Books!

[gearhead1960]

After collecting these for several years, my wife and I approached the University of North Texas about digitizing them and hosting them on the Portal To Texas History. As any military personnel researcher will tell you, the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) in St. Louis suffered a catastrophic fire in 1973 resulting in the loss of most WWI and WWII Army (and AAC) records. These books are some of the last (period) records of military service in WWII for tens of thousands of Texans. Being individuals and not a non-profit, it was difficult to secure funding (being 23 at the time didn't help as most institutions didn't take us seriously) but since then we have had 12 digitized and hope to make headway into the other 41 in our collection soon.

As with most on the vintage threads of GarageJournal, I have a passion for saving and preserving historic items for future generations.

I have taken old yearbooks, digitized them and posted them up on Archive.org, making them accessible for everyone. You might want to consider this....

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I was thrilled with these two books I picked up at the flea this morning.

Erik Hesselberg was Thor Heyerdahl's navigator and the only professional sailor on the boat. It contains some incredible illustrations and he has a way with words, too. The book chronicles the famous voyage - from South America to Polynesia, in 1947, if you're not familiar - in a literary, whimsical fashion. Published in 1950.

Apologies for the eye-wobbler on the right, but the cover has that texture that plays tricks with a hone camera auto-focus. Published in 1944, it is GM's patriotic ode to itself and its employees for its Eastern Aircraft Division efforts during WWII, making Avenger torpedo-bombers and Wildcat fighters for the Navy in the Pacific.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Some excerpts from Kon-Tiki and I.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Some excerpts from A History of Eastern Aircraft Division.

 

[gearhead1960]

Today's finds at an estate sale....

 

[driftpin]

Jgaz and gearhead1960 had some content of personal interest.

Jgaz had a cover pic of what appears to be a Lockheed Lightning embossed on a book cover, and gearhead1960 mentions Jeff Ethell as an author and pilot who died while piloting one.

My uncle flew in the European Theater during WWII in an F-5 the reconnaissance version of the Lockheed Lightning. He was fortunate to come home, where he became a professional engineer, one of two in his family. He once told me, "the only armament on my plane was a 1911 model Colt .45 I carried as a sidearm. They made other concessions to make the F-5 lighter so it could fly higher and faster than the Nazi pursuits." I never asked him about the ME 163 Komet or the ME 262. Sadly, he's been deceased quite awhile.

I think this is one of my favorite threads. Books are my favorite pastime.

I have a lot of books but nothing like the ISO containers (intermodal shipping containers) housing what must be thousands of books of one member (Farmer J).

The variety of titles, and the excerpts are great to see. The old Bill Gaines publishing paperbacks about MAD magazine always made me laugh, no-matter how many times I've read them.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Some excerpts from A History of Eastern Aircraft Division.

General Motors was so patriotic that they sued the US government for damages when the US bombed one of their German plants. GM won.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It was the Opel plant in Brandenburg, to be more specific, in 1944. Ford did the same. Its Cologne plant was not directly targeted, but its suppliers and supplies were, effectively shutting it down.

Not a shining moment for them, for sure. Their argument (taking the eventual 'spoils' of the victor spilling down to rebuild what was destroyed unnecessarily, exploiting Hap Arnold's October '45 Strategic Bombing survey) has actually been less problematic to me than GM's and Ford's overly long and reluctant prewar "withdrawal" of control, via questionable chain of power of attorney transfers, of their German subsidiaries after the Nazis started invading other countries and before we declared war, when they were disallowed all contact. And it goes beyond trucks. Opel was tied to Junker, Ford's supplies of rubber were being rerouted, and both helped with synthetic fuel during that period. While both companies have since strenuously condemned their own policies during that time, they also made it clear in 1974, the last time this was seriously debated here, that they would vigorously fight any legal actions, and when it was reheated by Holocaust class action against Switzerland's infamously neutral, conniving, and swindling malfeasance, extracting nearly $2B in ill-gotten gains from the central bank in the 90s, they stopped short of going after the likes of GM and Ford. Chrysler, to its credit, cut ties and activities much quicker and sooner.

None of that completely detracts, however, in my opinion, from the rightness and mightness of their war effort at home, or from the joy of finding an uncommon, desirable book extolling those activities, and the jingoistic GM book is not the first and will not be the last of its kind in the 'arsenal of democracy' wing of my collection.

Since it's not the first time you've sneered about it here, RJ, I am well aware that you have a different view.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I would be more troubled by the financial machinations of the big muckity-mucks in the banking and financial sector who aided and abetted in the build-up of the Wermacht prior to 1939. Compared to those bastards, the GM/Ford thing is small potatoes.

 

[Outlawmws]

Lets not get this thread closed for Political discussions guys?

 

[four.cycle]

The players involved in what I mentioned above were not in politics.

 

[GalaxyRat]

I have this copy of "Audels Electrical Power Calculations With Diagrams". I found a whole stack of them at an antique store a few months ago.

 

[wrenchguy]

Most my books are for research and reference, i don't do alot of story reading. Alot of my books have very plain cover so i took some descriptive photos inside the cover.

1906 The Fairbanks Company, 1400 pgs.


1906 Millards Implement Directory outa Kansas City, 400 pgs.


C.H. Wendel 1st edition American Farm Implements & Antiques, 400 pgs. not old.


C.H. Wendel 2nd edition American Farm Implements & Antiques, 500pgs. not old.


