Found this today. Published in 1922 - figured it would be interesting to the members of this forum ..
Automobile pattern drafting: A Concise Course of Instruction in Laying Out Complete Pattern for Hoods, Cowls, Bodies, Fenders and Other Sheet Metal Parts with Chapters on Stamping, Painting and Finishing and May Useful Tables (http://books.google.com/books?id=UjIuAAAAYAAJ&dq=automobile%20fenders&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q&f=false)
Interesting ;)
I remember all the ways we had to figure things on the drafting board. All done by the computer now, thankfully.
Very Cool Ed. Thanks for posting. Brings back memories; one of my automitive design intructors learned, and did, this type of coach building when he started out, and then for years later as a specialist and designer. Told us all sorts of stories and anecdotes. We had a giant rack of "ships curves" in our classroom, and as part of his class had to make a smaller set for ourselves, that we then used on our car design projects. I still have them, and they have proved quite useful for a number of things throughout the years....and were quicker to use than the computer.
Marc
For those across the pond .. Download PDF (http://www.gigasize.com/get/pfwk60zb4td) .. let me know if it works
Hi Ed, sorry I'm struggling with that link - my firewalls don't like it one little bit.
Thanks for trying
Gordon -- Sent you an email with an alternative. See if that works. -- Dallas
(Self-defense: I'm afraid he'll go into mass-production of steam rollers and dispatch them in every direction!)
Here's another one that may be of use to those modeling early autos:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_xZWAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=automobile+engines&hl=en&ei=p3TgTaT3FoTTiAKOzMW8Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false (http://books.google.com/books?id=_xZWAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=automobile+engines&hl=en&ei=p3TgTaT3FoTTiAKOzMW8Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false)
Very interesting publications fellas... thanks for posting the links.
Paul
Thanks Dallas .............. now whats Ray's book like ? ;)
It worked here.
I gave all my ships curves and triangles away when I got into law enforcement. Now I want them back :(
I found a set of ships curves (my father called them dress patterns) at a yard sale. They are very handy in the cabinet/furniture business and like Marc said, a lot quicker to use than the computer.
Thanks for those links guys.