Want to pay a little tribute to the artists who over the year have been true legends of a very overlooked genre - the cutaway diagram.
They've been around almost as long as the car and although they are extremely useful for the purpose they're designed for (well duh) , I love them as art in their own right.
There are lots of different artists over the years that have been trues exponents of the art - the various artists that illustrated for Motor and Autocar for years did some quality stuff.
But if you were to ask most people on this forum who was the most reccognised artist to them, I bet more than a few would say Terry Davey.
Who? Well, if you have a pre-1991 Haynes Manual, then you have at least one example of the man's work.
Terry Davey worked at Haynes from 1972-1991 and during that time he produced over 400 cutaways for the covers that became iconic in their own right. His retirement coincided with a decision to modernise the look of the manuals, with less detailed cutaways, and then a couple of years later they began to be produced in colour. A real shame.
The rules for this thread are easy: submit cutaways of anything car-related - road going, race cars, car engines and similar, it's all good, but no overtly modern stuff not in keeping with the mindset of the forum.
They've been around almost as long as the car and although they are extremely useful for the purpose they're designed for (well duh) , I love them as art in their own right.
There are lots of different artists over the years that have been trues exponents of the art - the various artists that illustrated for Motor and Autocar for years did some quality stuff.
But if you were to ask most people on this forum who was the most reccognised artist to them, I bet more than a few would say Terry Davey.
Who? Well, if you have a pre-1991 Haynes Manual, then you have at least one example of the man's work.
Terry Davey worked at Haynes from 1972-1991 and during that time he produced over 400 cutaways for the covers that became iconic in their own right. His retirement coincided with a decision to modernise the look of the manuals, with less detailed cutaways, and then a couple of years later they began to be produced in colour. A real shame.
The rules for this thread are easy: submit cutaways of anything car-related - road going, race cars, car engines and similar, it's all good, but no overtly modern stuff not in keeping with the mindset of the forum.