1914 Champion Blower & Forge Illustrated Catalog, 350pgs.


1897 Montgomery Ward & Co. Special Catalouge B of Agricultural Implements, 200 pgs. Reprint.

 

[wrenchguy]

vol.2


1902

 

[Ricky Joe]

vol.2


1902

Don’t just tantalize us with the covers! Show at least some representative pages!

 

[mritchie77]

Can anyone recommend any books that specifically go over bolts/nuts/thread pitches etc.? It's a topic that I would like to learn more about as I am not a machinists and haven't had to deal with much other than identifying the difference between course and fine threads when trying to get a nut to fit.

 

[bmwrd0]

One of the fun things about books that center around a hobby is the special, limited editions that get coveted by collectors of the subject. Somewhere I have a book, more a pamphlet really, of English airgun patents.

 

[Modern Garage]

Can anyone recommend any books that specifically go over bolts/nuts/thread pitches etc.? It's a topic that I would like to learn more about as I am not a machinists and haven't had to deal with much other than identifying the difference between course and fine threads when trying to get a nut to fit.

Machinery's Handbook. It's a little pricy but keep an eye out and see if you can find an older edition for some savings, although they're still not cheap since most of the data inside doesn't change that fast. I have a discounted version marketed for students that I got at an auction. If you REALLY don't want the other info in a Machinery's Handbook you can probably find what you want in the interwebs and print a hard copy but it may be a little of a chicken and egg thing - don't know where to look for what you don't know.
Joe

 

[four.cycle]

One of the fun things about books that center around a hobby is the special, limited editions that get coveted by collectors of the subject.

some hobbies will do that to you....

 

[humber2]

Can anyone recommend any books that specifically go over bolts/nuts/thread pitches etc.? It's a topic that I would like to learn more about as I am not a machinists and haven't had to deal with much other than identifying the difference between course and fine threads when trying to get a nut to fit.

This book printed in 1942 doesn’t leave much unexplained.

Look at the index with 60 pages of tables.........

 

[Outlawmws]

Machinery's Handbook. It's a little pricy but keep an eye out and see if you can find an older edition for some savings, although they're still not cheap since most of the data inside doesn't change that fast. I have a discounted version marketed for students that I got at an auction. If you REALLY don't want the other info in a Machinery's Handbook you can probably find what you want in the interwebs and print a hard copy but it may be a little of a chicken and egg thing - don't know where to look for what you don't know.
Joe

Ditto! MHB is the best - I buy every cheap one I can. Some have index finger tabs -My faves.

 

[wrenchguy]

Manuals for some of the running vintage equipment here.

 

[Tostal]

 

[Tostal]

 

[Tostal]

 

[Tostal]

 

[Tostal]

Some official data sheets on Weber carburettors:-



~Tostal

 

[Tostal]

Weber and Solex carb. info.



~Tostal.

 

[Tostal]

Here's a book that I feel some people on GJ might benefit from reading....

~T.

 

[Outlawmws]

Here's a book that I feel some people on GJ might benefit from reading....

~T.

WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING HERE!

 

[bmwrd0]

I picked this up yesterday, thought it might be of interest to some of the people here.

Originally published before WWII, it contains a good set of explanations of all the ship systems of operation, such as boilers, water feed, gas engines, refrigeration, etc.

 

[vwpieces]

Sorry, Poor lighting made for bad pics.
My library in the house. More on the shop but those get used.
Specific to air-cooled, early water cooled VW German Tools and parts catalogs.

 

[joel63]

I picked this up yesterday, thought it might be of interest to some of the people here.

Originally published before WWII, it contains a good set of explanations of all the ship systems of operation, such as boilers, water feed, gas engines, refrigeration, etc.

Very nice pick up. I lucked out a few years ago and picked up all four volumes. I was very interested in

Volume III to learn a little bit about the reciprocating engines which powered the Liberty Ships among many others during World War II. A definite treasure.

 

[WisJim]

I found two interesting books (helps make up for the lack of garage sales, flea markets, or any other used tool resources around here). A 1921 Army Signal Corps book about radio (and electricity)basics, and a 1943 book on servicing radios.

 

[Tostal]

~T.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Sorry, Poor lighting made for bad pics.
My library in the house. More on the shop but those get used.
Specific to air-cooled, early water cooled VW German Tools and parts catalogs.

Being so close, you may know Mark Dearing in Salem, Virginia?

 

[Tostal]

A few more from the c. 1980's.

 

[kyrbz]

The OP's collection is amazing!

 

[kyrbz]

 

[WNYflyer]

I was thrilled with these two books I picked up at the flea this morning.

Erik Hesselberg was Thor Heyerdahl's navigator and the only professional sailor on the boat. It contains some incredible illustrations and he has a way with words, too. The book chronicles the famous voyage - from South America to Polynesia, in 1947, if you're not familiar - in a literary, whimsical fashion. Published in 1950.

Apologies for the eye-wobbler on the right, but the cover has that texture that plays tricks with a hone camera auto-focus. Published in 1944, it is GM's patriotic ode to itself and its employees for its Eastern Aircraft Division efforts during WWII, making Avenger torpedo-bombers and Wildcat fighters for the Navy in the Pacific.

Was just googling the GM Linden NJ assembly plant where my long gone 1990 Chevy Beretta was made and it came up as a plant that made Wildcats for Grumman.