The Ford Barn

deuce_roadster · 12-22-2023, 04:54 PM

After getting the 4 pages scanned at greater resolution as PDF, even the best .jpg I can convert them to doesn't look good.
Anyone interested can PM me your email address and I will send you the 4 PDF files.
I did upload new .jpg images to my MISC album, but they are no better than the first ones.

petehoovie · 12-22-2023, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by deuce_roadster

After getting the 4 pages scanned at greater resolution as PDF, even the best .jpg I can convert them to doesn't look good.
Anyone interested can PM me your email address and I will send you the 4 PDF files.
I did upload new .jpg images to my MISC album, but they are no better than the first ones.

Ronnieroadster · 12-22-2023, 07:11 PM

Here's a photo of George Kudash he did the drawings in the ARDUN sales brochure. George was also the designer of the ARDUN heads the blue prints were drawn by George as well all of the drawings were done in 1947.
Ronniroadster

petehoovie · 12-22-2023, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronnieroadster

Here's a photo of George Kudash he did the drawings in the ARDUN sales brochure. George was also the designer of the ARDUN heads the blue prints were drawn by George as well all of the drawings were done in 1947.
Ronniroadster

19Fordy · 12-22-2023, 09:28 PM

We need more engineers like Mr. Kudash today. Just think, all he had was a slide rule and a drafting table. No computers. Those were good days.

Pete · 12-22-2023, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 19Fordy

We need more engineers like Mr. Kudash today. Just think, all he had was a slide rule and a drafting table. No computers. Those were good days.

WOW! Someone still knows about slide rules....Keen stuff. A 6 inch one is still in use here. No batteries required....LOL

petehoovie · 12-23-2023, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete

WOW! Someone still knows about slide rules....Keen stuff. A 6 inch one is still in use here. No batteries required....LOL

tubman · 12-23-2023, 12:22 AM

Have you heard the one about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with his slide rule.

Seriously, I still have the one my dad gave me when I went of to college. It's a 12 incher and is in a nice leather case. I haven't used it in over 60 years.

ms fowler · 12-23-2023, 07:03 AM

One great thing about a slide rule is that no one will ever take it off your desk. Calculators were often "appropriated" by fellow technicians--but never my slide rule.

Model51 · 12-23-2023, 07:31 AM

The good ole slip stick got me through my Freshman and Sophomore years in engineering school. Not only were no batteries required, it eliminated the tendency of overstating the number of significant digits which many with calculators don't understand. I still have it along with my dads slide rule.

glennpm · 12-23-2023, 07:34 AM

Another plus for slide rules is the skill required to determine the order of magnitude. The engineer must have an approximate idea of expected magnitude of results. I used them through my BS degree. Hand held calculators came out when I was working on an MS.

Glenn

Ol' Ron · 12-23-2023, 12:26 PM

I still have one of mine, every once in a while I run across it and smile.
Gramps

glennpm · 12-23-2023, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by deuce_roadster

After getting the 4 pages scanned at greater resolution as PDF, even the best .jpg I can convert them to doesn't look good.
Anyone interested can PM me your email address and I will send you the 4 PDF files.
I did upload new .jpg images to my MISC album, but they are no better than the first ones.

Mike sent the pdfs and I've combined and attached.

Glenn

glennpm · 12-23-2023, 01:09 PM

And this is a pdf of a series published be Street Rod magazine, Tom Senter.

deuce_roadster · 12-23-2023, 01:54 PM

Thanks Glenn, Ronnie, George Kudash and all the rest of you! I hope some people that haven't already seen these brochure pages enjoy them. They came with my coupe my late friend built and I purchased from his heirs to keep the car in the area and in our EFV8 RG.

Bill OH · 12-23-2023, 04:55 PM

I used a slide rule thru college - very handy. I have one in my tool cabinet. Great memoriesI

Bored&Stroked · 12-23-2023, 04:59 PM

Here is something you guys might like - I found it about 10 years ago.

It is the top of an original Ardun packing crate - king of cool if you ask me.

