Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia: The Elementary Principles, Construction, Operation and Repair of Automobiles, Gasoline Engines and Automobile Electric Systems, Including Trucks, Tractors, and Motorcycles, Simple, Thorough and Practical
1950 22nd Edition, info goes back to Ford Model A and Model T (complete sections dedicated to both vehicles)
Contains full chapters on 1935 Ford Flathead V8, their twin carbs and complete repair instructions for the chassis .
It’s big! Not in size, but in pages, as in 1,354 pages. Dimensionally this hardcover book measures just 6.5 x 10-inches (but 3 inches thick), and has long been known by hardcore car enthusiasts to be the ultimate source of significant information pertaining to prewar automobiles. Its content is so interesting that even postwar and late-model car enthusiasts will find it useful, as most of the information contained within is applicable to far newer automobiles.
Published by the Goodheart-Willcox Company of Chicago, the first edition appeared way back in 1910. My copy, seen here, was published in 1950, and was already the 22nd edition.
So, just what type of information is included in this book? Well, everything.
It features all the elementary principles of the automobile, construction, operation and repair. Not only for automobiles, but there’s a large section in the back of the book on trucks, tractors, diesel engines, aircraft engines and motorcycles.
The book opens with 29 pages on the general assembly of the automobile, and all its components. Then there’s 64 pages on the gasoline engine alone, followed by 50 pages on carburetors, with in-depth information about chokes, priming methods, float adjustments, troubles and remedies.
Then follows 416 pages – yes, 416 – on electricity, with specific chapters on ignitions, starters, generators, electrical systems, troubles and testing, and batteries. If that isn’t enough, there are chapters on tires, operating and care, and many hundreds of pages devoted to all aspects of repair. Truly amazing!
Best of all, the Dyke’s encyclopedia is written in a clear, concise manner that is easy to understand. There are thousands of illustrations and line drawings to show you all the different parts that make up a particular component, with call-outs detailing each individual part.
Where else would one find instructions on how to build a tow truck out of a Pierce Arrow limo?
This book would pertain to these car makers of that era: Auburn, Buick, Cadillac, Chevy, Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, Durant, Elcar, Erskine, Essex, Ford, Franklin, Gardner, Graham-Paige, Hudson, Hupmobile, Jordan, LaSalle, Lincoln, Locomobile, Marmon, Marquette, Moon, Nash, Oakland, Olds, Packard, Paige, Peerless, Pierce Arrow, Plymouth, Pontiac, REO, Star, Studebaker, Viking, Whippet, Willys-Knight, Windsor etc
Andrew Lee Dyke was Born about 1876, was an automobile pioneer who built St. Louis' first car in 1898 and who wrote a popular series of repair manuals during the first two decades of the century.
Excellent condition
Shipping weight 2 kg
Out of print
Etransfer? will ship!
