Topic: Coachbuilding Styles & Nomenclature

[rosenbergm]

Hello Everyone I didn't know where to put this topic so i figured this would be the best place.

I wanted to ask the people on Autopuzzles If anyone has any links to coachbuilding Nomenclature specifically the different body styles that where on cars like Coupe De Ville, Imperial Sedan, etc. I know coachbuild.com would probably be the best place for this question but I like to get info from as many places as I can.

Also as some people might know i wanted to create a automobile manufacturers encyclopedia like the Beaulieu. A lot people told me that my task was gigantic and would never be complete which couldn't be further from the truth so i started to gather as much info I could from as many places I could. Then I found a person who already started he created the The Most Complete Car Encyclopedia and he has the website all-car-brands. So i figured that it would be stupid for 2 people to create the same thing so I worked with him and contributed to his book which is now a website. So I ask the people on Autopuzzles please contribute to his website lets make the best automobile online encyclopedia their is.I know and my partner as all-car-brands Petru know that the task will never be complete but if he have enough people contributing maybe we can start something. All the people on autopuzzles who have done the same thing I have compiling lists of companies, one offs, etc lets but all our information together lets make something of what some have worked on for years perhaps decades. Lets get it out their. Their is in my mind no logic in creating a master piece of work and keeping it to yourself like a painting you want to show it off. To me the same thing applies to the work most have compiled. Beaulieu was the last great book now this encyclopedia from Petru could be better but not without help Lets do this. Lets make it the best we can. I know people might think oh my god this guy is back again but I love all cars from the yugo to the most extreme of cars please I beg the people of autopuzzles don't let this subject die because of its size and enormity. We need an army, an army of automobile historians. Automobile historians Unite Please.

Thank you to all in advance Forgive my ranting and my constant requests but i just love this topic

[Otto Puzzell]

You could reference this topic...

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20013.0

[Paul Jaray]

You know I'm doing that for nearly 20 years now. My list is growing slowly but unstopped and I still have to add newest ones. I realize that a number of 20000 makers (tuners, coachbuilders, etc) will be a possible and near goal since I'm now at 17300 and far from consulting all my sources.
As I told many times, I'd like to help anyone with my same passion.
I've been in contact with Petru at the beginning and I shared with him my doubts..now it seems I was not too wrong and I'm glad to hear that his work keep going even if in a different form.
What I can suggest you, for my experience, is that if you need help, you should be specific and precise.
The most generic is your request, the more people will be interested but nobody would actually know what to do. 
 

[rosenbergm]

You know I'm doing that for nearly 20 years now. My list is growing slowly but unstopped and I still have to add newest ones. I realize that a number of 20000 makers (tuners, coachbuilders, etc) will be a possible and near goal since I'm now at 17300 and far from consulting all my sources.
As I told many times, I'd like to help anyone with my same passion.
I've been in contact with Petru at the beginning and I shared with him my doubts..now it seems I was not too wrong and I'm glad to hear that his work keep going even if in a different form.
What I can suggest you, for my experience, is that if you need help, you should be specific and precise.
The most generic is your request, the more people will be interested but nobody would actually know what to do. 

Ok so if I wanted all the Italian car companies would that be specific enough. Your would u need a time frame in terms of years

[Paul Jaray]

It doesn't work like that and let me explain better:
Let's pretend I'm asking Petru for his help...do you think I could ask for his whole database, just to match it with mine?
Or, let's say, all the makers from 2000 to 2010 because those are the years I still have to cover in detail?
I hope Arunas won't mind if I take him as an example:
Long ago he started a website and was looking for info here and there. As usual I was more than happy to give my contribution. His first website (findrarecars) evolved in his wonderful Allcarindex. He never asked for stuff just to copy and paste in his website but, while He was researching for this and that, He kindly asked for some sources, pages of some books, pics or just some info. In the process he shared some very interesting stuff with me, pics, links etcetera.
I don't know if it's more the stuff I gave him or the one I took from him or his website but I don't care because that's not the point: I had the impression we exchanged our material to let our works grow.
This is what I'm willing to do with anyone.

EDIT: I deleted a big part of this reply because it was about all-car-brands and felt like I should address it to him directly.