Ardun-Packing-Crate-Lid.jpg

petehoovie · 12-23-2023, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

Here is something you guys might like - I found it about 10 years ago.

It is the top of an original Ardun packing crate - king of cool if you ask me.

Attachment 532761

deuce_roadster · 12-23-2023, 05:23 PM

That is WAY cool!
And thanks for Pete always willing to help.

Cool Kat with Hot Car · 12-23-2023, 09:56 PM

Thanks to all who posted. I still have the R&C issues with the Ardun White Paper series which came out a year after I graduated from High School. Someday I might get to put together the set I have or fire up my old Ardun powered race car. Probably running out of time. Tom Senter could sure write, he made a technical series fun to read.

12-22-2023, 04:54 PM	#1
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 4,043	Ardun sales brochure After getting the 4 pages scanned at greater resolution as PDF, even the best .jpg I can convert them to doesn't look good. Anyone interested can PM me your email address and I will send you the 4 PDF files. I did upload new .jpg images to my MISC album, but they are no better than the first ones.

12-22-2023, 09:28 PM	#5
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 11,916	Re: Ardun sales brochure We need more engineers like Mr. Kudash today. Just think, all he had was a slide rule and a drafting table. No computers. Those were good days.

12-23-2023, 12:22 AM	#8
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 12,132	Re: Ardun sales brochure Have you heard the one about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with his slide rule. Seriously, I still have the one my dad gave me when I went of to college. It's a 12 incher and is in a nice leather case. I haven't used it in over 60 years.

12-23-2023, 07:03 AM	#9
ms fowler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 201	Re: Ardun sales brochure One great thing about a slide rule is that no one will ever take it off your desk. Calculators were often "appropriated" by fellow technicians--but never my slide rule.

12-23-2023, 07:31 AM	#10
Model51 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 934	Re: Ardun sales brochure The good ole slip stick got me through my Freshman and Sophomore years in engineering school. Not only were no batteries required, it eliminated the tendency of overstating the number of significant digits which many with calculators don't understand. I still have it along with my dads slide rule. __________________ 1935 157" 1 1/2 ton stake truck undergoing full original restoration 1936 131 1/2" panel truck rescue preservation Author of the 1935-1936 Ford Model 51 V8 Truck book published by the Early Ford V8 Club of America

12-23-2023, 07:34 AM	#11
glennpm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Mid-Coast Maine Posts: 3,346	Re: Ardun sales brochure Another plus for slide rules is the skill required to determine the order of magnitude. The engineer must have an approximate idea of expected magnitude of results. I used them through my BS degree. Hand held calculators came out when I was working on an MS. Glenn

12-23-2023, 12:26 PM	#12
Ol' Ron Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chester Vt Posts: 8,985	Re: Ardun sales brochure I still have one of mine, every once in a while I run across it and smile. Gramps

12-23-2023, 01:54 PM	#15
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 4,043	Re: Ardun sales brochure Thanks Glenn, Ronnie, George Kudash and all the rest of you! I hope some people that haven't already seen these brochure pages enjoy them. They came with my coupe my late friend built and I purchased from his heirs to keep the car in the area and in our EFV8 RG.

12-23-2023, 04:55 PM	#16
Bill OH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 454	Re: Ardun sales brochure I used a slide rule thru college - very handy. I have one in my tool cabinet. Great memoriesI

12-23-2023, 04:59 PM	#17
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,906	Re: Ardun sales brochure Here is something you guys might like - I found it about 10 years ago. It is the top of an original Ardun packing crate - king of cool if you ask me. Ardun-Packing-Crate-Lid.jpg

12-23-2023, 05:23 PM	#19
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 4,043	Re: Ardun sales brochure That is WAY cool! And thanks for Pete always willing to help.

12-23-2023, 09:56 PM	#20
Cool Kat with Hot Car Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 305	Re: Ardun sales brochure Thanks to all who posted. I still have the R&C issues with the Ardun White Paper series which came out a year after I graduated from High School. Someday I might get to put together the set I have or fire up my old Ardun powered race car. Probably running out of time. Tom Senter could sure write, he made a technical series fun to read.