episodes to

11/14/2025

Bridgeport Verticle Milling Machine is almost ready to fire up - first up is making a set of T Nuts

11/12/2025

Wrapping up the Cletus Field Find 1950 CJ3A Rebuild. How do you like what we’ve done? Subscribe at

11/10/2025

Cletus the CJ3A gets a newly manufactured part for the gas tank

11/08/2025

Installing Vintage Porch Posts at - We are adding new content beyond military vehicle restoration to include woodworking

11/04/2025

Taking a drive in a self-driving Tesla. Over at we never met a machine we didn’t love. Come along for a ride with us!!

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Since 1980, Portrayal Press has been providing military vehicles enthusiasts and modelers with high quality, authentic reproductions of historic vehicle manuals and other military history books. We now stock over 2,000 titles and continue to add to our collection. We also publish videos ranging from short history segments on vehicles or other military tools to our ShopTime series of “How To” restore and maintain your military vehicle. Visit us on the web at www.portrayal.com, at our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/PortrayalPress, here on Facebook or on Twitter: @portrayalpress