I might be a little biased ... but I'd say it is definitely ART! Here's some more early HEMI "artwork" ...
These old hand renderd technical drawings are definitely an Artform and to my eye, a very attractive one at that! The Artist requires both mechanical aptitude and artistic ability.
Thanks 32 I will save those! I have a couple more that didnt post due to the files being to large. I will try to add them monday.
Use photobucket to host them and post them (like the ones above) and you won't have to worry about how big they are. Photobucket will resize them automatically.
Ya know, if some of you really bright compoooter guys were to make poster size prints of stuff like this, I would be standing in line to buy them... Who needs a project? .
I believe Chrysler still holds the rights to all the images posted in this thread ... so a so-called "computer nerd" might have a law suit on his hands if he attempted to sell posters with any of these old HEMI engine illustrations.
Here's another piece of early HEMI "artwork" ... An illustrator's take on the 375HP, 392cu.in. HEMI engine that came standard in the 1957 Chrysler 300 C (Sports Coupe Two Door Hardtop & Convertible Coupe): It's a scan from my copy of the '57 300 C sales brochure: NOTE: This sales brochure is still available for purchase ($135 @ www.mclellansautomotive.com ... or $125-$150 on eBay)
You know, at a local bike show I saw a few guys pulling wagons of coolers full of ice cold beer. Taped to the back of their "If you can read this, the bitch fell off" T-Shirts was a sign that said, "Free Beer - $5 donation". Sometimes things that are "for sale" aren't really "for sale", you know? If they really WERE "for sale" some people could be in a lot of trouble. There's plenty of stuff that could be done and fall under "personal use". Maybe the guy could "give away" the posters, but you had to buy a $15 packing tube, plus $3 shipping from him... Hmmmmm... ~Jason
The three color images I posted in Post #2 came from this 1950 brochure (which introduced the 1951 HEMI engine): NOTE: This 9" x 7", 24-page color publication includes 19 photo renderings, drawings and charts! ... and is still available for purchase ($50 @ www.mclellansautomotive.com)
OK ... here's just a few more ... From the 1951 Chrysler brochure: ... from the 1952 Chrysler brochure: ... from the 1954 Chrysler brochure: ... and from the 1957 Imperial brochure:
Holy CRAP! Totally awesome!!! Thank you for posting these!! The 1951 brochure is still my favorite to this very day! I couldn't imagine what gear heads thought when that brochure hit the public eye! RAD!
Dude... what IS that? Some kind of modified road draft tube? Right there, on the left side of that motor... ~Jason
Ah yes, the premise has been applied to many products over the years. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UTSdUOC8Kac&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UTSdUOC8Kac&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
... that reminds me of a joke my dad use to tell ... Three guys are sitting around discussing the greatest invention ever. First guy says, "That's easy; the automobile. It opened up society and changed our way of life. Offshoots such as the truck changed distribution, the development of cities, rural areas, and suburbs." Second guy says. "No, it was the telephone. It revolutionized communications, made anyone accessible to anyone else, anywhere in the world. It created the template for all future communications media, changed business, social interaction, and created entire industries." Third guy says, "Nope. The Thermos bottle." The other two are incredulous. "Thermos bottle? How do you figure? Are you nuts?" Third guy nods with conviction, "Thermos bottle: You put hot things in; they stay hot. You put cold things in; they stay cold." "Yeah, so?" "Ah! But how does it know?"
Here's some cool "HEMI ART" by a couple of H.A.M.B. artists ... ... a Digital Photo by Jesse James (JESSEJAMES): HEMI @ Austin Speed Shop ... and a painting by Len Vedic (picasso): Acrylic on board, approx. 36" x 36"
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