PIC REQUEST: Tech illustrations for vintage speed equipment

I picked up a neat book the other day,its called"507 Mechanical movements,mechanisms,and devices",by Henry T. Brown.
ISBN# 0-486-44360-4.
All kinds of neat illustrations,albeit small,of all kinds of monkey motion gizmos.

On the back it lists:Basic Machines and How they Work,Naval Education and Training Program Development Center.
A Short History of Technology:From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900.

Engineering and Technology,1650-1750:Illustrations and Texts from Original Sources.
Check out:
www.doverpublications.com

Should find some useable stuff from these sources.

WHEW! That is a lot of typing for my non-typing ass!

 

I hope this helps....

 

NEAT!

 

Nailhead

 

Apols for the poor quality of the scans

 

OK guys, dug some stuff out of storage. This is from a P-51B/C Flight manual. It's an original manual I liberated from the trash at North American. They printed two types of these, an 8 1/2 x 11 version for ground study and a smaller 5 x 7 version to be carried in the aircraft. I have the smaller version for both the P-51 and a B-15J bomber. I'll scan and post images until you all get sick of seeing them.

This is a foldout right at the beginning of the manual. I remember hearing the original artwork was given to one of the executives when he retired.



This is the title page.


Radio system illustration. They used color sparingly but with good effect.


They also led off every section with a cartoon. Hard to believe this is a military tech manual.


Later,
Kurt O.

 

More please. Bet you get sick of scanning before I'm sick of lookin at em . Love this stuff - great thread.

 

Beach Bum these are great. Can you please post more?

 

This guy's stuff is among my favorites.

Also, do a search for "David Kimble".

 

Here are some from the B-25J Flight manual. Sorry, no big cutaway in this one.

Bomber seats!


Fuel system.


Forward guns.


Tail gun. They used airbrushed photos quite a bit also.


More later...

Kurt

 

WOW! I think I just pooped myself! Those are awesome! I'm VERY jealous and I hope you consider me for hamidowns in the future! LOL!

Keep 'em comin' guys!

 

Thanks Beach Bum,bomber seat pics are perfect.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173395
Bob Freeman

 

found this. i love cut-aways

http://www.smcars.net/

Sign up and explore the site, some AMAZING things there.

 

Omega,

I was looking for that drawing a few months ago. That was the Auto Union "supercar" that was based on the GP cars. It was never built. The inspiration for the McLaren F1???

Cheers,
Kurt

 

Bump.

Found these and remembered this thread. This is from the English magazine Aeroplane 1956. They would run one of these illustrations each edition. Love the artwork. Hope you enjoy them like I do.