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BigJohn



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:56 pm    Post subject: Found today, a good book cheap Reply with quote
Today I went to a small car boot sale and bought, in reasonable condition, a 1922 13th edition of Dykes Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia (Colonial spelling) for the princely sum of £1.
It's a bit like Audel's automobile guides and is fascinating reading if you like early American stuff like how to build a "hot" Model T Ford, or a radiator re-soldering solder bath. (health and safety adherents better not read this book!)
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sounds like an earlier edition of something I bought a while back, packed with info and over 1k pages if I remember right.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is an earlier version of this 1943 edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Dykes-Automobile-Gasoline-Engine-Encyclopedia/dp/B0007ELP62

I don't like spatchcocking old books on the scanner to show the internals of the ones I have. I think it damages the spines on pre war books
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
BigJohn wrote:
It is an earlier version of this 1943 edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Dykes-Automobile-Gasoline-Engine-Encyclopedia/dp/B0007ELP62

I don't like spatchcocking old books on the scanner to show the internals of the ones I have. I think it damages the spines on pre war books


Aye I think mine must be the '43 edition, it wasn't as cheap as yours though - £5 iirc.

Spatchcocking - now there's a word I've not come across before

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good finding, Big John.
Many years ago, I had a couple of copies of Dykes. IIRC 1919 and 1926.
A valuable source of information. Unfortunately mine disappeared during a move. I'd like to find copies again.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are a good source of information.
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