Development, Design, and Fabrication of a ¼ Scale Model
of a 1913 Model T
presentation by Harry
Schoepf, from
Schwebel Auditorium
10:00 - 12:30
To: All University Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Students.
From: Hazel Pierson, Mechanical Engineering; Mike Theall
Note: This
show and tell type presentation will be quite fascinating and we are very
fortunate to have Harry so generously share his vast knowledge with the
freshman engineering drawing class. I
hope you will find time to join the presentation.
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Harry is an
industrial designer. Most of his career
has been in design research and product development, with a brief time as a
faculty member in the college of engineering at the
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Since his youth,
Harry has been interested in antique cars.
In fact, one of Harry’s model car creations was a national scholarship
winner in the Fisher Body Craftmans’ Guild and now
resides in the Smithsonian in
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Harry’s current work
detailing, documenting, and building a ¼ scale model of a 1913 Model T has been
published in The Vintage Ford several times. He is in the final stages of a “how-to” book
on the building of the scale model.
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Harry has superbly
applied his experience in industrial design and engineering oriented skills, as
well as his illustrative and model building capabilities to his ¼ scale model
of a 1913 Model T. Every part is
absolutely accurate-right down to the smallest individual component.
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Harry brings with him
such a wealth of knowledge and practical experience that in this case he has
applied to his love of antique cars.
Please join us on Friday for his presentation. You won’t be disappointed!!