Coachbuilding

The Hand-crafted Car Body

von Jonathan Wood

56 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This account examines the history of coachbuilding, from the coachbuilders who for generations had built horse-drawn wooden carriages, and then explaining how they turned their craft to building the bodywork of the first motorised cars.Using photographs of the different stages of coachbuilding, the author describes the materials, equipment and key techniques involved. Today the profession of coachbuilding is almost a lost art, yet as the restoration of vintage cars seeks to keep the trade alive, this book reflects back on the heyday of the coachbuilt motor car and the skilled workers that made it their craft.

• Reihe: Shire Publications
• ISBN: 9780747806882
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2008
• Größe: 213 x 149 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc