This illustration showing the various views and benefits of the Zink Formula Vee is perhaps my favorite of Werner Bührer’s that we’ve featured on The Chicane.
It might be because of how much time I’ve spent in the pits with the Vintage Vees group where Zinks make up a good third or more of the field. Really though, I just think it’s amazing to me how I could see this same composition as photography and give it little more than a passing look but with this illustrative approach I’m compelled to gaze at each little detail.
Do they still teach drafting in high schools? What a loss it would be to not be fostering the talents of the next Werner Bührer.
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They still do, but it’s all done with computers now. I can’t imagine anyone drafts by hand now.