Sam Whiteman queries regarding a book:
>
> Here's one for the bibliophiles on the list:
> Some years ago, 1972 I think, I had opportunity to help a
> friend move from Ft. Wayne. During the packing of his library
> I found an interesting volume on sports car engineering. Not
> having enough time to read it I ask if I could make a photocopy
> of the entire book, all 147 pages. No flames needed about
> copyrights, please; it was for academic purposes only.;) At
> any rate, I made the copy and returned the book, my friend
> left town and we haven't seen one another since. The only
> problem is that I didn't copy the title page, I have no idea
> of the title or author. I hope that someone would recognize
> the table of contents:
> Chapter
> 1 THE PURPOSE OF THE CHASSIS
> Chassis History - Suspension History
>
> .
> . (Stuff deleted)
>
> 9 DESIGNING A MOTOR CAR
> APPENDICES
> 1 Chassis Stress Calculations
> 2 Materials
> 3 Suspension Calculations
> This is a typical British text book type manual with good photographs
> and pen and ink drawings. The calculations section leaves nothing to
> the imagination. Anything look familiar to anyone?????????
> \ /___________________ Sam
> \_____/ | IBM Systems Programmer
> Chicago/ | * | O Indiana University -
> I | Ft. Wayne | H Purdue University at Fort Wayne
> L | 1794-1994 | Fort Wayne, Indiana USA
>
Sam, you have a photocopy of "Racing and Sports Car Chassis Design," by Costin
and Phipps, a true classic of race car design. Costin is the "Cos" part
of "Cosworth." It is one of my favorites on the topic, and reads very
smoothly. Chapter 9 does a great job of portraying the big picture of
design.
The publisher is Robert Bentley; someone else is bound to know what city
they're in. They publish many motorsports books.
Regards,
Tim
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